Ottawa Insight

Ottawa’s chefs were inspired – not stifled – by Canada’s recession. Restaurateurs reinvented menus and methods, taking the city’s industry to a new level of expertise and experimentation.

One of the nice parts about living in Ottawa is its proximity to Quebec. Crossing a bridge into Gatineau means

Interested in running a business from your own home? Some say a recession can be the best time to start.

High-end restaurants should be the first to suffer in a recession but Ottawa is showing that isn’t always the case.

Many people clung to their jobs during the recession. Others chose to quit, braving an uncertain financial future to launch their own start-ups.

Ottawa has lots of brilliant people. They have brilliant ideas. Some of these ideas could sprout the next big technology company – the next Nortel or RIM. But venture capital has dried up in Ottawa. Who will finance these ideas? Who will trust our brilliant entrepreneurs? The answer: angel capital networks.

A weak dollar and over-abundance of beef on the market has meant for a tough recession recovery for Ontario’s cattle producers. It’s forced many to change the way they do business.