A Calgary scale-up with $150M in annual recurring revenue just raised growth capital to expand while incumbents retreat — a case study in pressing an advantage when a market shifts in your favour.
A weaker Canadian dollar is quietly repricing Alberta goods cheaper for every U.S. and international buyer — a tailwind worth building into your export pricing conversations, with a watch-out on U.S.-dollar input costs.
About $1.5 billion of Alberta's U.S. exports are caught by the new tariffs, but beef, cattle, oil and gas and most food categories remain tariff-free — a real competitive window for Alberta producers while…
Retaliatory tariffs will raise the cost of U.S. steel, electronics and equipment that many Alberta manufacturers rely on as inputs — and Ottawa has promised support measures for affected industries within days.
The tariff wall is now live. Alberta exporters in affected categories need a price-response plan and a market-diversification plan, and buyers in exempt categories will be re-evaluating suppliers across the board.
Alberta's only newsprint mill is spending C$50 million to move up the value chain into book paper and high-bright grades — a diversification play announced days before U.S. tariffs hit wood products.
Only about 10% of this year's CanExport funding is reserved for U.S.-targeted projects — Ottawa is paying established exporters to diversify, and the new eligibility floors favour companies with real revenue.
The Canadian dollar just had its worst day in two months, and forecasters see C$1.41 by fall — for exporters billing in U.S. dollars, that's a pricing cushion worth building into your fall quotes.
One of Alberta's clearest scale-up stories just recapitalized for growth — $150M+ in annual recurring revenue and a valuation that more than doubled in two years.
Retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel, appliances, agricultural equipment and electronics will raise input costs for Alberta manufacturers — but a federal support package for tariff-hit industries is due within days.