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Carmichael: How free trade with the U.S. made Canadian businesses lazy
A new report shows that Canada’s exporters have been surrendering ground to their international peers since NAFTA -
Willie Gagnon is tired. So is Canada’s shareholder activism movement
After nearly two decades on the frontlines, Gagnon says shareholder activism must change its approach to continue to have a voice -
Carmichael: The Canada Investment Summit did what it needed to do
Perception matters, even among the Masters of the Universe—so Canada had to put on a show
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Business
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Pension funds are lining up for a piece of Canada’s airports
Under the new model, private operators will expect to earn a profit on their investment. What that might mean for airline and passenger fees remains unclear. -
What it was like to pitch a project in the hurly-burly of the Canada Investment Summit
Getting into Canada’s deal book led to many meetings for Alberta defence entrepreneur JR Cox—even if he was excluded from the main event -
Carney’s $500B investment claim requires some generous math
Some of the funding is earmarked for foreign companies, and not all of it is actually investment -
MaRS targets foreign customers for Canadian startups with a new global network
The Toronto innovation hub is building a global network of similar organizations to help scaling Canadian companies expand into new markets -
The real test of Canada’s $1T investment push will be execution, says APG Group’s CEO
The head of the €639 billion Dutch pension manager says capital will follow if Ottawa turns faster approvals and tax changes into investable projects
National
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Trump steps up effort to block Canadian goods from U.S. procurement—but his order leaves a lot untouched
The military and lower levels of government make up the bulk of U.S. procurement from Canadian suppliers. Trump’s edict doesn’t cover them. -
Making Canada an ‘associate member’ of the EU won’t be simple—whatever the label means
As the EU formally proposes closer ties with Canada, governments in the bloc are making it clear that words matter -
The ‘red line’ in U.S. trade talks that sets Canada apart from other countries
Canada walked away after American negotiators demanded a say in its future trade deals. Other nations haven’t been so reluctant, a new analysis shows. -
A top Dutch investor loves Canadian real estate. Ottawa’s tax bill, not so much
Bouwinvest’s CEO is coming to the Canada Investment Summit to warn—again—that double taxation is sending Dutch pension money south of the border -
Economic damage from Trump’s latest trade salvo may not be as bad as feared
Product bans mark a troubling escalation, say analysts, but tariff rollbacks on key products limit the overall pain
Tech
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OpenAI will give free credits to startups enrolled at Toronto’s Creative Destruction Lab
Top participants identified by the CDL will also receive support from OpenAI staff as the company looks to tap into Canada’s most promising startups -
LawZero gets $300M from Canada and Germany to develop safer AI
The grants will let the Montreal-based non-profit invest in R&D and buy more compute to develop its AI systems -
Cohere agrees terms with Aleph Alpha as it seeks scale and compute
The Canadian firm is developing bigger and more capable models to close the gap with the frontier labs, CEO Aidan Gomez says -
Radical Ventures raises over US$1B to back AI’s next behemoths
The Toronto investment firm’s new venture fund is the largest ever in Canada, amid huge demand for capital from superstar researchers and fast-growing firms -
Bell picks Saskatchewan in bid to more than double its AI data-centre capacity
The telecom firm has signed a non-binding deal with the provincial government to add 900 megawatts of capacity—and bring its own power
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The Big Read
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The $20B risk at the heart of Carney and Smith’s grand pipeline bargain
The oilpatch once called Ottawa’s pipeline-for-Pathways bargain “unfinanceable.” Now the industry seems to be changing its mind.
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Meet Canada’s leading innovators from the Class of 2026
From AI and space exploration to sustainable mining and accessible technology, this year’s Top Prospects are building the ideas and innovations that could shape Canada’s future -
Inside Bell’s all-Canadian plan to power the country’s AI future
The telecom giant is spending big to develop the infrastructure and services it hopes will power a national AI boom. Will the country buy into its vision? -
The small team in Montreal trying to save the world from AI
LawZero is a humble non-profit with a startup vibe and a core of determined staff. Its quest to create safe AI is anything but modest.
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