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Shopify shares surge after LCBO chooses Ottawa firm to run online cannabis sales

The Ontario government has inked a deal to use Shopify's e-commerce platform for cannabis sales online and...

Bank of Canada warns of leaving ‘winner takes all’ digital economy unchecked

A top Bank of Canada official is warning about the risks related to the growing dominance of...

Trudeau makes pitch to Silicon Valley, Amazon to invest in Canada

Justin Trudeau made his prime ministerial pitch to Silicon Valley on Thursday, and had a chance to...

Canaccord Genuity’s Q3 earnings get huge lift from cannabis, blockchain

Canaccord Genuity's third-quarter earnings got a major lift from a flurry of deals in the Canadian cannabis...

Trudeau looks to lure tech talent, capital north in San Francisco visit

The employee roll at Ben Zifkin's Toronto-based startup is set to double over the coming year to...

Legal pot on track for July but actual retail sales may take longer

The Trudeau government insists it's on track to legalize recreational pot in July – but whether that...

Canada’s budget to make significant investments in basic science and research

Canada's research community has long yearned for a consequential funding boost for science – and 2018 is...

WestJet Airlines reports fourth quarter profit down from year ago

WestJet Airlines Ltd. saw its fourth-quarter profit fall compared with a year ago as its costs rose. The...

Dow Jones down more than 1,100 points as global equity slump continues

North American stock indexes extended last week's slump, as the Dow Jones industrial average plunged nearly 1,600...

Five Canadian business stories to watch in the coming week

Reading the BoC tea leaves Economists and investors will be all ears when senior deputy Bank of Canada...
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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
Techopia: Is Ottawa the country’s biggest tech wealth generator? | Episode 298

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