Getting growing tech businesses out of Canada’s ‘valley of death’

Our country produces world-class companies and then watches them get acquired, relocate, or stall out before they reach their potential.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured on Ottawa's Sparks Street in June 2026. Canada’s current programs for small and medium businesses fall short, amounting only to a helpful bridge across a gap that’s much wider than the bridge, writes Adam Froman.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY ADAM FROMAN

August 13, 2026

Canada’s scale-up problem isn’t just about capital. It’s about the impossible math founders face every single quarter.

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