> the situation in America right now

There is no "Situation" right now.

> I know a number of founders that had decided not to do the "move to California" strategy.

Maybe because they couldn't. Most immigrant founders I met had their eyes on the US and settled for Canada after getting denied access to the US.

Ever since the US election, Canada has been so over-compensating. Suddenly is on this moral pedestal and is finally "relevant" in tech.

Look in a few weeks as Canada gets the new NAFTA deal from Washington and realizes that their opinion on it doesn't matter as Canada's economy simply can't exist without the US.