Business Elite Canada
asked Buksa the
backstory to his company’s success, and
about the challenges and opportunities
of entrepreneurialism.
The impetus for going out on his own
was the desire to make a difference. “It
was difficult to make positive changes in
a big corporation,” he says. “I saw work-
ing for myself as an opportunity to make
positive changes, to directly benefit from
my own work, and to build a better life
for my family. We started out working for
farmers—replacing poles, hanging satel-
lite dishes, installing lights, whatever
they wanted really.”
From its headquarters in Fort McMurray
and offices across Alberta, Saskatch-
ewan, and British Columbia, Midlite
services a wide range of clients. “We
are local to the oilsands and would
consider heavy industrial project execu-
tion to be our specialty,” says Buksa.
“But we’ve grown beyond that specialty
and actively service regional utility and
telecom companies. We don’t stray too
far from our core business and the thing
that we’re great at—powerlines.”
Buksa was industrious all his life. In his
youth, he would often take something
and make more with it, from cutting
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