This is AI Canada Pulse for October 13, 2026.

Danielle Goldfarb argues that Canadian exporters’ use of AI and digital tools could help shift trade toward higher-value goods and services and spread it across more markets, reducing vulnerability to trade shocks. The item cites United States import bans and 50-per-cent tariffs as recent pressures on Canadian trade, but gives no specific AI projects or trade results.

Developer Mitchell Hynes has made a work-in-progress demo reimagining the 2010 skateboarding game Skate 3 in Northern Ontario, with snowmobile jumps and a long Tim Hortons coffee line. He spent more than two years reverse-engineering the game and used AI coding tools to build the rewrite; Hynes says some systems may not work exactly like the original.

CanadianSME says its 2026 Small Business Summit will take place on October 13 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, bringing together business owners, technology experts and industry leaders. The programme includes sessions on AI, cybersecurity, finances, workforce skills and business resilience, with practical guidance aimed at small and medium-sized businesses. The event is presented by Amazon Business.

The summary and voice are AI-generated. Original reporting is linked in the transcript.

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