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The final and 3rd Part of my History of Quebec VC answers the question I set out to answer at the beginning. What is Canada's most important VC fund? Fun fact, you've likely never heard of it. This one:

mattroberts's tweet image. The final and 3rd Part of my History of Quebec VC answers the question I set out to answer at the beginning. 

What is Canada's most important VC fund? Fun fact, you've likely never heard of it.

This one:

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Really fun to do this fireside chat with my good friend @DavidGeorge83 who has an exceptional track record. Dark fiber during the telecom bubble vs. melting GPUs today. Grateful to David and the @a16z team for inviting me. youtu.be/5ze3ZNvOdRY?si…

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"Is there an AI bubble?” Gavin Baker and David George


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“An American firm producing cutting edge lithography tools, and possibly cheap advanced chips, vastly improves the U.S.’ strategic position.” Spot on. @substrate and home-grown semiconductors could not be more important for 🇺🇸. What @jamesproud and his team have accomplished so…



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WATCH: When asked the cause of US trade talks breaking off, Mark Carney pointed the finger at Doug Ford's TV ads. In response, Doug Ford revealed that Carney and his staff reviewed the now infamous ad BEFORE it went to air in the US. READ the full story on the brewing blame…


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One of the most significant, yet least discussed, shifts in Canadian immigration policy has been the Liberal government’s decision to make it an explicit objective to increase the demographic weight of Francophones outside Quebec from 3.5% to 6.1%. This goal, implemented…

smeurrens's tweet image. One of the most significant, yet least discussed, shifts in Canadian immigration policy has been the Liberal government’s decision to make it an explicit objective to increase the demographic weight of Francophones outside Quebec from 3.5% to 6.1%. 

This goal, implemented…

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A great recap of Monday’s #INDU and the actionable policy recommendations for 🇨🇦 to reverse the trend of #cdntech startups and our best & brightest from leaving by the ever insightful @markrmcqueen: “Where have all the Canadian startups gone?” open.substack.com/pub/markmcquee…

KevinVuongxMP's tweet image. A great recap of Monday’s #INDU and the actionable policy recommendations for 🇨🇦 to reverse the trend of #cdntech startups and our best & brightest from leaving by the ever insightful @markrmcqueen:

“Where have all the Canadian startups gone?” open.substack.com/pub/markmcquee…

The most beautiful country on earth 🇨🇦 Good morning Calgary.

mattroberts's tweet image. The most beautiful country on earth 🇨🇦

Good morning Calgary.

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Canadian Headline Inflation rose 2.4% on a year-over-year basis in September, up from a 1.9% increase in August. A thread 🧵...

RichardDias_CFA's tweet image. Canadian Headline Inflation rose 2.4% on a year-over-year basis in September, up from a 1.9% increase in August.  A thread 🧵...

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It’s good to be writing again. This is a topic I’ve been thinking about for almost 3 years: why “Prediction” is THE meta-idea of the AI century. It is what comes after postmodernism, and we’d better understand it.

Read the full piece in the a16z newsletter.

a16z's tweet image. Read the full piece in the a16z newsletter.


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A few Q3 highlights from the @VersionOneVC portfolio🚀 🌱 New Investment: We welcomed @tricrobotics to the V1 family, leading their $5M seed round. Their UV-light robots help farmers reduce pesticides and farm more sustainably. 💡 Product Highlights: @Uniswap hit a record…


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To ensure the DIA is successful it needs some changes. First, the $100M floor should be lowered to ensure more than just a few projects are managed. Second, the DIA should manage ITBs (defence offsets) & work with venture capital to help 🇨🇦companies scale. @marcomendicino

How Canada’s new defence agency will build national strength, @marcomendicino writes ctvnews.ca/politics/artic… Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

natnewswatch's tweet image. How Canada’s new defence agency will build national strength, @marcomendicino writes  ctvnews.ca/politics/artic…

Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com


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Or to be more precise, the IRCC invites 4,500 French language proficiency applicants when the Canadian Experience Class has seen less than a quarter of this movement over the past 2 months. Can somebody please explain to me how the prioritization is happening here? 1/4


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This really gets to the core issue: the Canadian immigration system has lost its way. And it requires immediate reform. Instead, what we’re seeing is a web of confusing programs and the government dragging its feet. The most relevant skilled worker programs are mostly defunct

It's time we stop using immigration for virtue signaling and political posturing (a pan-partisan problem) and get back to a singular focus on leveraging economic immigration to raise the average human capital of the population. Take some time.👇 theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…



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I designed and built Canada's Startup Visa. It has been destroyed by lobbyists and immigration consultants who basically own Canada's immigration system. It is time to shut the program down. Such a shame.

This is actually hilarious

brendan_samek's tweet image. This is actually hilarious


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Op-ed by Enbridge CEO Greg Ebel: "Let’s build Canada now – or risk falling behind Seventy years ago, Canada made a choice that helped to define a century – and build our economy. We built the St. Lawrence Seaway, a monumental project that connected our products to the world.…


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Ford CEO Jim Farley in new interview: "The competitive reality is that the Chinese are the 700-pound gorilla in the EV industry. There's no real competition from Tesla, GM, or Ford with what we've seen from China. It is completely dominating the EV landscape globally and more and…

SawyerMerritt's tweet image. Ford CEO Jim Farley in new interview: "The competitive reality is that the Chinese are the 700-pound gorilla in the EV industry. There's no real competition from Tesla, GM, or Ford with what we've seen from China. It is completely dominating the EV landscape globally and more and…

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Rigs and researchers 🇦🇪 @TheEconomist

IbrahimAjami's tweet image. Rigs and researchers 🇦🇪 @TheEconomist

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Another day, another headline about someone losing thousands to scammers posing as bank employees (this time CP24). While my sympathy is with the victims, the reflexive chorus of "Why didn't the bank refund the money?" is pushing us towards a dangerous precipice in personal…


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As someone who works in the immigration space, the Canadian SUV program processing time is painful to look at every time. Which talented entrepreneur would want to come here if they have to wait for 4+ years to get their business started up here? The program is barely functional

We need to fix this 🤦‍♀️



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"Farage and Tice right to scrutinise one of Bank of England's most radical monetary experiments in history" Sky's Economics and data editor @EdConwaySky provides analysis 👇 trib.al/Go8ePfC


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