ELON MUSK AND QUEBEC...
By Bernard Bujold -
“Elon Musk supports Quebec's secession!” The statement caught the attention of all of Canada. We can conclude that it will become more difficult to get friends Mark and Elon together at the same cottage for a weekend, unless they’re hosted in two separate rooms… Elon Musk has a talent—and the means—to attract attention.
Personally, I think Elon’s nod to Quebec is nice, but I don’t think Mark Carney needs to worry, because the Parti Québécois is in the minority, making it virtually impossible to hold a referendum during this current term.
Incidentally, it’s interesting to note that Elon is a Canadian citizen—his mother was born in Saskatchewan—and he lived in Canada from the ages of 17 to 21. When Elon Musk, then 17 years old, arrived in Canada from South Africa in June 1989 (in part to avoid compulsory military service under the apartheid regime), he landed in Montreal (Dorval) intending to stay with a great-uncle. However, when he went to a payphone to try to reach him, he discovered that his uncle had already moved to Minnesota. He therefore ended up at a youth hostel as a temporary fallback and spent a few days exploring Montreal. He then bought a trans-Canadian bus ticket heading west toward Saskatchewan, as he had found other distant relatives (second cousins) living there. That cross-Canada bus trip took him to a farm in Waldeck, Saskatchewan, where he spent his first few months in Canada doing grueling manual labor—emptying grain silos, tending vegetable gardens, and chopping firewood—before enrolling at Queen’s University in Ontario. He moved to Ontario in 1990 to begin his university studies at Queen’s University (in Kingston), and he studied at Queen’s University for about two years. He left Canada in 1992 for the United States after receiving a scholarship to attend the University of Pennsylvania, where he continued his studies in physics and economics. In 1995, his brother Kimbal joined him, and together they launched their first company, Zip2 (originally founded as Global Link Information Network). A precursor to Google Maps. It was this very first entrepreneurial venture that paid off big when the company was acquired by Compaq in 1999 for nearly $300 million, which provided Elon with the seed capital to launch his subsequent projects (such as X.com, which became PayPal) and, later, Tesla and SpaceX. A true “garage startup” story!
All in all, as far as I’m concerned, I have one thing in common with Elon Musk, and I’m very proud of it. We were both born on June 28…
Have a great Thanksgiving long weekend.
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2026-10-07/victoire-du-parti-quebecois/le-quebec-devrait-se-separer-declare-elon-musk.php
By Bernard Bujold -
“Elon Musk supports Quebec's secession!” The statement caught the attention of all of Canada. We can conclude that it will become more difficult to get friends Mark and Elon together at the same cottage for a weekend, unless they’re hosted in two separate rooms… Elon Musk has a talent—and the means—to attract attention.
Personally, I think Elon’s nod to Quebec is nice, but I don’t think Mark Carney needs to worry, because the Parti Québécois is in the minority, making it virtually impossible to hold a referendum during this current term.
Incidentally, it’s interesting to note that Elon is a Canadian citizen—his mother was born in Saskatchewan—and he lived in Canada from the ages of 17 to 21. When Elon Musk, then 17 years old, arrived in Canada from South Africa in June 1989 (in part to avoid compulsory military service under the apartheid regime), he landed in Montreal (Dorval) intending to stay with a great-uncle. However, when he went to a payphone to try to reach him, he discovered that his uncle had already moved to Minnesota. He therefore ended up at a youth hostel as a temporary fallback and spent a few days exploring Montreal. He then bought a trans-Canadian bus ticket heading west toward Saskatchewan, as he had found other distant relatives (second cousins) living there. That cross-Canada bus trip took him to a farm in Waldeck, Saskatchewan, where he spent his first few months in Canada doing grueling manual labor—emptying grain silos, tending vegetable gardens, and chopping firewood—before enrolling at Queen’s University in Ontario. He moved to Ontario in 1990 to begin his university studies at Queen’s University (in Kingston), and he studied at Queen’s University for about two years. He left Canada in 1992 for the United States after receiving a scholarship to attend the University of Pennsylvania, where he continued his studies in physics and economics. In 1995, his brother Kimbal joined him, and together they launched their first company, Zip2 (originally founded as Global Link Information Network). A precursor to Google Maps. It was this very first entrepreneurial venture that paid off big when the company was acquired by Compaq in 1999 for nearly $300 million, which provided Elon with the seed capital to launch his subsequent projects (such as X.com, which became PayPal) and, later, Tesla and SpaceX. A true “garage startup” story!
All in all, as far as I’m concerned, I have one thing in common with Elon Musk, and I’m very proud of it. We were both born on June 28…
Have a great Thanksgiving long weekend.
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2026-10-07/victoire-du-parti-quebecois/le-quebec-devrait-se-separer-declare-elon-musk.php
