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.
The 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.
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.