For several years, “survive” was the operating word for a lot of small business owners I’ve watched navigate this market. That’s shifting. The BDC’s 2025 State of Entrepreneurship Report puts real numbers behind what’s been an anecdotal impression for a while. Fast Facts: Canadian Entrepreneurship in 2026 34% of business owners expect moderate expansion; 21%...
AI adoption headlines tend to swing between two extremes: total transformation, or overblown hype. After fifteen years of watching technology cycles play out in small business, I’ve learned to trust the adoption curve over the press release. The Canadian data for 2026 tells a quieter, more useful story than either extreme. Fast Facts: AI Adoption...
Trade tension has a way of changing consumer behaviour fast. Faster than any marketing campaign can. In fifteen years of watching consumer sentiment swing around economic shocks, I’ve rarely seen a shift land this quickly. I’ve also learned to be skeptical of how far that sentiment actually travels into a shopping cart. Fast Facts: The...
Ask Canadian small business owners what’s hardest about 2026, and the answer clusters around three things: financing, labour, and tariffs. I’ve watched enough owners tackle these one at a time to know that’s usually the wrong approach. The three interact. Treating them separately tends to waste effort on whichever one is loudest that week, rather...
