Energy

Canada’s landscape is rich in energy sources that fuel our economy. In 2017, the energy sector made up 9.2% of Canada’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a total of or $175 billion. The energy sector also directly employed 1.5% of the national workforce (a total of 276,000 jobs); including indirect roles, this percentage is estimated at 4.9% (or 900,000 jobs). Canada is currently ranked as the sixth-largest crude oil producer and the fifth-largest natural gas producer in the world. Our country is also a large net exporter of energy; exporting production that is surplus to the current and future needs of Canadians. Energy products made up 17% of Canada’s total exports and were valued at $71.4 billion in 2017.

David Joseph will help turn these energy sector challenges and issues into opportunities, getting your business through tough economic times. We welcome the chance to discuss how our capabilities can address your business needs.

Aerospace & Defence

Canada’s aerospace and defence (A&D) industry has tripled in terms of global market share in the last 20 years, making Canada the fifth largest aerospace producer in the world. Unlike other countries, 77% of Canada’s products are manufactured for civil aircraft and 82% of total industry output is exported worldwide – more than any other country. Canadian aeronautics companies have felt the effects of the recent economic downturn acutely, as production cutbacks by the prime manufacturers impact the entire supply chain. However, the market can be expected to recover as global demand for aircraft returns, and the long-term future for A&D in Canada looks bright.

David Joseph will help turn these aerospace challenges and issues into opportunities, getting your business through tough economic times. We welcome the chance to discuss how our capabilities can address your business needs.

Financial Services

The financial services industry is constantly changing. Digital channels are on the rise, bringing  with them new competitors. Regulatory requirements continue to expand in scope and intricacy. All the while, shareholders demand healthy returns and the maintenance of higher capital buffers. With all these changes come challenges - but also opportunities.

David Joseph can help you meet these challenges and make the most of the opportunities. With over a decade of experience servicing public sector financial clients, we’re ideally equipped to help you ensure regulatory compliance in response to ever-changing federal requirements. We also specialize in risk management, operational efficiency improvement, customer engagement, and cost control mechanisms.

Technology

Of the companies raising seed or early-stage funding in 2015-2017, only 10% of them have raised expansion or later-stage funding in 2016-2018. As a result, Canada has become a launch-pad for early-stage companies. With a few notable exceptions, we are still lacking the later-stage success stories we see in many other ecosystems.

As a tech leader, you need to keep pace with change and find the right opportunities to grow, optimize and evolve your business to the next level. Scaling requires an evolving suitcase of needs—from talent management and risk compliance to taxes and corporate finance—and it helps to have a partner who can bring you what you need, when you need it.

Healthcare

We are at a genuine tipping point. The health industry is for a variety of reasons ready to change. In Canada and in many other developed countries around the world, we’re just not getting enough out of health care dollars. In fact, Canada spends more on health care than the majority of its peer countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

We must now think differently about participation in health. And it’s important to establish a dialogue about the role of public- and private-sector innovation, service provision and overall approach to investment. This discussion doesn’t need to rest solely on policy and funding reform. It can begin by recognizing the capabilities, assets and opportunities to help shape and influence the emerging health ecosystem. Incremental change and disruptive change have a significant role to play.

Organizations wanting to succeed in this new reality must learn to adopt broader perspectives and hold themselves accountable to truly “pushing forward” in a more challenging and uncertain world. Those that can adjust and position themselves to take advantage of this ecosystem will have a better chance of “winning” in health and charting a successful path forward.

David Joseph will help turn these challenges and issues into opportunities, getting your business through tough economic times. We welcome the chance to discuss how our capabilities can address your business needs.

Forestry

Federal funding programs supported by the Canadian Forest Service help diversify forest products, markets and processes to support the competitiveness of Canada’s forest sector.

• Expanding Market Opportunities Program increases market opportunities for the Canadian forest industry in offshore markets and non-residential construction and mid-rise segments in North American markets.

• Forest Innovation Program supports research, development and technology transfer activities in Canada’s forest sector.

• Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) Program encourages a greater use of wood in non-traditional construction in Canada by catalyzing a broader awareness of, and capacity for, innovative tall wood buildings, timber bridges and low-rise wood commercial buildings.

• Growing Canada’s Forests program supports tree planting projects as part of the Government of Canada’s commitment to plant two billion trees by 2030 and establishes the nature-based building blocks needed to get to net-zero emissions by 2050.

• Indigenous Forestry Initiative helps to increase the participation of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in the Canadian economy and improve economic outcomes for Indigenous peoples throughout Canada.

• Investments in the Forest Industry Transformation Program aims to support Canada’s forest sector in becoming more economically competitive and environmentally sustainable through targeted investments in advanced technologies.