Global conflict is hitting your wallet in ways nobody is connecting for you. You saw the fuel price and kept driving. You got an email apologizing for a service outage. Your AI tool started ignoring your instructions. Iranian drones hit data centres in the UAE and Bahrain and knocked out Amazon Web Services. You felt all of it. You just did not know why.

Diesel hit $1.73 a litre in Ottawa. Bitcoin jumped $4,000 USD in roughly 24 hours, a 5% move in a single day while a bond earns that in a year. Gold is up 100% over the past year. Europe is not getting its liquid natural gas. Shipping is being disrupted broadly. The cost of getting goods from there to here is climbing, and it is heading for your grocery bill next.

These are not distant stories. They are the reason your screen buffered, your mailing list went quiet, and your birthday gift suddenly cost more than you planned.

Topics: global conflict hitting your wallet, fuel prices Canada, Bitcoin surge, supply chain disruption, cost of living

Originally aired on2026-03-04