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Canada: Carney Government to Skip 2025 Budget, Prioritize Tax Cuts

Canada: Carney Government to Skip 2025 Budget, Prioritize Tax CutCuts

Above: Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, during a news conference with cabinet members after a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on May 13, 2025. Image copyright: David Kawai/Contributor/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Metaculus Prediction

There's a 20% chance that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will be extended promptly at its July 2026 joint review, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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