Money equals freedom.

I'd rather invest in an entrepreneur who has failed before than one who assumes success from day one.

Trump has been very, very open and clear on what he's going to do. He's going to make the U.S. very competitive on taxes, corporate and personal. He's eliminating policy on carbon and the regulatory environment on shale and energy and pipeline development. These are all things that Canada has to do and we no longer have a competitive environment to do them in. It manifests itself in the slow grind of our economy.

If you put a woman in prison for four years when she's young and make her pay her time in a horrible place and she wants to come out and work, and become a mother and be a contributor to society and pay taxes and you never give her that chance. There is something un-Canadian about that.

When I start something I bring my A-game - I assume I'm going to win.

I keep anywhere between 5-10 percent of my net worth in venture ideas.

I have no baggage in politics. I've never been a politician. I don't owe anybody anything.