It’s that time of year when businesses are looking at the future and creating their plans for the next year. It’s also a busy time of year for plumbing and HVAC contractors...

“I fired all of them,” said the Canada-based condominium developer I was helping to optimize his business. “Wow,” I said. “What happened?”

During a conversation with a plumbing contractor (I’ll refer to as Tip) who called me he told me about a fellow plumbing contractor who is a friend of his.

Being sustainable is not just about being “green” — or only about sustainable supply chains. 

Canada’s gross domestic product shrunk in the second quarter as the same supply-chain distribution issues affecting other countries are hitting Canada, too. Its exports were plunging at the rate of 15 percent during the second quarter.

Every Sunday morning, my five-year-old son Axel, my wife and I stop at the Dunkin’ Donuts in our hometown on our way to Axel’s hockey practice. We purchase five chocolate-glazed Munchkins. 

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Barclay Sales, a manufacturers’ representative company located in western Canada.

Whenever a client speaks to me for the first time about a potential construction case, I almost always ask them to prepare a “back of the envelope” timeline.