In my experience, Montrealers develop for an international market by default. Everyone knows the domestic market will be too small to sustain whatever you're do

In my experience, Montrealers develop for an international market by default. Everyone knows the domestic market will be too small to sustain whatever you're doing. And your initial business plan will have to involve two languages and probably two currencies and two legal regimes -- at minimum. So in some ways it's even more internationally-minded than a small EC country. I was very surprised when I started working in the US and encountered this concept of "internationalization". ;) I'm not saying it's a killer advantage, but it could be leveraged.