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V O L U M E 4 5 N U M B E R 7
"Our customers are
largely Trump supporters.
They wear Made in
America hats. But we
have a good rapport"
–p.28
SEPTEMBER 2017 BCBUSINESS 5
SEP T EMBER 2017
COVER, TOP + RIGHT: NIK WEST; ABOVE: POOYA NABEI
Trade School
Small businesses ship more than a third
of B.C.'s exports, but there's plenty more
opportunity to crack global markets. From
software to heavy equipment, four com-
panies tell us how they did it—and what
they've learned by Marcie Good
28
WORKING IT
(From top) Ken
Anderson and David
Freeman of Atlas
Manufacturing;
Skipper Otto's Sonia
and Shaun Strobel
36
Fish Feud
As the feds push the B.C. salmon fishery
toward a transferable quota system that
critics say favours investors and big com-
panies, some see an upside for indepen-
dent fishermen by Andrew Findlay
Raj Bhangu
of AirG
