📈 Hefty penalty

Good morning. Do you find comfort in pushing the ‘close door’ button in elevators?

In 2016, The New York Times found these buttons usually do nothing at all, and the same goes for buttons installed at Manhattan crosswalks (they cost too much to remove). 

The opposite is true in Canada, where most elevator and crosswalk buttons actually work. So go ahead, push that button. 

In today’s edition: 

  • Let’s talk trade with Canada and Taiwan 
  • Quebec is fining unvaccinated residents
  • There’s a new CEO at Rogers