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Canada Now

Ashley Smith

Sparking bold ideas to help shape what’s next — through an unapologetically Canadian lens.

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Episodes

24 episodes

  1. Who Gets a Say in Canada's AI Future? — with Kris Krüg 54:10
  2. What It Really Takes to Scale a Canadian Business — with Hoochy ’Booch 55:58
  3. Inside the Policy and Investment Decisions Shaping Canada's Housing Supply — with Cynthia Jagger 34:14
  4. How Tech Ecosystems Compound: Lessons from Vancouver — with Dennis Pilarinos 40:40
  5. Prostate Cancer in Canada: The Conversation That Could Save a Life — with Eric McCormack & Mark Mahl 42:13
  6. What 16 Conversations Revealed About Business & Innovation in Canada | Season 1 Reflection (Part 2) 19:07
  7. Canada’s Quiet Advantage: Maturity Over Noise | Season 1 Reflection (Part 1) 15:26
  8. Community Is the Moat: Vancouver Tech, Canadian Media, and the Offline Reset — with William Johnson 42:50
  9. Loyalty Beyond Points: Building Community-Led Brands — with Matias Marquez 54:20
  10. Leading Without a Map: Governance, Risk & Decision-Making in Uncertain Times — with Darlene Hyde 46:17
  11. Podcasting in 2026: What Still Works, What’s Changed, and Why ROI Matters — with Brayden Dyczkowski 56:53
  12. Building What Lasts: Climate Tech, Cash Flow, and a Canadian Model of Innovation | Arman Mottaghi 59:00
  13. AI Is Not a Bubble — It’s a Leadership Test | Karen Olsson 48:59
  14. Why Trust — Not Perfection — Is the Future of Brand Building | Brady Dahmer 49:50
  15. How Tom Rossiter Took a Canadian Tech Company Public Pre-Product — and Scaled RESAAS to 160 Countries 1:05:20
  16. Canada’s Cyber Wake-Up Call: What Every Leader Needs to Know in 2026 — with Dominic Vogel 52:28
  17. The Future of Work, Leadership & Humanity: A Conversation with Jay Rosenzweig 45:10
  18. Factory-Built Homes vs. the Cost of Chaos: Can Modular Be More Affordable, Convenient — and Beautiful? | Rohe Homes 56:37
  19. Unlocking Underused Land: A Tech Founder’s Dynamic Journey to Democratize Real Estate — w/ Laura Fortey 48:10
  20. Disrupt Yourself: How Canadians Win the Next Wave of Change — with Jeff King 51:40
  21. Social Media Reimagined — The Canadian Way, Eh!? | Ft. Jess Glowacki 40:37
  22. From Deals to Stewardship: Reinventing Real Estate in Canada — with Ross McCredie 49:56
  23. Beyond Listings: Data, Digitization & Canada’s Housing Future — with Trevor Koot 51:17
  24. Canada Now - Trailer 0:41