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Bank of Canada holds interest rate at 1.75%; keeps eye on oil slump, investment

The Bank of Canada is leaving its interest rate unchanged and says the timing of future hikes...

Conservatives hang on to safe Ottawa-area seat in easy byelection win

The Conservatives easily hung onto a long-time Tory fiefdom Monday, scoring a convincing victory in a federal...

NHL’s Bettman ‘disappointed’ RendezVous LeBreton plan is on the verge of collapse

Gary Bettman isn't concerned the development deal that would have included a new downtown arena for the...

Car quotas and labour rights: Two key changes in the newly signed USMCA

Initial analysis on the final text of the new North American trade pact Canada signed on Friday...

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week

More bank earnings BMO Financial Group releases its fourth-quarter and year-end results on Tuesday and National Bank of...

Trump to kill old NAFTA to push Congress to approve USMCA

The original NAFTA deal has landed back atop Donald Trump's hit list, with the U.S. president again...

Statistics Canada says pace of Canadian economic growth slowed in third quarter

The pace of economic growth in Canada slowed in the third quarter as business investment spending moved...

A timeline of Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk’s frayed relationship with fans

Two exiles will return to Ottawa's Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday: star defenceman Erik Karlsson and former...

Ottawa-area MPP leaves Tory caucus over decisions affecting francophones

A Progressive Conservative legislator who publicly denounced Ontario's decision to eliminate the independent office of the French-language...

Feds remove regulatory barriers to trade, hope provinces will follow suit

The federal government is taking immediate steps to remove some regulatory barriers to trade across the country,...
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The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical demise of past giants. But the numbers tell a different story. Driven by evolutionary waves from telecommunications to software-as-a-service, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, the national technology ecosystem has quietly produced remarkable long-term enterprise value. New research shows that Ottawa tech unicorns have produced at least one billion-dollar firm every single decade, making it the highest per-capita producer of unicorns in the country. Moreso, local tech ventures account for a staggering three-quarters of all-time wealth creation in Canadian tech history, driving $1.4 trillion in wealth over the past 36 years. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran celebrates Ottawa Innovation Week by speaking with tech veteran Sasha Gera, chief operating officer of HealWell AI. Gera shares his research and insights from his newly launched ledger, Unicorn North, highlighting how Ottawa stacks up against other major Canadian cities and why it remains the most productive, distraction-free destination for building sustainable, hundred-year companies. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Introducing Sasha Gera 14:45 Sponsor Segment 17:57 Innovation Week 25:15 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/5
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