Canadians
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Tobi Lütke: Canada's obsession with niceness leads to harmful lies by omission
“I think Canadians massively overfit to niceness. Like it's kind of a best thing and a worst thing in a country is like to prioritize niceness. Because it's like, I mean, it's certainly pleasant, but the problem is it leads to unkind lies, right? Like it's like…”
Poilievre: Pharmaceutical opioid over-prescription killed 500,000 Americans and 50,000 Canadians
“They killed half a million Americans and 50,000 Canadians.”
Adamson: Canadians Pay Over Double for Banking Products Compared to Other Nations
“Right now Canadians are paying over double for the same products and services that you can get in other countries.”
Cruz: 50,000 Canadians travel to US yearly for medical care
“Every year about 50,000 Canadians come to America on what they call medical tourism, because they can't get the medical care they need in Canada”
John Bragg: American business culture spends wealth while Canadians hide it
“I would say that the business community in the U.S. If they make ten million, they spend like they have a hundred, and Canadians make 10, they hide it. It seems to me the culture of the U.S. Is making money to spend it.”
Isenberg prioritizes Canadian hiring to leverage 35% currency discount
“We hired some exceptional Canadians in twenty-twenty-three and I want to do more of it. Obviously continue to still hire in the US, but only for select high impact roles because I'd love to save that 35% and put that into a premium domain or put that into mark…”
Pearl: Canadian authorities ordered crypto exchanges to freeze trucker assets
“So what did the Canadian authorities do? They instructed you know, the various exchanges like Coinbase, for instance to basically freeze the assets of the Canadians that had accounts there.”
Marks: Brookfield's Canadian culture lacks the ego of New York finance
“They have a positive culture, a lot like ours, informal, casual, respectful. I say that the beautiful thing is that they're Canadians, not New Yorkers. So there's not an excess of ego or testosterone, no sharp elbows, no competitiveness.”