Walk through certain parts of Istanbul’s Fatih district, Marrakech’s souks, or similar tourist-heavy markets around the world and you’ll notice something strange. The same box of sweets. The same bottle of oil. The same “special crystal stone.” Each sold at wildly different prices. One person pays £50. Another pays £20. A local might pay £5. At times there’s no price tag. No receipt. No fixed rate. At first glance, it feels chaotic. Or dishonest. In reality, it’s a system. Pr

For decades, the flow of goods between Canada and the United States followed a predictable logic. If something was produced in North America, chances were high it would pass through the U.S. at some point — as a destination, a transit hub, or a reference market. That assumption became so embedded it stopped being questioned. Recently, that pattern has begun to shift. As reported by BNN Bloomberg , Canada is seeing a rapid increase in imports that historically would have gone