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This week: New tariffs are worrying Canadian farmers, but they didn’t come from the country you might expect. So which state imposed them? Take our quiz to find out.


1What did Cohere, the Canadian AI developer, do this week?
a. It released a new chatbot
b. It won a major contract from JP Morgan
c. It sued other AI developers for patent infringement
d. It raised half a billion dollars in funding

d. It raised half a billion dollars in funding. Cohere said it raised US$500-million in new funding, giving the business a valuation of US$6.8-billion. The Toronto-based company said it will use the money to help develop its artificial intelligence products.

2Which Canadian company just unveiled a multibillion-dollar bid for underwear maker Hanesbrands?
a. Lululemon
b. Gildan Activewear
c. Roots
d. Canada Goose

b. Gildan, the Montreal-based T-shirt maker, says it will pay US$2.2-billion in cash and stock to gain control of North Carolina-based Hanesbrands.

3Which country just imposed stinging new duties on Canadian canola seed?
a. China
b. The United States
c. Japan
d. Spain

a. China. In an escalation of previous trade friction, China announced that Canadian canola seed will now face a 75.8-per-cent duty. The move is in retaliation for Canada’s 100-per-cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles.

4Who or what is Rupert Legacy?
a. An ultra-expensive golf club opening in Muskoka
b. The pseudonym for a mysterious Bay Street insider
c. A new name for what used to be the Hudson’s Bay department store
d. A gold discovery in northern British Columbia

c. A new name for what used to be the Hudson’s Bay department store. The business running the retailer is operating under new names after selling its old moniker and trademarks to Canadian Tire. One of the new names is Rupert Legacy, a reference to Rupert’s Land, the vast swath of wilderness that Hudson’s Bay controlled when it began as a fur trading business in 1670.

5It’s boom time! Which of these assets hit a record high this month?
a. Gold futures
b. Bitcoin
c. The S&P 500
d. All of the above

d. All of the above. Yep, everything is going up. Enjoy the good times – but remember that prices can also go in the opposite direction.

6As stock markets boomed, what type of return did Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan manage to generate on its investments in the first half of the year?
a. Zero
b. About 2 per cent
c. About 18 per cent
d. About 42 per cent

b. About 2 per cent. The massive fund, with nearly $300-billion in assets, generated a mere 2.1 per cent return in the first half. Don’t you feel better now about your own results?

7What did Mexican authorities accuse shoemaker Adidas of this week?
a. Favouring female workers over their male counterparts
b. Playing politics
c. Cultural appropriation
d. Overpricing its shoes

c. Cultural appropriation. Mexican authorities accused Adidas of plagiarizing artisans in southern Mexico, alleging that a new sandal design is strikingly similar to the traditional footwear known as huaraches.

8Which prominent person did U.S. President Donald Trump suggest should go back to being a DJ?
a. U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
b. California Governor Gavin Newsom
c. Meta Platforms chief executive Mark Zuckerberg
d. Goldman Sachs chief executive David Solomon

d. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon. Mr. Trump lashed out at Mr. Solomon, saying Goldman had been wrong to predict that tariffs would hurt the U.S. economy. He suggested Mr. Solomon might want to step away from his job and go back to his former hobby of being a DJ.

9Markets breathed a sigh of relief this week when Mr. Trump announced he would not impose tariffs on which product?
a. Gold
b. Auto parts
c. Diamonds
d. Lithium

a. Gold. Mr. Trump said he would not impose tariffs on gold, ending days of speculation that bullion would be hit with import levies. Bullion investors rejoiced.

10What prompted Toronto-based Barrick Gold to announce a $1-billion writedown this week?
a. A tax dispute with the Canadian government
b. A mine dispute with the Malian government
c. A labour dispute with the Chilean government
d. A legal dispute with the U.S. government

b. A mine dispute with the Malian government. Barrick is writing down the carrying value of its Malian operations as a dispute with the country’s government shows no signs of easing.

11Why was Open Text, the software developer based in Waterloo, Ont., in the headlines this week?
a. It ousted its chief executive
b. It announced a major acquisition
c. It signed a contract with Open AI
d. It was sued by Elon Musk

a. It ousted its chief executive. Open Text’s board of directors fired chief executive Mark Barrenechea and signalled it could sell off parts of the company.

12Elbows up! Shot glasses, too! As trade tensions grew in the first half of 2025, how much did sales of U.S. booze decline in Canada?
a. About 5 per cent
b. About 12 per cent
c. About 31 per cent
d. About 62 per cent

d. About 62 per cent. Sales of U.S. distilled spirits in Canada plunged about 62 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2024, according to the Distilled Spirits Council.

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