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How do small businesses navigate their presence in a 'click-and-mortar' world? Join us to take a deep dive on this topic - we'll be joined by The Honourable Rechie Valdez, Minister of Small Business, along with dynamic small business owners! Register: bit.ly/3RWyFPf

Adaption. Agility. All At Once. Today, our Business Data Lab, in collaboration with Amazon Canada, released its latest report on the new post-pandemic reality of small businesses in Canada. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/3Spjyye #cdnecon #smallbiz

It was a pleasure to welcome the BDC team to our office yesterday! We shared with CEO Isabelle Hudon the latest research, reports and tools from our Business Data Lab that are designed to empower and support #smallbusiness in 🇨🇦. Learn more ➡️ bdl-lde.ca

Thanks Visa Canada! A very helpful resource for 🇨🇦businesses, chambers and researchers. The Chamber's Business Data Lab loves to see data democratized. We'll definitely be using for insights in the future.

Glad to see Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and the City of Ottawa commit improving their investment returns with IMCO. Four years ago I wrote the following piece on how Ontario municipalities could maximize their investment returns with IMCO to support local needs.

After holding steady for most of 2024, Canadian job postings dipped in May, and now stand where they did in Feb-2020 (seasonally adjusted). I don't think this is flashing red for the job market (would need to see more of a trend), just a sign that the cool down continues.

Discover how AI can boost productivity for small businesses in the latest episode of The Unsure Entrepreneur podcast. Patrick Gill from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Canadian Chamber of Commerce joins host Roger Pierce to share insights and practical tips to help solve Canada's

A weekly average of $1.2 billion in grains and fertilizer has come to a standstill on just one rail line. With fall being a seasonally high-traffic period for grains, this disruption couldn’t have come at a worse time. See for yourself: bdl-lde.ca/terminal/