[mikemhg]

That is the most ridiculous take I've heard on this forum, but then again it's you.

Not everyone is built to be "creative". If everyone was a creative, we wouldn't have the people who do the actual "work".

Being creative or entrepreneurial is often times the luxury of the rich (a socioeconomic status you're a part of). There are many people that don't have the luxury of sitting around on their parent's dime being "creative", able to start or fund a business that isn't economically viable immediately, or even having the capital in the first place to take such a risk.

I think we're talking about different things here, I've never pushed the idea of a simple handout. The problem in this country is that we've created a stiff system of crony capitalism. As it was mentioned earlier in this thread, these "Canadian" companies carry little about Canada, or Canadians.

Why should they be protected and insolated via policy perspective by government, enshrining this system of monopoly in this country? We are socializing risk on the back of taxpayers while privatizing profits.