AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoImmigration & Hiring Pipelines: British Columbia held a June 30 entrepreneur immigration draw under its Entrepreneur Immigration category, issuing invitations in both Base (cutoff 118; 14 invites) and Regional (cutoff 113; under 5 invites) streams—its 7th EI round of 2026. Provincial Labour Demand: Alberta’s Alberta Advantage Immigration Program issued 1,037 invitations across six draws (June 17–29), targeting healthcare, aviation and tech, with most invites going via the Alberta Opportunity Stream. Cybersecurity for SMBs: A new report says the Anubis ransomware crew hit 91 victims by exploiting Citrix NetScaler flaws and using common remote management tools as a foothold—another reminder that cyber risk is now a business issue, not just IT. Small Business Costs & Tourism: CFIB says 84% of small businesses worry higher fuel costs will hurt summer tourism, even as it pushes local spending. Local Business Relief Push: Surrey’s Conservative mayoral candidate Honveer Randhawa proposes cutting commercial taxes and ending business licence fees for four years. Community & Local Commerce: Kelowna’s Ribfest returns July 3–5 with dozens of vendors and local vendors. Crossposting Tools: PostOnce launched a crossposting platform aimed at creators and small businesses to publish across major social networks from one workflow.
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