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Facebook · November 6, 2025

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Facebook · November 5, 2025

🎉 Big news Our mural is up! Huge shoutout to Trevor Clare Art for collaborating with us on this iconic “if you know, you know” tribute to Kitchener Centre’s incredible local businesses and venues. It’s bold, it’s vibrant, and it’s all about community. I'm in love with it!!!

House of Commons · November 5, 2025

House of Commons

Thank you. I'll be splitting my time with Mr. Baldinelli today because of the change. My question, through you, Chair, is for Gabriel. You mentioned funding for accelerator programs, which I don't disagree with at all. There are three wonderful accelerator programs in my commu… Read more

nity. The problem I see, though, is that we do a very good job of incubating and educating, but because of the current climate—high taxes and red tape—scaling-up isn't happening, so B and C funding isn't available to these start-ups. We're paying taxes to promote and incubate these companies, but then they're leaving Canada because it's easier to scale up in, say, the United States. What do you think would be a solution to that? How can we make more of an investment climate for scalability here in Canada so there isn't a negative net return on our investments, as things stand today?

House of Commons · November 3, 2025

House of Commons

I absolutely agree that it's a philanthropic world. That being said, you have added tremendous value to our community. You founded the Centre for International Governance Innovation. You also have the Balsillie School of International Affairs, which is a collaboration between our… Read more

universities and your foundation to develop policy. You also gave $10 million to our Perimeter Institute, which helped it open. It is literally one of our driving forces of local innovation and tech in Kitchener. On top of that, you've supported our cancer centre at Grand River Hospital and our Waterloo Regional Children's Museum. You are the example of success when the IP stays in Canada. You can innovate, monetize and scale in the communities where this innovation is developed. What has changed or has not been done in the national landscape that causes companies to no longer be able to monetize and scale here, and what causes them to head south instead?

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