Canada

11 statements across 11 episodes · 2 bullish · 4 bearish · 11 people on the record · first statement Nov 29, 2018 by Alex Rampell · said 87 times in 51 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Everything said about Canada, oldest first

Nov 29, 2018 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Rampell: US real estate commissions are 6% versus 1.5% in Sweden
“So turns out in Sweden homeowners are paying one and a half percent if they want to sell their house. Even Canada, our northern neighbor has figured this out. They're only paying three percent and that keeps dropping. And the United States seems to be very stu…”
Alex Rampell Nov 29, 2018 ▶ 6:36 When Software Eats the Real (Estate) World
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Five-O has received user interest from the UK, Brazil, and Canada
“We have gotten emails from people in the UK Brazil, and The UK, Brazil, and Canada, saying that this app would be useful where they live.”
Ima and Asha Christian Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:57 a16z Podcast | Three Kids, One App, One Love -- The Five-O Story
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lane Fox: No country has executed a comprehensive national digital vision
“You've had South Korea do a huge and incredible job on infrastructure. You've had Estonia do a huge and incredible job on government services online. You've had Singapore do an amazing job in smart cities. You've had Canada actually do some interesting stuff i…”
Martha Lane Fox Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:18 a16z Podcast | London Calling for Tech Done in a Different Way
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Cooper: Canada lets companies deduct engineering hiring expenses from corporate taxes
“So for example, in Canada today, many companies when they hire engineers, they're able to deduct a lot of the expenses associated with those engineers from their taxes.”
Scott Kupor Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:48 a16z Podcast | Of Policy, Capital, and the Startup Ecosystem
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hastings: Netflix Canada streaming launch hit three-month subscriber goal in three days
“Then we did our first test in Canada, our first test of streaming only, so we picked a new country that wasn't used to our DVD service to see with the content that we can get, can you build a service that there's word of mouth and grows in a, in another countr…”
Reed Hastings Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:54 a16z Podcast | Tech and Entertainment in the 'Era of Mass Customization'
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Open · timeframe Aug 2017
Allison: US threatened war with Canada to acquire Alaskan territory
“And so we basically threatened war with Canada unless they gave us this territory, and we took it.”
Graham Allison Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 20:10 a16z Podcast | Centers of Power, War, and History
Jan 10, 2019 negative
Opinion
Coolican: The non-signaling value of North American education is vastly overstated
“I do believe that the at least in the United States and Canada, the value of education beyond signaling is overvalued and overstated.”
D'Arcy Coolican Jan 10, 2019 ▶ 39:59 What's Next for Education Startups
Jan 21, 2019
Assertion Supported
Ni: Special U.S. treaty visas exist for only five countries
“And we have a lot of trade treaties, but there's only Five countries that you need to be aware of from the immigration setting because those are the treaties that provide for a special visa. So the countries are Canada, Mexico, Australia, Singapore, and Chile.…”
Ting Ni Jan 21, 2019 ▶ 40:19 Immigration Shifts 2019: Prep & Resources for Startups
Feb 26, 2019
Assertion Supported
Hitchbot traversed Canada safely before being vandalized beyond repair in Philadelphia
“There was this robot called Hitchbot that hitchhiked all the way across the entire country of Canada, just relying on the kindness of strangers. It was trying to do a road trip through the U.S., and it made it to Philadelphia, and then it got vandalized beyond…”
Kate Darling Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 6:30 a16z Podcast | To All the Robots I've Loved Before
Nov 5, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: Non-US Anglosphere nations engage in far more government speech control
“And all four of those other English-speaking countries have, not only do they lack the protections, they have much more government involvement in speech and expression and politics than at least we historically have been willing to tolerate.”
Marc Andreessen Nov 5, 2024 ▶ 51:21 Marc & Ben on AI Policy, Safety, Censorship & Unexpected Risks
Apr 23, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Vance: Importing cheap labor directly causes economic productivity to stagnate
“And I'd say that if you look in nearly every country from Canada to the UK that imported large amounts of cheap labor, you've seen productivity stagnate. And I don't think that's not a total happenstance. I think that the connection is very direct.”
J.D. Vance Apr 23, 2025 ▶ 12:13 JD Vance on the Future of America
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