“Last year, the conversation was about survival. This year, it’s about endurance.” That line from Anamika Gadia, Partner and National Leader of Industrial Markets at KPMG Canada, captures exactly where … Read More
The number that should be sitting on every manufacturing operations leader’s desk right now isn’t the PMI reading or the order backlog. It’s this: 20% of US manufacturing plants failed … Read More
The semiconductor talent race isn’t slowing down. It’s becoming significantly more specialized. Artificial intelligence is driving unprecedented global semiconductor investment, but broader market growth doesn’t mean every operation is hiring … Read More
With over 33% of Canada’s mining workforce eligible to retire in the coming years, production targets are no longer just an engineering problem. They are a talent problem. Mining leaders … Read More
You can relocate machinery. You can move inventory. You can build a new facility from the ground up. But that’s often the one thing that doesn’t migrate as planned: a … Read More
July is the right time to ask a blunt question: is your workforce strategy built for what the next six months actually look like, or is it still shaped by … Read More
Canada’s semiconductor sector doesn’t look like the US version. There are no fabs the size of TSMC’s Arizona facilities, no single city that functions as a chip manufacturing hub, and … Read More
The narrative that trades jobs are lower-paying than white-collar careers hasn’t been accurate for years. In 2026, it’s barely even in the conversation. Journeyperson tradespeople in Canadian manufacturing routinely earn … Read More
The job description that launched a thousand searches: process engineer, equipment engineer, design engineer, clean separate boxes on an org chart, is losing its grip on how semiconductor fabs actually … Read More
Canada’s mining sector doesn’t have a demand problem. It has a people problem. Projects are being approved, capital is flowing, commodity prices are at historic highs, and operations across the … Read More
