Why Now: The Succession Moment in Canada

Canada is entering the largest transfer of business ownership in its history — a wave of retiring owners with too few prepared buyers to catch it. What happens to those businesses over the next decade shapes who owns the Canadian economy, where the wealth lands, and whether communities keep the enterprises they were built on. This opening conversation frames the stakes: why succession is the economic story of this moment, what's at risk if the handover goes badly, and why the people in this room are the ones positioned to shape it.

Moderator: Touhami Abi

Matthew MendelsohnCEO, Social Capital Partners