Opinion: Small businesses are the missing piece in Canada’s investment and trade strategy

This week, Ottawa made its biggest-ever pitch to global investors, aiming to catalyze $1 trillion into the Canadian economy over the next five years. In the same stretch of weeks, Canadian exporters are absorbing a fresh round of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, the latest turn in a trade relationship that no longer looks dependable. […]

Calgary Herald · Sep 21, 2026