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I was born in the US, and lived in Canada, specifically Toronto, for a while. And contrary Americans’ vague impressions of some snow-swept utopia…yeah, Canada
by perardi 3y ago
I was born in the US, and lived in Canada, specifically Toronto, for a while.
And contrary Americans’ vague impressions of some snow-swept utopia…yeah, Canada is shockingly lacking in innovation.
It’s a place of US-designed and Chinese-made products, moribund government-backed private industry like Rogers and Bombardier, and a population that really did seem complacent and rather go-along get-along. People didn't seem to look past going to the cottage on the weekend, and whistling past a lot of increasingly decrepit infrastructure.
- TMWNN 3y agoI've heard Canada described as three mining companies standing on each other wearing an overcoat.
- tixocloud 3y agoThe Canadian market lacks innovation because the market doesn’t want innovation. Most Canadian businesses and startups thrive in the U.S. simply because the Canadian market is so much more risk-averse. Buyers are afraid of change and investors afraid of risk.