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Ontario Municipal Board to be replaced with less powerful tribunal

Ontario is planning to scrap the independent tribunal that adjudicates planning and development disputes and set up...

Ontario Municipal Board to be replaced with less powerful tribunal

Ontario is planning to scrap the independent tribunal that adjudicates planning and development disputes and set up...

How much per gram? Provinces, feds to start debating price tag on legal pot

Governments from across the country will meet next month to debate a key question about Canada's eventual...

National gas station count growing again thanks to stronger profit margins

The number of gasoline stations in Canada grew for the second consecutive year in 2016 after a...

Five Canadian business stories to watch this week

Lobbying on lumber: Brace for another round of arm-twisting on softwood lumber. The Union of Quebec Municipalities...

Moody’s downgrades ratings for Canada’s big banks amid consumer debt worries

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Canada's six big banks in another worrying sign about growing consumer debt...

Federal cost of natural disaster help has been steadily rising since 1970

The increasing number and intensity of natural disasters in Canada pushed the federal government's bills for federal...

Pot by numbers: Feds collecting cannabis data in effort to extinguish illegal marijuana trade

The federal government is hoping to find strength in numbers as it tries to stamp out the...

Bombardier’s Beaudoin to relinquish executive role but remain chair: company

Bombardier says Pierre Beaudoin is planning to relinquish his executive role with the company as of June...

Fewer than 6,000 tickets remain for 2017 Grey Cup in Ottawa

The Ottawa RedBlacks say tickets for the 2017 Grey Cup are moving at a brisk pace, which is welcome...
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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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