Six weekly reports on the sectors that shape Canada's economy — written for workers, businesses, communities, and anyone who wants to understand what global trade means for their industry and their country.
Select a sector to browse the full archive — every issue, back to #001. Each report covers intelligence signals, regulatory changes, procurement opportunities, and market entry pathways specific to that sector and the Canadians working in it.
Canada sits on some of the world's most valuable mineral deposits — uranium, lithium, cobalt, rare earths, copper, nickel. These reports cover where those minerals go and who wants them globally, what provincial regulations and geological surveys reveal about new opportunities, how to stake claims and navigate environmental assessments, what's happening from the DRC to Chile to Nunavut, and what land claims and Indigenous partnerships mean for development. From intelligence signals and commodity prices to regulatory compliance, procurement, and market entry — every week.
Canada's energy story is one of the most contested in the world — oil sands jobs versus clean energy futures, LNG exports versus pipeline rights, hydrogen ambitions versus grid reality. These reports track what's actually happening in global energy markets, what it means for Fort McMurray and what it means for BC's cleantech exporters, where Indigenous communities stand in pipeline and project corridors, and where Canada's genuine clean energy export opportunities exist in Germany, Japan, and South Korea. Intelligence signals, regulatory changes, procurement, and entry pathways — every week.
Canada's 1.7 million manufacturing workers built this country's industrial base — and they're navigating some of the biggest disruptions in a generation. These reports track the tariffs, trade agreements, reshoring signals, and supply chain shifts that affect plants from Windsor to Hamilton to Sault Ste. Marie. We cover what CUSMA means in practice, where new industrial opportunities are opening for Canadian manufacturers and exporters, and what regulatory and compliance changes mean for the shop floor. Intelligence signals, procurement tenders, regulatory updates, and market entry pathways — every week.
Canada is spending $38.6 billion modernising NORAD — the largest defence investment in decades. That money flows through Halifax shipyards, Mirabel aircraft plants, and Winnipeg maintenance facilities. These reports explain, in plain language, where those contracts go, what NATO and allied procurement opportunities exist for Canadian suppliers, and what drone warfare, Arctic sovereignty, and cyber threats mean for Canada's security and the communities that depend on defence work. From DND procurement signals and ITAR compliance to Five Eyes export pathways and regulatory updates — every week.
Saskatchewan has 40,000 farms. Manitoba and Alberta add 30,000 more. When canola prices move, when China restricts imports, when a drought hits the Prairies, when India opens a new pulse quota — those are stories about farm family income, grain elevator jobs, and the cost of groceries. These reports connect global agri-food trade to the people and places that produce Canada's food — covering commodity signals, market access wins and losses, food security as a national security issue, agri regulations and compliance, procurement signals, and export entry pathways. Every week.
Canada's 1.2 million tech workers operate in clusters from Waterloo to Vancouver to Montreal. When AI regulations shift in Europe, when a hospital gets hit by ransomware, when a northern community finally gets broadband, when Ottawa procures a new digital system — these are technology stories with real human stakes. These reports cover global digital policy, cybersecurity threats, procurement signals, and market access developments that affect Canadian tech companies and the workers and communities that depend on them. From EU AI Act compliance and GovTech procurement to Indigenous digital equity and export pathways — every week.