AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoAI Talent Push: Scotiabank is investing $2.5M over five years with Queen’s Smith School to expand its Scotiabank Centre for Analytics & AI, aiming to grow an “AI-ready” workforce. Agribusiness Capital: Bonnefield Financial and Export Development Canada back the final close of Bonnefield’s Agribusiness Fund at $150M+ in commitments, targeting Canadian food and ag value-chain growth. ETF Reshuffle: CIBC will terminate several CIBC Sustainable Investment Strategies ETF series by late November 2026 and adjust the risk rating of its CIBC Dividend Income Fund. Regulatory Clean-up (UK energy, Canada link): UK’s FCA closed its probe into Drax’s Canadian wood-pellet sustainability disclosures with no further action after reviewing thousands of pages. Auto Labour Watch: Unifor says it’s bracing for its biggest-ever bargaining round with the Detroit Three as tariffs and USMCA uncertainty loom. Sovereign AI Compute: Bell expands a Merritt, B.C. data centre with Cohere, doubling capacity by early 2027 to support Canada’s “sovereign AI” push. Pension/Infrastructure (India): CPP Investments is set to invest $741M in CtrlS Datacenters via a JV for India expansion.
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