Rather a good summary, I think

For laughs, I followed a link to The Economist's page of business etiquette tips for visitors to Toronto . . . and found them to be a pretty good guideline for getting along with the aloof and prickly Torontonian:

• Business cards are usually exchanged after meetings, rather than during introductions.
• Once the working week is over, Torontonians value their free time. Important meetings are not typically scheduled for late on Friday afternoons, and you should not try to set up meetings at weekends.
• In this multicultural city, with roughly 80 ethnic groups, language and cultural differences are the norm rather than the exception.
• Understatement and a low-key demeanour are looked upon with favour. Boasting about past achievements or hyping up a product should be avoided in Toronto.
• Unless your host indicates otherwise, stick to sparkling mineral water during a business lunch; midday meals here tend to be dry.
• Ice hockey is a local passion. Toronto's home team, the Maple Leafs, are simultaneously loved and loathed by locals, most of whom support the team despite its failure to win the Stanley Cup, the sport's top prize, since 1967.

If you're visiting Toronto on business, you could do much worse than to read the rest of the list. The final entry is particularly appropriate: "Many Canadians nurture both inferiority and superiority complexes about America. Tread carefully."

Update: Occasional commenter "Lickmuffin" has taken the time to reverse-engineer the original draft of the story in the comments. I do encourage you to read 'em . . .