Oct 8, 2026 · 56 min · 13 segments
Canada’s prime minister has been busy pulling leavers to grow the economy while reducing the country's dependence on an unstable southern neighbour. From tax reform, to investment summits to amd new…
Tom CooperGuest
Jessica McCormickGuestKieran HanleyGuestAndrea KingGuestAdam WalshHostAshley BraulweilerGuestFrom folks in your orbit, what are you hearing from people of like where we are with the economy and everything that's going on?
So with our membership within EcoNext, there's a lot of SMEs who have products, technologies, services that they would typically sell into the American market, whether it's clean tech like MISA and their thermostat or It could be a company providing services to the military in the U.S. They're all facing bigger troubles, of course, because of the tariffs and because of the anti-free trade rules that the Trump administration has put in.
But on the other flip side of the coin, the intent to invest in Canada and the intent to advance special projects of national interest creates enormous opportunities for other companies who see bright days ahead and who are really excited about what's been happening and what opportunities they present for Newfoundland and Labrador.
Yeah, I think that a lot of workers in the province and right across the country have been moving through the past year and a half, looking to the federal government and provincial governments for measures that will support them in what are, as you've kind of outlined, going down through the list, really turbulent times for all of us.
And I think in the most recent weeks, seeing kind of the speed at which Mark Carney is moving forward with some of these initiatives, has left many of my members wondering where they fit in, whether or not these investments are going to trickle down, as they say, as you said in your intro there, and what it means for our rights in the workplace with Bill C-39, this omnibus bill that's moving its way through Parliament right now.
We're all invested in building a stronger economy in Canada, but you can't build an economy without workers.
I think all of the things you mentioned certainly kind of made Canada focus on itself.
And there's a lot of excitement, I think, about the pride we feel and building Canada strong.
But then... people start talking about like, Oh, well we need to diversify away from the U S but in tech, the U S is a massive market and it's our go-to for tech sales.
So it's, you know, it's not something that you're all of a sudden going to just shift and go to Europe and replace all of those sales and that potential.
So it's a, Yeah, figuring out, you know, you're still going to do business there.
From folks in your orbit, what are you hearing from people of like where we are with the economy and everything that's going on?
So with our membership within EcoNext, there's a lot of SMEs who have products, technologies, services that they would typically sell into the American market, whether it's clean tech like MISA and their thermostat or It could be a company providing services to the military in the U.S. They're all facing bigger troubles, of course, because of the tariffs and because of the anti-free trade rules that the Trump administration has put in.
But on the other flip side of the coin, the intent to invest in Canada and the intent to advance special projects of national interest creates enormous opportunities for other companies who see bright days ahead and who are really excited about what's been happening and what opportunities they present for Newfoundland and Labrador.
Yeah, I think that a lot of workers in the province and right across the country have been moving through the past year and a half, looking to the federal government and provincial governments for measures that will support them in what are, as you've kind of outlined, going down through the list, really turbulent times for all of us.
And I think in the most recent weeks, seeing kind of the speed at which Mark Carney is moving forward with some of these initiatives, has left many of my members wondering where they fit in, whether or not these investments are going to trickle down, as they say, as you said in your intro there, and what it means for our rights in the workplace with Bill C-39, this omnibus bill that's moving its way through Parliament right now.
We're all invested in building a stronger economy in Canada, but you can't build an economy without workers.
I think all of the things you mentioned certainly kind of made Canada focus on itself.
And there's a lot of excitement, I think, about the pride we feel and building Canada strong.
But then... people start talking about like, Oh, well we need to diversify away from the U S but in tech, the U S is a massive market and it's our go-to for tech sales.
So it's, you know, it's not something that you're all of a sudden going to just shift and go to Europe and replace all of those sales and that potential.
So it's a, Yeah, figuring out, you know, you're still going to do business there.
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