Since its legalization in 2018, Canada’s cannabis industry has undergone significant evolution—marked by rapid expansion, early missteps, and more recently, cautious stabilization. While economic turbulence, regulatory hurdles, and lingering stigma ...
Navigating Emerging Industries Amid Economic Uncertainty in Canada
As of April 2025, Canada’s economic landscape presents both challenges and opportunities for emerging industries such as cannabis and psychedelics. While the nation has seen significant investments and regulatory changes ...
How psychedelic startups can survive in a declining market
The psychedelics market saw an interesting shift several years ago. Long associated with party drugs, psychedelic substances were now being touted as potentially game changing treatments for a variety of ...
What do emerging industries need to know in a shaky economy?
You don’t need a degree in economics to know we’re having a bad year. With staggeringly high inflation rates, rising interest rates and a stock market that’s had a horrible ...
Our Masters of Disruption podcast series: psychedelics, cannabis, esports and more!
The emerging industries space which include psychedelics, plant protein, esports and more, continues to rapidly expand throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, driven by technological advancement and busy capital markets. In our ...
Ontario tweaks Business Corporations Act, making it more business-friendly
This summer, two small but important amendments to the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) came into effect. These amendments eased restrictions on governance so that Ontario businesses can operate more efficiently, ...
Psychedelics treatments are in the public eye
Recently the use of psychedelics in health care experienced an interesting turning point – not through political gains, but through television. Hulu’s latest hit, Nine Perfect Strangers, depicts the use of psychedelics ...
Micro-dosing with Zeifmans: Season 2 podcast recap
Season 2 of our podcast “Micro-dosing with Zeifmans” was a real trip. Pulling knowledge from industry expert guests, we examined the industry as it currently is, and painted a vivid ...
Will stock option taxation changes hurt hiring?
Employers in Canada’s emerging industries like cannabis, psychedelics, and agritech are concerned about how upcoming changes to the taxation of stock options will impact their ability to recruit top talent. ...