There was a story on NPR this morning about Canada trying to bring tech startups to Canada from the US with a new "startup visa" that allows companies from the US to work in Canada.
Alongside a freeway in Northern California is a billboard which reads: Pivot to Canada. The billboard is urging high-tech immigrants living in the U.S. to pay attention to Canada. Canada wants to attract highly-skilled, foreign-born tech workers who are fed up with the visa process that they must follow to remain in the U.S.
The bitcoin story could be valid if Canada saw a way to bring more tech companies there.
Here is a link to the story.
http://www.npr.org/2013/05/20/185458141/the-last-word-in-business