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Coming up today, it's all about maple leaf, it's about maple syrup, it's about Canada,

it's about Toronto, but it's also about Canadian Brexit, which is earmarked for the end of October.

Mark Carney may well be facing his serious, serious political challenge, not from Donald Trump,

but from Canada's own MAGA movement in Alberta.

And of course, why we're doing it is Canada is hosting the World Cup.

And that's all coming up in a couple of minutes.

Just before we start a massive, massive week for the podcast and the McWilliams family in general,

because this is the Docky Book Festival Weekend.

If you are coming to Docky, we'll see you there. John and I are doing a live podcast on Thursday. And if there's something that tickles

your fancy, have a look at dokeybookfestival.org. We have something for everyone. I think it's

probably our best lineup yet, including Tim Berners-Lee, the man who

invented the World Wide Web, Jimmy Wales, the man who brought you Wikipedia, Salman Rushdie,

who needs no introduction, and then we have a whole host of events on America 250. As the Americans

celebrate the 250th anniversary of their republic,

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