"Paperless trade" has been a goal for years. And yes—moving from couriered documents and stamped originals to electronic workflows is progress. But here's the uncomfortable truth: paperless doesn't automatically mean scalable, trusted, or legally reliable. A PDF attached to an email is not interoperability. A portal upload is not legal certainty. And a digital process that only works inside one organization's system doesn't solve the cross-border reality SMEs live in every da

Canada has no shortage of trade strategies, roadmaps, and missions. What we lack is execution. Today, roughly three-quarters of Canada’s exports still go to the United States , and only about 15% of Canadian SMEs export beyond our borders . For a country that talks a lot about diversification, resilience, and Indo-Pacific engagement, that’s a serious gap. The problem isn’t just policy; it’s plumbing. We have agreements, programs, and funding envelopes. What’s missing is the i

Canada needs faster, smarter ways to grow exports and resilience. Traditional megaprojects can take a decade and tens of billions; the Trans Mountain expansion alone came in around C $34 billion  after 12 years of development. TPTN delivers outsized trade outcomes at a fraction of that spend because it is digital infrastructure that scales instantly across firms and corridors. TPTN represents Canada’s next-generation digital trade infrastructure — built to connect exporters,

Canada’s Trade Future Starts Here: The TransPacific Trade Nexus (TPTN) Canada stands at a crossroads. In a world where trade is increasingly digital, nations that fail to build sovereign trade infrastructure will find themselves operating on systems designed—and controlled—elsewhere. The TransPacific Trade Nexus (TPTN) is Canada’s answer: a Canada-first, AI-native backbone that positions our country at the centre of global trade interoperability. The Global Context The pace

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