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An A+ You Can't Audit: $350 Billion in Procurement, Mostly in the Dark

Canada gave itself top marks on internal trade. But only four of fourteen governments will show you who won their contracts, and the opacity has a price.

Joe Noss

Half the Money Stays on the Rock: Newfoundland and Labrador's $5.4B Procurement Market, Mapped

Jul 21, 2026

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8 min read

Half the Money Stays on the Rock: Newfoundland and Labrador's $5.4B Procurement Market, Mapped

Half the money stays with NL-based firms. In tech, seven of every ten dollars go to foreign-owned vendors. We mapped all $5.4 billion of it.

Joe Noss

Vive le Cloud Libre? Quebec's $20B in tech spending

Jul 14, 2026

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7 min read

Vive le Cloud Libre? Quebec's $20B in tech spending

A new sovereignty policy wants more of this money to stay home. The data shows exactly how much room there is to make that happen.

Joe Noss

Defence is up, Services are down, and 298 AI proposals in Alberta

Jul 7, 2026

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6 min read

Defence is up, Services are down, and 298 AI proposals in Alberta

Where buying accelerated in Q2 2026, and how Alberta had the hottest in RFP in the country.

Joe Noss

Defence Procurement: A $10M Radio and a $1B Space Bet

Jun 30, 2026

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5 min read

Defence Procurement: A $10M Radio and a $1B Space Bet

The Carney government has been busy shopping Canadian defence tech abroad and buying it domestically.

Joe Noss

The Premier Will See You Now: $25 Billion in Projects, 14 of Them Hospitals

Jun 23, 2026

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7 min read

The Premier Will See You Now: $25 Billion in Projects, 14 of Them Hospitals

Doug builds a hospital, and another, and another.

Joe Noss

Toronto Special Edition: The City-Sized Procurement Market

Jun 16, 2026

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9 min read

Toronto Special Edition: The City-Sized Procurement Market

$6.44 billion in roads, pipes, and parks, and the firms winning the work.

Joe Noss

The Government Wants To Be AI's First Customer

Jun 10, 2026

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14 min read

The Government Wants To Be AI's First Customer

The Feds drop their AI strategy, so we pulled every AI contract across the country. The data tells the story the strategy is missing.....

Joe Noss

The biggest quarter in procurement history: Analysis on 20K live tenders

Jun 2, 2026

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7 min read

The biggest quarter in procurement history: Analysis on 20K live tenders

This was the biggest three months in procurement history, and we've got the analytics to prove it

Joe Noss

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An A+ You Can't Audit: $350 Billion in Procurement, Mostly in the Dark

Half the Money Stays on the Rock: Newfoundland and Labrador's $5.4B Procurement Market, Mapped

Vive le Cloud Libre? Quebec's $20B in tech spending

Defence is up, Services are down, and 298 AI proposals in Alberta

Defence Procurement: A $10M Radio and a $1B Space Bet

The Premier Will See You Now: $25 Billion in Projects, 14 of Them Hospitals

Toronto Special Edition: The City-Sized Procurement Market

The Government Wants To Be AI's First Customer

The biggest quarter in procurement history: Analysis on 20K live tenders

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