Cover: For our first edition of the year, we look at Top Aces Inc., which is one of Canada’s most successful defence companies helping train foreign militaries in an increasingly dangerous world. Also: The Squamish Nation is building a skyline-defining 11-tower development on reclaimed territory in Vancouver that represents a path to economic independence, but not everyone’s happy about it. Plus: We asked 18 leaders from a range of sectors for some big ideas on how to kickstart the Canadian economy.
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December: In this edition, we present our annual selection of top performers in four different areas—corporate citizen, innovation, strategy and the best of the newcomers. It’s getting tougher to be a corporate leader, and these four have upped their game. Also: From trade and markets to defence and manufacturing, our economics team looks at what’s in store for the coming year. Plus: Canada’s productivity lags, and maybe it’s because we rely too much on low-wage foreign workers rather than technology.
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November: Until 2018, he was best known as the Montreal fashion magnate who backed decade-defining brands Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren and Michael Kors. Now Lawrence Stroll is funnelling untold amounts of cash into transforming his Aston Martin F1 team into a champion. Also: For this month’s Made in Canada series, we went inside a downtown-Toronto facility that makes uranium pellets for the CANDU nuclear reactors at Pickering and Darlington. Plus: Our corporate law survival guide has all the need-to-know information on the future of artificial intelligence and billable hours, and where to make the most money.
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October: Without an army of 80,000 migrant farm workers to pick Canada’s crops, a lot of food just wouldn’t reach our tables. We went to Norfolk County to meet some of them. Also: The execs are not alright, and an increasing number of them are turning to psychedelic treatments to help them cope with the chaos. Plus: Check out Canada’s Top Growing Companies, our seventh annual ranking of companies with stellar three-year growth rates.
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June: Blackberry’s new media-shy chief executive dishes on the former smartphone giant’s plans to conquer another market – inside your car. Also: We rank Canada’s Best Managed Companies of 2025, and learn lessons every leader should live by. Plus: Barbecue maker Napoleon plays up its made-in-Canada bona fides, but building more products at home is easier said than done.
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May: Diversity, equity and inclusion was supposed to make organizations fairer and more meritocratic, and the world a better place. So why has the blowback against DEI been so fast and so harsh? Also: At Nortel Networks’ peak 25 years ago, it was worth more than 35% of the value of the TSX 300. So how did Canada’s biggest boom company ever go so bust? Former insiders provide an oral history. Plus: We present our annual list of non-CEO All-Stars who help their companies win big.
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April, 2025: GardaWorld is a key player in the ever-increasing $250-billion domain of global security. We travelled to West Virginia to find out what clients can expect from their top-of-the-line treatment, guns and all. Also: Sports betting has been immensely profitable since Ontario legalized it, but risks remain. Plus: Vancouver-based Teck Resources branches out with a copper mine high in the Andes, but a lot could still go wrong.
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March, 2025: We talk to GFL Environmental’s Patrick Dovigi about how he built a waste management giant, accrued billions in debt, had his house shot at, pulled off a mega sale, and still managed to keep investors onside. Also: we unveil our annual Changemakers list – 20 emerging leaders reinventing how Canada does business. Plus: Robert Allan Inc.’s all-electric tugboats really are the little boats that can change everything.
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