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Technology Elevated 2h ago
Bill C-27 advances to clause-by-clause review
Why It Matters

Federal privacy & AI overhaul moves forward — new compliance costs land squarely on data-heavy portfolio companies.

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Energy Watch 5h ago
CER opens consultation on interprovincial transmission
Sector Activity
Financial ServicesHigh
EnergyElevated
TechnologyElevated
Mining & MetalsWatch
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Parliament of Canada412
Lobbying Registry187
Canada Gazette54
The Problem

The data is open. The intelligence is buried.

The forces shaping Canadian industries are documented across government records, regulatory decisions, economic data, news reporting and the wider web.

But this information is scattered across systems designed to publish records, not produce intelligence. Understanding what changed, why it matters and where the impact may appear requires extensive research, cross-referencing and interpretation.

Fragmented data sources connecting to clear signal
Slow

Days of searching and cross-referencing.

Expensive

Analysts, advisers and subscriptions layered together.

Incomplete

Important relationships remain hidden between sources.

Unscalable

Every new question becomes another manual research project.

The Product

From fragmented data to connected intelligence.

Government filings, web data, news sources, and proprietary Nessus data aggregated into one place and analysed. An intelligence layer draws connections between data points, surfacing exposures, and translating signals into sector-level insight. Every recommendation traces back to its source.

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Every connection, mapped

Bills, committees, people, organizations and regulators link to one another automatically.

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Query the full Nessus dataset and get evidence-linked answers.

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Export intelligence, not raw data

Generate structured, evidence-backed reports and export to PDF.

Finding · Technology
Bill C-27 advances to clause-by-clause review
Why It Matters

The Consumer Privacy Protection Act and AI & Data Act move toward law — data-intensive portfolio companies face new consent, governance and reporting obligations within the planning horizon.

Connected Entities
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Diligence Reports

Turn a question into a sourced intelligence report.

Begin with a company, sector, transaction or strategic issue. Nessus gathers the relevant evidence, maps the connections and produces a structured report with each conclusion linked to its underlying source.

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Confidential · Diligence Memo
Project Maple — Regulatory & Political Exposure
Target: NorthBridge Payments Sector: Financial Services Confidence: High
Executive Summary Elevated

NorthBridge operates in a sector under active federal reform. Bill C-27 and the Retail Payment Activities Act introduce near-term consent, governance and reporting obligations [1]. Lobbying activity from incumbent processors has intensified ahead of clause-by-clause review [2].

In this memo
01Political exposure
02Regulatory landscape
03Lobbying activity
04Government dependencies
05Upcoming risks & deadlines
06Management questions
[1] Canada Gazette, Part II · [2] Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying · [3] INDU Committee evidence — every claim links to its source.
Every memo covers
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Political & regulatory exposure

Where government activity touches the target.

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Lobbying & stakeholder pressure

Who is shaping the outcome, and how.

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Government dependencies

Contracts, funding and approvals at risk.

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Upcoming risks & recommended questions

What to raise before the decision is made.

Who It's For

Built for people who can't be wrong.

When a decision rides on what government does next, guessing isn't an option.

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Why Nessus

From fragmented data to decision-ready intelligence.

Political and regulatory research means searching disconnected sources, matching entities by hand and piecing together what each development means. Nessus does that work in one specialized intelligence layer.

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Connects the full picture

Nessus links legislation, committees, regulators, lobbying activity, organizations, news and proprietary intelligence. The relationships hidden across separate sources become visible automatically.

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Turns days into minutes

Skip dozens of databases, hundreds of records and repeated manual research. Move from a company, sector or issue to a structured, evidence-backed answer in minutes.

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Built to find the signal

Specialized technology, AI and political analysis separate meaningful developments from routine activity, surface emerging patterns and translate government action into business impact.

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Grounded in evidence

Every finding stays connected to its source. Teams can verify the evidence, follow the reasoning and use the analysis with confidence in diligence, reports and high-stakes decisions.

Coverage

Canada first. Built to expand.

We started with one of the world's most fragmented and underserved political data environments and built deep, connected coverage across the Canadian public record. The same infrastructure is designed to extend into the United States and other markets over time.

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Millions
of connected political & regulatory data points
Fed + Prov
federal coverage today, provincial expanding
100%
of findings linked to original evidence
Parliament & Hansard Bills & legislation Canada Gazette Lobbying Registry Committees & hearings Regulators & agencies Consultations & notices Public appointments Procurement & funding News & industry media Source-health tracking
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