How the CUSMA joint review works, why the US refused a 16-year extension, the auto and dairy demands on the table and what each scenario means for Canadian exporters.
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The 2025-2026 Canada-US Trade War: Tariffs, Counter-Tariffs and the Cost to Business
From IEEPA fentanyl tariffs to 50% Section 338 duties and import bans: how the Canada-US trade war unfolded, how Ottawa retaliated and what it has cost.
Tobi Lütke: The German Immigrant Who Built and Kept Control of Canada’s Most Valuable Company
From snowboards in Ottawa to US$11.6bn in revenue: how Tobi Lütke runs Shopify with a founder share, blunt memos and an AI-first mandate, and why he divides Canada.
Boardwalk, CAPREIT and the Business of Canadian Rental Housing
Boardwalk’s Alberta model versus CAPREIT’s rent-controlled portfolio, CMHC MLI Select financing, the purpose-built rental boom and why rents are softening in 2026.
The Irvings: The Family That Owns New Brunswick, From K.C. to the Sale That Never Came
How K.C. Irving built a province-sized empire, how his sons divided it, and where Irving Oil and J.D. Irving stand after the brothers’ deaths in 2024 and the aborted sale.
Brookfield, Oxford and Cadillac Fairview: Canada’s Office Landlords After the Pandemic
Pension-owned Cadillac Fairview, Oxford and Brookfield own Canada’s towers and malls. How they handled 17% vacancy, the 2026 recovery, and why they are shrinking.
The Desmarais Family and Power Corporation: Quebec’s Quiet Financial Empire
How the Desmarais family built Power Corporation into a C$3.4bn-earnings holding company spanning insurance, wealth management, Sagard and a majority stake in Wealthsimple.
Toronto’s Condo Bust: How a Decade of Investor-Driven Building Unwound
Toronto’s investor-financed condo machine broke after 2022. The 2026 data on sales, inventory, insolvencies and rents, and how Vancouver’s downturn compares.
The Westons: Bread, Loblaw, Boots and a Century of Canadian Retail Control
Wittington, George Weston, Loblaw and the October 2026 Boots acquisition: how Galen Weston Jr. runs Canada’s grocery dynasty after the Selfridges sale.
Canada’s Housing Crisis: Why Prices Doubled and What Build Canada Homes Is Trying to Fix
Canada’s supply gap, the 2024–26 immigration reversal, CMHC’s numbers and the $13 billion Build Canada Homes agency, explained with 2026 data.
The Thomsons: How Canada’s Richest Family Built Thomson Reuters and Bet It on AI
From Roy Thomson’s Timmins daily to a US$7.5bn AI-driven information group: how Woodbridge keeps control of Thomson Reuters and what the 2026 AI sell-off means for the dynasty.
Rogers-Shaw: The C$26bn Merger That Reshaped Canadian Telecom
How the C$26bn Rogers-Shaw deal survived regulators and a family coup, handed Freedom Mobile to Quebecor, and left Rogers with heavy debt, all of MLSE and a price war.
