At a conference hosted by Canadian tech giant Shopify&nbsp;<a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;in 2018&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://link.postmedia.com/click/6622c199e354ee7ae00e0fa0/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY3BhYy5jYS9oZWFkbGluZS1wb2xpdGljcy9lcGlzb2RlL2p1c3Rpbi10cnVkZWF1LWFuZC1zaG9waWZ5LWNlby1zcGVhay1hdC10b3JvbnRvLWV2ZW50P2lkPWRhZGI3YjlkLWI1ZWItNGFmNS05MTEwLWE0MmY4ZjJhNmQzYQ/65cba058af8b050ecc036f25Ba9585a21&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" data-linkindex="2" href="https://link.postmedia.com/click/6622c199e354ee7ae00e0fa0/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY3BhYy5jYS9oZWFkbGluZS1wb2xpdGljcy9lcGlzb2RlL2p1c3Rpbi10cnVkZWF1LWFuZC1zaG9waWZ5LWNlby1zcGVhay1hdC10b3JvbnRvLWV2ZW50P2lkPWRhZGI3YjlkLWI1ZWItNGFmNS05MTEwLWE0MmY4ZjJhNmQzYQ/65cba058af8b050ecc036f25Ba9585a21" target="_blank">in 2018</a>, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a moment to marvel at the unlikely success of two men who started out as snowboarders.

Trudeau, the former snowboarding instructor, was sharing the stage with Shopify founder Tobias Lütke, whose multi-billion dollar company had its beginnings as an online snowboard shop.

Hundreds of tech leaders and entrepreneurs signed an open letter decrying capital gains tax changes.{ai:summary}Trudeau speaks at Shopify event, praises success of former snowboarders turned tech moguls. #economy

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