Readit NewsBuild a business on a domain -> the name increase by XX% -> you’re screwed and must pay.
Stick with tried and true domains - ideally .com, but your country's ccTLD is another good choice.
I’m guessing that SAR (specific absorption rate) is usually measured with a block of soggy flesh-imitating goo that’s set up as a calorimeter, though. You could look up how the FCC defines SAR, perhaps.
The ecosystem [1] that provides dollars to high-risk investments (like tech startups) just doesn't exist on the same scale in Canada. The only players with that kind of money are the federal and provincial governments, which are by nature very conservative.
[1] For example, one source of funding is large pensions and endowments, who take a tiny percentage of their overall portfolio and put it into "high-risk" investments. The funds are so large that the tiny percentage amounts to millions and millions of dollars.
It's having some issues getting off the ground though, it just kicked off a few months ago and I think they are way behind handing out funding. There's only been a handful of challenges and not many applicants (I submitted a proposal, which was serialized as a submission number just over 300). They are supposed to be distributing about $100M/yr, or 1% of the federal R&D budget.
Foreigners in the US (H1B applicants) are heading up to Canada because the immigration policies are more lax.
Canadian citizens from Canada are heading down to the US because the salaries are higher, and under NAFTA Canadian engineers qualify for an easy-to-get instant visa (TN status).
In Silicon Valley its a, 'Oh that sucks, but the smart money stayed away, that should have been a tell for the other investors".
Then the bubble burst and Nortel collapsed. A lot of institutional investors swore off tech after that, and it hasn't really rebounded.
They most likely to a large extent can't. It's just a different model both as comapnies and country. In general you can rarely win by being a lesser version of something else. Canada can, hopefully, do a lot of things the US can't. Those are the things it should do to attract people.
Name one prominent Canadian VC firm - I can't think of any, and I'm Canadian. But ask me about US firms, and I can name firms like Sequioa, a16z, and BVP. We don't have that here.
It will even give you a notification when your card is run at a restaurant that includes a suggested tip - generally before the server comes back with the check to sign.