The Canadian startup scene is an interesting and enjoyable one. But let's please allow the numbers to speak for themselves. If there's one thing I dislike about the past few years of the startup scene, it has been this circle jerk echo chamber of "we're great, let's all go for a drink to celebrate".<p>Canada has a broken VC industry. Our telecom industry is indeed backwater. People are getting into startups because there's no other option for them, and the startup jobs offer lower pay with fewer benefits. This would be a great tradeoff if Canadian startups actually thrived to the point where early employees could make back their investment. But the track record is fairly poor there. Government grants and funds prop up a large percentage of Canadian startups for the 5 years or so that they manage to survive.<p>These are problems we face today with solutions that will require long term thinking to resolve. I think we have the right attitude at all levels in this country. All levels of government across the political spectrum are on the entrepreneurship bandwagon, and there is no longer a stigma to starting a business. It is actually quite trendy to the point that everybody and their brother is doing it. But let's please improve our track record by staying in business, and in fact thriving as a startup as opposed to flaming out after a year or two when the government grants and initial investment are burned through.