Canada’s $1.75 Billion Plan Faces a Seed-Funding Drop
Canada’s $1.75 billion Venture and Growth Capital Plan lands as seed financing fell 31% in the first half of 2026. The51’s Shelley Kuipers urges Ottawa to mobilize private capital.
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Canada’s global innovation rank slides from 8th to 16th
Canada fell from eighth to 16th in WIPO’s innovation index. Strong research and venture capital have not offset weak policy stabi…
Canada and EU Launch 'Alliance for the Future' With €90bn Ukraine Loan
Canada and the EU launched the Alliance for the Future in Montreal, pairing a €90bn Ukraine loan with a C$1.6bn AI stake and supe…
Canada Targets June to Seal EU 'Associate Member' Deal
Carney expects to conclude EU associate membership talks in June. The joint declaration, however, never uses the term, defining o…
Carney Sets June Deadline for Canada's EU Associate Membership Talks
Carney wants EU talks wrapped by June on a first-ever 'associate membership' the Montreal declaration never mentioned. Trump call…
EU Retreats From 'Associate Membership' Offer to Canada
The EU has scrapped plans for Canadian "associate membership" talks after member-state objections, pushing any definition of clos…
Canada Pursues EU 'Associate Member' Status as Trump Pressure Mounts
Canada is negotiating to become the EU's first associate member, with a summit in Montreal set to deepen trade, defense and criti…
Honda Warns Doubling Canada Tariffs to 50% Would Be 'Catastrophic'
Honda warns Trump's threat to double Canada auto tariffs to 50% on Jan. 1 would be "catastrophic," pressing for a trilateral USMC…
Ottawa Dangles $700 Million Fund-of-Funds to Pension Capital
ISED wants pension funds as limited partners in a $700m fund-of-funds; managers must raise $3 private for every $1 public, with b…
Canada's Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve Will Run Dry by February
Quebec's strategic maple syrup reserve, held in three warehouses, will be empty by February after American tariff hoarding pushed…
Susan Collins Wins Tariff Exemptions for Nine Maine Product Categories
Sen. Susan Collins secured exemptions from Trump's Canada tariffs for nine product categories vital to Maine agriculture, as GOP…