Historically, no provincial securities regulator has been willing to set targets and quotas for women for fear of alienating business – and ultimately losing company listings to other provinces.

Debt has not only lost its stigma, it is now culturally more acceptable in Canada than ever before. Canadians are socialized into debt at an earlier age as younger people are developing an awareness of it by necessity and appear to be living with it longer.

As Tesla struggles financially amid mass layoffs, an exodus of top executives and mounting questions about the automaker's ability to meet ambitious production targets, a new independent chair may not be as indulgent of the CEO's behaviour – especially with the SEC keenly watching.