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We offer opinions and insider information that can provide a pulse on government initiatives, the health of the Canadian economy, and firsthand thoughts from Canadian business owners.

New Round of Yves Landry Foundation AIME Opens

The Yves Landry Foundation’s Achieving Innovation and Manufacturing Excellence (AIME) Global initiative, a program supporting employee training to support innovation, has opened once again as of December 1, 2014. The federal government has recently injected $9M in funding to the… Read more »

CME SMART Launched with New Round of Funding

CME: SMART Advanced Technology for Global Growth has been launched in Ontario and will remain open until December 31, 2016. The program, administered by the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) and FedDev Ontario, aims to promote and develop southern Ontario’s… Read more »

CME Hosts Annual Queen’s Park Reception

The Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association (CME) is hosting the 19th Annual Queen’s Park reception in Toronto on December 2, 2014. This event allows attendees to network with some of CME’s senior executives as well as several MPP’s, Ministers, and… Read more »

New SR&ED Videos

Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has released a series of new educational videos about the SR&ED program.  The videos cover topics including: who can claim SR&ED tax incentives, what work qualifies for SR&ED, how to calculate SR&ED expenditures and investment tax… Read more »

New CME Smart Program to be Launched December 2014

The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario) announced that FedDev Ontario will be partnering with Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) to launch a new program called SMART Advanced Technologies for Global Growth.  Fed… Read more »

Employee Spotlight: Jeff Mitobe

As an Engineering Manager at our Cambridge office, Jeff Mitobe manages a team of engineers and technical writers and assists clients in a number of industries translate complex technical processes into fully formed and articulated research and experimental development projects.… Read more »

Success Story: Creating Jobs for Canada’s Youth

The Youth Employment Strategy (YES) has provided another $198,000 towards helping youth find gainful employment in Canada. A press release announced that the government of Canada would provide a local New Glasgow business funds to supplement the creation of 10 jobs… Read more »

Movember 2014

Movember was created in 2003 by two Mo Bros in Australia, with the initial campaign totaling just 30 Mo Bros.  As of 2013 Movember has well over one million Mo Bros and Mo Sistas, with 21 countries participating sporting a… Read more »