{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Amplify Canada","title":"Perseverance and Hope","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1681,"description":"Perseverance and Hope holds up Canada’s small businesses sector.\nJust keep trying and don't give up, that was the refrain from small business owners the first time we met them, mid-pandemic, holding on by grit alone. Years later, we're checking back in. What we found is a country still working hard just to stay in place: costs climbing, hiring stalled, and yet against a backdrop of tariffs and economic drift a stubborn, clear-eyed optimism that refuses to quit.\nIn this episode, host Linda Freeman reconnects with Rosa Matice, who took over a small-town Saskatchewan pub the same year the world shut down, and with Jessica Jeboult, whose sober-living coaching business scaled fast through the pandemic and who, in the middle of testing her new app, lost her mother without warning. Economist David Williams of the Business Council of British Columbia breaks down what's actually driving the pressure on small business: the end of three economic booms, new tariff shocks, and what's left in Canada's own control.\nNearly two-thirds of small businesses expect a cost-related obstacle in the next three months, and profitability outlooks haven't budged in a year. But 65% still say they're optimistic about what's ahead. This episode is about what sits underneath that number.\nIn this episode:\nRosa Matice on five more years behind the bar at KG Bar and Grill, and what's changed since the pandemic\nJessica Jeboult on scaling a coaching business overnight, training five coaches to carry her process, and losing her mother mid-pivot\nEconomist David Williams on GDP per capita, the end of Canada's \"three booms,\" and the real cost of U.S. tariffs on Canadian business\nDavid Williams on grit, social capital, and why he's cautiously hopeful about Canada's direction\n\nThe Host\nLinda Freeman brings decades of broadcast experience to every conversation, having hosted morning shows across both radio and television throughout her career. Known for her warmth, humor, and genuine curiosity, she has a...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/wh8IdlCT-04Lbt7oYioqOf1f0XOAqrycLUx4xhXkeT0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMjBi/NzYzY2U0Y2RkYzlh/MTEzMjYxZDVkOTVm/Y2MwYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}