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by greenavocado 148 days ago
Canada's economy is dominated by a few big companies because the government makes too many rules. It costs too much to start a business here. In politics, only two parties really matter. This creates a closed system where big players stay big and new competition is crushed by red tape. Regulatory frameworks impose prohibitive compliance costs, favoring established incumbents over startups. Key sectors like banking, telecom, and aviation function as protected triopolies. Political power remains centralized between two parties with overlapping establishment interests. These structural barriers effectively suffocate competition and exclude new market entrants.
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What do you mean it costs too much to start businesses here? I’ve founded 3 start ups and have not had any issues with things costing too much. Not a single one of those startups needed much to get going and there was no red tape or mysterious taxes that got in the way.
Just want to post my favourite business interview of all time: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/wind-mobile-backer-regrets-...
The U.S. also has only two parties that really matter, with overlapping establishment interests. What makes the difference?
"It costs too much to start a business here"

what sort of business are you talking about? You can start a software company within few minutes in Canada.

Can't help but read this as "Canada's today is the US in 10 years..."
NVIDIA makes up 7% of the S&P 500 ETFs. We live in the United States of NVIDIA.
Yes but at least it's not People's Republic of NVidia, so there's that.
Right, it's the Democratic People's Republic of Nvidia.