The Real Economy Canada: Fall 2025

September 16, 2025

Intentionality, adaptability and maintaining the balance between longer-term goals and short-term needs are essential for Canadian businesses to stay competitive amid ongoing economic volatility.

RSM Canada's analysts explore how middle market businesses can embrace these core tenets to address challenges such as the housing crisis, sustainability planning, capital deployment and AI integration.

It’s not enough for businesses to say ‘we use AI’ as a catch-all meant to solve every industry challenge or simply to keep up with the competition. Being intentional with AI systems—and subsequently articulating that differentiation—is critical.
Justin Krieger,  Director, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, RSM Canada

This edition of The Real Economy Canada also looks at recent tax law changes, along with what Canada's sustainability agenda could look like under the current federal government—and what both could mean for businesses.

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The RSM Middle Market Sustainability Survey 2024: U.S. and Canada

Numerous regulations are making sustainability a larger compliance issue.

Tax incentives are one part of companies’ broader decarbonization efforts.

Training is the most common action taken toward compliance, but also the top hurdle.

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