It feels like New York when it was hopeful. Toronto hasn't managed to capture that image of romance and high adventure. I'm sure a convincing director could make it work, but it's not an industry that likes to take chances. There's too much money involved. A lot of Canadian film deals with failure as opposed to dealing with success, deals with victims as opposed to dealing with people who control their destiny.
American cinema is forced to resolve itself.
Canadian cinema is much more tentative, the cinema to my mind that is closer to real life. It deals in grays. According to the surveys, most Canadians do not care very much for it. The market isn't big enough, plus we have a major competitor south of the border. If you can't fight them, join them.