http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/07/16/canadian-techies-unite/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:34:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/07/16/canadian-techies-unite/#comment-1631 Anonymous Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:57:40 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1628#comment-1631 And this is supposed to fight stereotypes about Canada being a land of maple syrup loving skiers, lumberjacks and comedians? Give me a break. While I'm sure the intentions are good, as a tech entrepreneur and proud Canadian I find the imagery on that site borderline offensive. It's bad enough the rest of the world thinks of us already in those terms, there's no need for us to perpetuate those stereotypes. And this is supposed to fight stereotypes about Canada being a land of maple syrup loving skiers, lumberjacks and comedians? Give me a break.
While I'm sure the intentions are good, as a tech entrepreneur and proud Canadian I find the imagery on that site borderline offensive. It's bad enough the rest of the world thinks of us already in those terms, there's no need for us to perpetuate those stereotypes.

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