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Police Officer: Vancouver Teacher and Wage Increases

police officer: We just need to have a little more swagger as a country, a little more of an ability to promote and demonstrate how awesome we are, according to Vancouver Courier. We don't often do that. Speaking at e-commerce giant Shopify Inc.'s annual conference in Toronto on Tuesday, he praised Canada's entrepreneurs, but lamented how susceptible their innovations are to overseas investors.article continues below Trending Stories Adriane Carr will not run for mayor of Vancouver Teacher leaves classroom behind for life as police officer Minimum wage increases go into effect June 1 across B.C. Fixed link advocates offer alternative Squamish to Powell River option As soon as we come up with a really great idea, someone with really deep pockets comes up from the States or somewhere else in the world and says, 'Oh great, I am going to incorporate that into my platform,' he said. We don't do that enough. He said there's also a flurry of Canadians returning home from the U.S., but did not elaborate further. Trudeau said he has seen a lot of funding flowing to Canada from Silicon Valley, where major American technology companies have built their businesses, but we need to do a better job of generating that capital here. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.