I love Canada and everything we stand for. This will probably get a lot of flack but I'm going to go ahead and say it: We don't support each other enough!

As an online community, we're passive in dealing with each other and automatically question motives of any online service. Many of us Canadians online consume innovation but don't see the value in collaborating with others. However, there are few of us "Geeks" that don't fit this mold.

Lately, I've been reading a few of Will Pate's articles on the online world in Canada. They are insightful and relevant to us Canadians.

One of the articles Mr. Pate wrote for StartupNorth really hits home:

When you meet technology people from Canada, we’re not in a race. We’re watching the race from the sideline. We act like technology entrepreneurship is closer to farming than shark hunting, as if risky business isn’t necessary to make the next Google or Microsoft. We putter around as if slow and steady actually wins races to innovate and grow technology businesses. We fail to light a fire under young entrepreneurs, like the ones that started every major tech company you can think of, and our best venture capitalists are putting their ships on “coast”. In a world of accelerating change, those are very dangerous habits. We need to lose our current attitude quickly.

Do you agree or disagree? Let us know.