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CONTENTS
04 | From the CEO
FIRST IN
06 | Carbon taxes don’t
need to be a business killer.
Just ask Sweden.
08 | The doctor fighting to
make health care faster,
cheaper and more effective.
10 | Canada’s smartest STEM
grads flee to the U.S. One
student on why he won’t be
part of the brain drain.
SMART . AMBITIOUS .
12 | Meet the robots that
could cook your next meal.
DEMANDING.
TENACIOUS.
Generation
Z is
IMPATIENT . DRIVEN .
about to take over
your office.
Better get ready.
ASSERTIVE. INDUSTRIOUS.
CONFIDENT . ENERGETIC .
IDEALISTIC. FOCUSED.
DETERMINED .
TECH-SAVVY .
PUSHY .
LOYAL .
DEVOTED.
DIVERSE.
KEEN .
BOLD .
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INSIDE THE WILD
WORLD OF A BITCOIN
BILLIONAIRE
THE TAX OVERHAUL
CANADA NEEDS
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THE AIRBNB
OF EVERYTHING
ON THE
COVER
The rise of
Generation Z.
PHOTOGRAPH
BY DAVID WILE
COLUMNS
14 | Youth unemployment
is about the quality—not just
quantity—of young
Canadians’ jobs.
15 | If we don’t leave work
at the office, the government
might make us.
16 | The tax overhaul that
Canada sorely needs.
FEATURES LAST OUT
20 | Young Blood 48 | Airstream’s sleek new
Just when you finally figured out millennials, here comes Generation Z.
They’re bright, ambitious and ready to join the workforce. Is your
company ready for them? BY ADRIENNE TANNER
26 | These Magic Moments
How the Montreal new media company Moment Factory became
pioneers of see-it-to-believe-it entertainment. BY MARTIN PATRIQUIN
34 | The Crypto King
Fifteen years ago, Anthony Diiorio was manufacturing patio doors for
his parents’ business in north Toronto. Today, he’s a blockchain mogul
and Bitcoin billionaire. Inside the meteoric rise of an unlikely tech
superstar. BY NICHOLAS KÖHLER
42 | The Wisdom of Dragons
What does it take to be an entrepreneur? According to a bookshelf of
bracing bestsellers by the stars of Dragons’ Den, a pinch of business savvy
and a whole lot of passion. BY BRIAN BETHUNE
trailer is getting in on North
America’s RV renaissance.
50 | To fend off the blitz of
car-sharing services, GM is
launching its own.
51 | There’s an Airbnb for
everything.
52 | The latest hotel trend:
a private gym in every suite.
53 | You work too much
(and you’re not the only one).
58 | A CPA who can deadlift
386 pounds.
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