The Patriotic Executive
Alastair Gillespie recounts his struggle to reconcile nationalism with entrepreneurship May 2010
“Canadian nationalism! How old-fashioned can you get?” E.P. Taylor, the legendary Canadian entrepreneur, reflected the view of many businesspeople in his dismissal of nationalism. For the business community, nationalists are unrealistic and hopelessly out of touch. Parochial and xenophobic, they do not understand that their naive proposals to limit trade and investment flows would have destructive effects on the…