Brian Cardinal
Principal, Scientific Research and Experimental Development
Government Funding
David Douglas
Principal, Practice Leader, Government Funding
Government Funding
Kevin Koziey
Principal, Scientific Research and Experimental Development
Government Funding
Peter Kustec
Principal, Scientific Research and Experimental Development
Government Funding
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With programs ranging from scientific research and experimental development (SR&ED) tax credits and clean tech funding to provincial expansion incentives, Canada’s incentive landscape is broad and complex. We help businesses identify eligible opportunities, maximize funding value, and maintain compliance across Canada’s diverse regulatory environment. Business incentives are delivered as part of an integrated funding approach that also encompasses grants, SR&ED, and other tax credit programs, ensuring strategies are aligned and comprehensive.
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Overview
Our Canadian business incentives practice combines nationwide expertise with local market knowledge, navigating Canadian federal grants, tax credits, wage subsidies, loan programs, and complementary provincial and municipal funding opportunities available to businesses. Our specialists evaluate programs, structure optimal benefit packages, and manage compliance obligations while coordinating incentives with SR&ED and grant programs to maximize funding for expansions, capital investments, research activities, and workforce development initiatives. This integrated approach maximizes total incentive value, reduces audit and compliance risk, and embeds funding considerations directly into capital and expansion planning across Canada’s complex, multilayered incentive environment.
Our multidisciplinary team brings specialized backgrounds in engineering, accounting, tax law, and economic development, combining technical capabilities with hands-on experience evaluating, documenting, and securing Canadian business incentives across federal, provincial, and municipal programs.
Tax Services
We provide comprehensive support, maximizing value from Canadaʼs federal, provincial, and municipal business incentives while ensuring ongoing compliance that protects long-term benefit realization.
Proven Results
Our Canadian business incentives team helps organizations secure meaningful funding through targeted program identification and disciplined compliance, drawing on expertise across SR&ED, provincial innovation funds, and municipal incentives. Our strategic evaluations identify the strongest funding opportunities, supported by clear, defensible documentation that strengthens applications and stands up to audit scrutiny. Through ongoing compliance monitoring and streamlined processes, we help protect awarded benefits, prevent clawbacks, and improve funding capture across all jurisdictions.
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Our Approach
Our team reviews federal, provincial, and municipal programs such as SR&ED, innovation funds, and development incentives to identify the strongest opportunities. We assess eligibility, potential benefit levels, documentation needs, and compliance obligations to recommend strategies that maximize value across Canada.
“When I’m doing my accounting, I call my accountant. When I’m applying for funding, I call Ryan. For me it’s that simple.”
President | Girotti Machine
What We Do
We work directly with federal, provincial, and municipal authorities to structure incentive agreements that align business objectives with government priorities. Our experience helps secure competitive packages, including tax credits, grants, forgivable loans, training subsidies, and infrastructure support while ensuring commitments remain practical.
Manufacturing facilities investing in equipment upgrades, automation, clean technology, and job creation can access federal, provincial, and municipal incentive programs, often coordinated with SR&ED credits and grant funding to support expansion and innovation.
Research and Development (R&D)-driven technology companies rely on SR&ED tax credits as a primary funding source, supplemented by federal and provincial innovation grants, commercialization programs, and talent incentives that help fund continuous product development.
Life sciences companies conducting ongoing R&D benefit from SR&ED credits alongside specialized federal and provincial grants and health innovation programs that support drug development and medical device advancement.
Engineering firms, research organizations, and technology consultancies performing eligible innovation activities can access SR&ED credits together with workforce training incentives, digital adoption programs, and targeted grants to support service growth.
Our Process
Our government funding specialists manage the ongoing requirements associated with SR&ED claims, provincial funding grant programs, and municipal agreements, helping organizations avoid clawbacks through consistent monitoring. We oversee reporting deadlines, documentation standards, and audit interactions with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), provincial ministries, and municipal agencies to protect long-term incentive value.
How We Help
We align incentive planning with long-term growth goals by evaluating location options, program cycles, SR&ED optimization opportunities, and multijurisdictional funding combinations. Our guidance ensures incentives complement operational plans and support sustainable expansion across Canada.
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