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Canada must get creative to retain homegrown innovators
BY David Crane - August 17, 2026
We are spending on our science base, which consists of our universities and colleges and government support for companies. But we are not capturing the value. Spending more on science won’t deliver better results unless we fix the other barriers to growth, as well. Read full story
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Canada doesn’t have an innovation shortage—it has a commercialization failure
BY Dan Wasserman - August 17, 2026
This country does not need another conference discussing innovation. It needs a measurable commercialization process that turns public investment into Canadian economic outcomes. Read full story
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Liberal lead over Conservatives could show ‘crack in the armour’ depending on U.S. trade talks outcome, say strategists, pollsters
BY Jesse Cnockaert - August 16, 2026
The clock is ticking down to an Aug. 19 deadline when U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to impose 50-per-cent duties on more than $20-billion worth of Canadian exports. Read full story
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Getting growing tech businesses out of Canada’s ‘valley of death’
BY Adam Froman - August 13, 2026
Our country produces world-class companies and then watches them get acquired, relocate, or stall out before they reach their potential.  Read full story
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MPs spent roughly $2-million outsourcing comms, consultant work in 2025-26
BY Laura Ryckewaert - August 12, 2026
Tallying up contract spending by MPs under five descriptor categories tied to communications and consultant or subject matter expert work in 2025-26 totals $1,988,159 overall. Read full story
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How to fund Carney’s promises to keep the ‘Canadian covenant’ alive
BY Simon Wolle - August 10, 2026
Including money in the next budget for digital literacy and IHRA-related programming should fall within the ‘whole of federal government approach’ the prime minister outlined during his June speech about fighting antisemitism. Read full story
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Losing CUSMA could make Canada stronger
BY David Crane - August 10, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump and his cronies may hate us, threaten us, mock us, and try their hardest to hurt us. But we don’t have to kowtow. We have alternatives and that’s where we should spend our energy. We don’t have to be a vassal and shouldn’t want to be. Read full story
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New Strategic Exports Office a step forward in trade diversification, but Canada also faces infrastructure, price-competitiveness challenges, say trade experts
BY Jesse Cnockaert - August 10, 2026
Ottawa's goal to double domestic exports to markets beyond the U.S. by 2035 is feasible, but trade experts say achieving that outcome will take more than efforts initiated by the new office. Read full story
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Small and medium-sized businesses warn of ‘entrepreneurial drought’ crisis, lobby feds for a reduction in small business tax rate
BY Jesse Cnockaert - August 10, 2026
There is 'significant bleeding from the small business community across Canada' that has been underway for more than a year, says CFIB CEO Dan Kelly. Read full story
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Streamers looking to clawback millions after Liberals pivot on Canadian content
BY Davis Legree - August 7, 2026
After court filing unearthed last week confirmed the government’s plans to 'eliminate' a five-per-cent funding requirement for Canadian content tied to the Online Streaming Act, some streamers are trying to recoup funding transferred to a centralized trust. Read full story
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