CCI launches Balsillie-backed innovation policy institute Canadian SHIELD
Ex-BlackBerry co-CEO Jim Balsillie donates $10 million CAD to ‘economic nationalism’ think tank.
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Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne will not seek Liberal leadership
Champagne: “I will dedicate my energy … to defend Canadian businesses.”
The biggest tech questions of 2025
A cleantech crisis? More centaurs? No more VCCI? FinTech IPOs? Quantum leaps? Let’s dig in.
Province funnels $9 million into Québec Tech amid critiques over government spending
Minister Christopher Skeete: Québec startups can’t compete at a global scale without government assistance.
A requiem for the feds’ (failed) innovation strategy
Indiscriminate spending and unfinished policy commitments will be the Liberals’ innovation legacy.
2025 tech predictions: embrace chaos
AI agents! Political shenanigans! Canadian tech acquisitions! Big Tech breakups!
Alison Nankivell departs MaRS for Export Development Canada
Nankivell’s tenure on MaRS lasts only nine months, slightly longer than the executive search to hire her.
The biggest Canadian tech stories of 2024
Plus: Check your SR&ED history for a potential post-holiday windfall.
The biggest tech stories of 2024
Plus: Annual grades for Wealthsimple, Shopify, Cohere, and more.
Champagne stays put as Liberals name new FedDev, PrairiesCan ministers in cabinet shuffle
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he will bring down the government when Parliament reconvenes in January.
Glen Ventures lands $5 million CAD from IQ fund to back early-stage healthtech startups
VC firm to raise dedicated fund in new year separate from government mandate.
Check your SR&ED history: Canadian tech companies could be in for post-holiday windfall
Legislation this year identified ‘excluded loans’ as exempt from federal assistance.
Fall Economic Statement brings more delays for open banking in Canada
Feds up FCAC commitment but push open banking rollout to 2026, with several legislative hurdles to overcome.
Four new Canadian tech announcements in the Fall Economic Statement that shouldn’t be overlooked
BDC AI funding, procurement reform, money for Black entrepreneurs might have been missed in yesterday’s chaos.
Feds struggle to table Fall Economic Statement following Minister Freeland’s shock resignation
Mini-budget with many tech commitments comes during a day of chaos on the Hill.