Canada Investment Summit Tax Push: Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a “Productivity Mega Deduction” and made immediate expensing permanent, aiming to cut the marginal effective tax rate on new business investment to 6.4% from about 13% and boost competitiveness as Ottawa courts global capital. Airport Privatization Plan: Carney also said Canada will seek long-term concessions to operate Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver airports while keeping public ownership of land and assets, drawing interest but also labour pushback. EU Pivot Amid U.S. Trade War: Carney pressed 10 EU states to ratify the Canada-EU trade deal and framed talks as a “unique alliance” rather than EU membership, while warning cooperation with Washington must be based on sovereignty. CRE & Housing Capital Signals: CBRE Canada launched an in-house creative marketing agency to help leasing move faster, while CAIC panelists discussed how Canadian multifamily fundamentals are diverging by city. Defence & Tech Funding: BDC detailed $1B deployment under its Defence Platform, and Open Ocean Robotics qualified for Canada’s Defence Drone Initiative marketplace streams. Cyber & Identity Risk: RCMP said it’s monitoring reports of a major North American driver’s licence data exposure tied to an FBI investigation. Digital Finance Growth: Kaiko extended its Series B to $110M with S&P Global and others, highlighting investment in crypto market data infrastructure.