Congress now tells us that it has put off a vote on any Detroit bailout until after Thanksgiving. It warns the Big Three that it had better come up with a viable plan to use the money to get back on track or the check will not be written.

Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 0.1% in the first quarter (or 0.3% annualized), marking the country’s first decline since the second quarter of 2003.