and Canadian governments

were very close to reaching a deal.

The president had come out and said a deal had been reached.

And then at the last minute, talks fell apart.

Each side has its own story as to why this happened.

The Canadian side basically said at the last minute the U.S. inserted new trade clauses and the U.S. was upset that under Canadian law, streamers like Netflix, for example, have to promote French language content to basically appease Quebec.

And the U.S. said that Canada wanted heavy trucks exempted from tariffs and And basically, the deal fell apart.

of a question

I'll do announcements afterwards, John.

Okay, great.

Well, like I said, we are less than 100 days out from the U.S. midterm elections, and there are some concerns.

For the first time that's been recorded, Gallup came out with a poll very recently saying that 67% of voters are concerned that political leaders will pressure election officials to change outcomes in the election.

people are worried about the integrity of the midterms.

This is notable in part because the president and some of his allies and within the administration have begun casting doubts over the election.

And there's pretty general fear over whether elections will be run smoothly or whether there'll be some form of interference.

has received death threats for his

I will now pass to Judd, who will talk a bit about water stress on the U.S. end.

Thank you, Maddie, and thank you, everyone, for taking the time to be here this afternoon.

If you live in the U.S. at all, especially in the western states, you'll notice that it's hot lately, as expected in August.

But drought has been particularly bad this year.

The map on the right-hand side is the latest map from the U.S. Drought Monitor, updated this week.

As expected, increased drought in the U.S. is really weighing on agriculture production.

I've got some stats in the top left.

I think Judd probably had a look at this more than anyone.