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Canada’s Economy in Reset Mode: What Business Leaders Must Know
Low growth, easing inflation, and cautious investment mark a year of transition for Canadian firms.
A strategic reset rather than a recession demands cost discipline, staged investment, and resilience across supply chains. Read more.
Tags: macro, inflation, strategy
Read time: 6 min
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Trade, Diversification and Canada’s Export Challenge
Heavy U.S. dependence and global uncertainty make diversification a national business priority.
With exposure concentrated in the U.S., Canadian firms need new markets, redesigned value chains, and policy-savvy execution. Read more.
Tags: trade, exports, risk
Read time: 7 min
Labour, Productivity and the Growth Imperative
Canada’s productivity gap is the biggest strategic challenge facing business.
Raising output per hour through automation, skills, and process design is essential in a low-growth environment. Read more.
Tags: productivity, workforce, digital
Read time: 7 min
Infrastructure, Transition and the Green Economy Opportunity
Clean energy, critical minerals, and logistics are reshaping Canada’s industrial landscape.
The shift from policy to execution in green value chains opens partnership and investment windows for first movers. Read more.
Tags: infrastructure, energy, transition
Read time: 7 min
Corporate Strategy in a Low-Growth Canada
With growth scarce, focus shifts to margin discipline, transformation, and resilience.
A pragmatic playbook prioritising cash flow, staged capex, and selective deal-making to win under constraint. Read more.
Tags: strategy, M&A, operations
Read time: 6 min
Summary Statistics – Snapshots
Themes: Macro, Trade, Productivity, Transition, Strategy
Sectoral Deep Dives
- Banking & Capital Markets: Liquidity, Leverage and the New Normal for Canadian Finance
- Technology & Digital Infrastructure: Bandwidth and Bandwidth Gaps: Building Canada’s Digital Backbone
- Real Estate: From Boom to Balance: Canada’s Commercial Property Reset
- Agriculture & Agri-Tech: Feeding Efficiency: The Digital Reinvention of Canadian Farming
- Transportation & Logistics: The Supply Chain Aftershock: How Canada Can Rebuild Resilience
Sectoral Deep Dives
- Healthcare Economy: The Cost of Care: Productivity and Pressure in Canada’s Health System
- Energy & Critical Minerals: Mining for Momentum: Canada’s Race for Resource Relevance
- Construction & Infrastructure: Building Smarter: Automation and Modular Futures
- Retail & Consumer Spending: From High Street to Hybrid: The Future of Canadian Retail
- Tourism & Services: Reimagining Experience: How Canada Can Compete for Global Leisure
Macro & Strategic Foresight
- Competitiveness Gap: Why Canada Is Losing Ground — and How to Win It Back
- Climate Economics: The Cost of Carbon and the Price of Progress
- Public-Sector Productivity: Doing More with Many: Reforming Government Efficiency
- Interprovincial Trade Reform: The 49th Parallel Within Canada
- Immigration Strategy: Talent, Demographics and the Economics of Belonging
Macro & Strategic Foresight
- Interest-Rate Cycle: The Long Plateau: Navigating a Higher-for-Longer World
- Digital Transformation & Cybersecurity: Canada’s Digital Risk Dividend
- Capital Allocation Under Uncertainty: Investing When the Future Is Foggy
- Fiscal Federalism & Municipal Finance: The Economics of Shared Burden
- Regional Inequality: The Two Economies of Canada — Urban Surge and Rural Stagnation
Future Economy & Strategic Foresight
- The 2030 Workforce: How AI and Demographics Will Reshape Employment
- Decoupling Dynamics: Canada’s Trade Strategy in a Fragmenting World
- Reshoring Reality: Manufacturing in the Age of Strategic Autonomy
- The Clean-Tech Race: Competing for Green Investment Capital
- The Productivity-AI Nexus: Can Machines Fix What People Can’t?
- Fiscal Tightrope: How Ottawa Will Balance Debt and Growth
- The Next Infrastructure Wave: From Roads to Grids and Data Lines
- Innovation Ecosystems: Lessons from the Global Top Five
- The ESG Reset: Moving Beyond Compliance to Value Creation
- Regional Renewal: The Economics of Secondary-City Growth
Emerging Risks & Opportunities
- The Water Economy: Pricing Scarcity in a Climate-Stressed Canada
- The Pension Pivot: Investing in a Low-Yield World
- Financial Crime & Compliance: The New Corporate Risk Frontier
- Energy Security in a Fragmented Global Market
- The Insurance Squeeze: Climate, Catastrophe, and Cost
- AI Regulation and the Economics of Trust
- Digital Identity and the Future of Privacy Infrastructure
- The Circular Economy Dividend: Designing Out Waste
- Climate Migration: The Coming Domestic Demographic Shift
- The Next Supercycle: Where Global Capital Will Flow in the 2030s
Business Transformation
- The Great Reorganization: How Canadian Firms Are Restructuring for the 2030s
- The End of Cheap Capital: How CFOs Are Rethinking Growth Models
- Data Sovereignty and Canada’s Digital Economy
- Rethinking Supply Chains: From Efficiency to Resilience
- Workforce 2.0: AI, Wellbeing, and the Hybrid Contract
- The Next Productivity Frontier: Intangible Capital
- CEO Agility: Leading Through Continuous Disruption
Global Forces
- The North American Competitiveness Pact
- Canada’s Role in the Arctic Economy
- The Rise of Industrial Policy: From Subsidies to Strategy
- Global Food Security and Canada’s Agricultural Edge
- Technology Nationalism and Supply-Chain Diplomacy
- Competing with Sovereign Funds: Canada’s Capital Gap
- The Economics of Peace and Conflict Risk
Long-Range Foresight
- The Future of Money: CBDCs and Digital Dollarization
- The 100-Year Life Economy
- Quantum Advantage and National Security
- Space as the Next Strategic Sector
- Post-Carbon Transportation: EVs, Hydrogen, and Air Mobility
- The Longevity Dividend in Health and Finance