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Fractional COO, AI Advisory, and Purpose-Built Tools for Canadian Small Business

We work with Canadian founders and operators who need clear thinking they can act on — not a framework, not a roadmap, not a consultant. Every engagement is structured around your specific situation.

Northlight Advisory Services is a Halifax, Nova Scotia–based fractional COO and AI adoption advisory practice for Canadian small businesses, founded by Elizabeth Lemoine. Services include strategic advisory, operations restructuring, AI adoption planning, and purpose-built software tools for the Canadian market.

The Problem

You're running a business without someone accountable for how it operates — making strategic decisions without a clear outside view, trying to evaluate AI tools without a plan that fits your regulatory context, and dealing with processes that were built for where you were, not where you're going.

Advisory

Fractional Advisory Engagements

Strategy, operations, and AI adoption advisory — delivered as a part-time, embedded engagement. You get someone who understands both the strategic and operational layers, and stays accountable for the outcome.

A Northlight advisory engagement starts with a $99 Clarity Call — a focused 60-minute session to define your challenge and determine whether an engagement is the right fit. From there, scope and structure are built around your specific situation. Northlight works with Canadian organisations typically under 50 people navigating a strategic or operational inflection point.

What's Included

Bespoke Engagements

Advisory engagements are not packages. They are structured around your specific challenge — whether that's a growth inflection point, an AI adoption programme, an operational restructure, or a regulatory shift that requires clear direction. Northlight Advisory Services works with organisations typically under 50 people navigating a moment that requires more than a consultant.

Elizabeth Lemoine brings 10+ years of director-level operations experience — 300+ initiatives across 115+ countries — and stays invested in what you're building.

Start Here

Clarity Call

A focused 60-minute working session. We'll define your challenge, identify where Northlight can help, and outline what an engagement would look like — with no pressure to proceed. The Clarity Call fee applies as a credit if you move forward.

$99 CAD per session

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How It Compares

Northlight Advisory Full-time COO / ops hire General consultant
Cost model Fractional — pay for what you need $120–200k+ salary + benefits Project-based; often ongoing retainer
Canadian regulatory context (PIPEDA, AI) Core to every engagement Varies by candidate Rarely addressed
AI adoption as a service Included — strategy through implementation Not typically Add-on, if at all
Accountability for the outcome One person, named, responsible Yes — but full-time cost Report delivered; outcome yours

Products

Northlight Tools

Purpose-built tools for operators and founders who need more than off-the-shelf software. Built by Northlight, for how Canadian businesses actually work.

Northlight builds tools for operators who need more than off-the-shelf software. Northlight Meetings is a one-time $299 CAD purchase for Windows — AI-powered meeting recording and summarisation, no cloud required. The Northlight Skills Market offers purpose-built MCP skills for Claude at individual pricing, with free starter skills available.

Desktop App · Windows

Northlight Meetings

AI-powered meeting recorder and summariser. Records system audio and microphone simultaneously, transcribes in real time using Groq, and generates structured meeting summaries — all on your machine, no cloud required.

$299 CAD — one-time purchase.

Learn more → Refund policy

Business Operations Platform

Northlight OS

An AI-native dispatcher for small business operations — connects your tools, automates routine decisions, and surfaces what needs attention without manual handoffs. Built to run quietly in the background.

Used internally. Available to select advisory clients.

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MCP Marketplace

Northlight Skills Market

A curated marketplace of MCP skills for Claude — tools that extend what AI assistants can do for Canadian operators and founders. Connect your workflows to Claude with skills built for real business use cases.

Individual skill pricing varies. Starter skills available free.

Browse the Skills Market →

Policies

Support & Cancellation

Support Hours

Mon – Fri, Atlantic Time

Response within one business day. Reach us at [email protected].

Product Refunds

Northlight Meetings

One-time purchase at $299 CAD. Refunds are handled by Paddle as Merchant of Record per Paddle's refund policy. You can also email [email protected].

Advisory Engagements

Per Engagement Letter

Cancellation terms are set out in the engagement letter before work begins. Clarity Calls are non-refundable but credited toward a future engagement.

Common Questions

How does a Northlight engagement start?
Start with a Clarity Call — a $99 focused session where we define your challenge and explore whether a Northlight engagement is the right fit. Email [email protected] with a paragraph describing the problem. Elizabeth reads every inquiry personally and responds within one business day.
What does advisory cost?
Advisory engagements are bespoke — structured around your specific situation and scope. A Clarity Call is $99 and is the right starting point for understanding what an engagement would look like and what it would cost. There are no packages because the work doesn't come in packages.
Do you work with businesses outside Canada?
Occasionally. Northlight Advisory Services focuses on Canadian organisations because they face a distinct set of regulatory, funding, and market conditions — particularly around AI adoption and privacy law (PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25) — that general advice doesn't address well.
Is the Clarity Call fee refundable?
The Clarity Call fee is non-refundable but credited toward an engagement if you move forward within 30 days.

Last updated August 2026  ·  Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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