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Small request from the free world: get busy.

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Most of those around Trump probably don’t know yet which lines they are prepared to cross. What we have seen throughout history is that lines many thought uncrossable vanish pretty quickly under dictatorship. The Fascist-curious have a tough time going back.

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submitted 3 hours ago • 6 comments

This is the defining moment of the 21st Century. We are in a different international order.

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

Zelensky has more guts than I've ever had. He and his people are fighting fascists on behalf of all of us.

submitted 4 hours ago • 0 comments

I'll say it every day if I have to. Canada, you need to get out and build new alliances. There is no placating the current American administration. Find ways to fight for a world governed by rules and mutual support, not extortion and threats. macleans.ca/politics/its...

submitted 5 hours ago • 6 comments

This is a fabulous piece that frames the issues we face very well. I hope those with power in Canada are catching up. We need to acknowledge that what we have been doing and how we have been doing it have not prepared us for today. The End of Business as Usual open.substack.com/pub/orbitpol...

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

@danamilbank.bsky.social's newest Wash Post column cites Jeff Bezos's two priorities, "personal liberties and free markets," and says President Trump is the biggest threat to both www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 8 hours ago • 25 comments

Weaponising US tech oligarchs’ dependence on foreign markets and infrastructures, through tax and regulatory initiatives, could be a powerful (if risky) strategy:

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

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submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

More on how foundations can step up right now when Canadians need them. www.justicefund.ca/reforming-ph...

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The elimination of institutional state capacity is clearly one of the goals. I cannot stress enough how much damage this will do to the ability of the United States to work as a functional democracy. Tyranny and on-going civic collapse are real possibilities.

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Maybe our charitable foundations should stop investing in American companies who want to do us harm. I have ideas. We need to mobilize our philanthropic capital for long-term Canadian economic resilience. socialcapitalpartners.ca/canadian-fou...

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Philippe is always worth reading and this is a thoughtful piece. However, I think we're under-indexing for American social and civic collapse, which would produce a whole bunch of other scenarios for which we need to prepare. Philippe Lagassé: Time to prepare open.substack.com/pub/theline/...

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

For your walk/transit/drive home. Nine minutes of fabulous radio/audio, about the craziest question Canadians have ever been asked: would we all be better off if we became the 51st state? Come for the heat, stay for the light. www.npr.org/2025/02/26/1...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I requested a download of my Twitter data, 36 hours later i was made aware it was available for download, I am in the process of downloading it, final step approaching. I will have 75% less followers and 100% less fascism.

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I am a member of the Canada Pension and Public Service Plans. To those investing my contributions: The US is a huge risk. It is not stable and the current leaders are trying to abandon the rule of law and democratic capitalism. Please divest in a responsible way.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Today, we launch a Special Series of policy ideas in response to the Trump administration's economic war against Canada. Some things might not work—but failing to act quickly and ambitiously is by far the bigger risk. Read the series: tinyurl.com/2v9n4pdm #AlwaysCanada #Never51 #EconSky #CanadaSky

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Fwiw, the WSJ newsroom has thrived for many decades alongside an editorial department that regularly goes off kilter. But the previous owners -- and even the new one -- have been smart enough to enforce a separation between the two. Not clear that Bezos has the same principles.

submitted 2 days ago • 8 comments

I had the privilege of talking to @apnews.com about WIRED's Elon Musk and politics coverage. Most important thing: We're not slowing down, we're not stopping, and we're going to cover this story, relentlessly, for as long as we need to. apnews.com/article/elon...

submitted 2 days ago • 98 comments

The U.S. is currently a threat to Canadian economic sovereignty and the well-being of Canadians. The world has changed. We need to act differently. Today we launch a series on how to build a more independent, wealthier Canadian economy. #AlwaysCanada #Never51

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Looking forward to being on this panel in a few minutes! I will get stoned, rant like a lunatic, fire people who don't work for me, and swing around a chain saw. Oh wait. No, I won't do that. I'm a functioning adult and not a psychopath. And I don't run the American government.

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Musk is one of the worst humans alive, doing unbelievable damage to the values of democracy, equality and freedom, and inflicting misery on millions. He is a national security threat. The Ontario government should cancel its contract with Starlink. But we don't revoke Canadians' citizenship.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Supporting Ukraine is core to Canada's national security interests.

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Some people in Canada want to mirror the American model of extractive capitalism that is producing misery, horrors and tyranny. We need to continue to make the case for democratic, inclusive, properly regulated capitalism.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Chip of the day.

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Great piece, basically true, but there are always lots of people expressing concerns about history veering off its orderly course. Systems of power and decision-making dismiss those voices. Systems have failures of imagination, not people. Failures of imagination open.substack.com/pub/dgardner...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

If Starlink is used as a foreign policy tool to undermine European security, it should be banned from the EU market.

submitted 6 days ago • 32 comments

"During the meeting, Ukraine was told it faced imminent shutoff of the Starlink service if it did not reach a deal on critical minerals, said the source, who requested anonymity to discuss closed negotiations." Astonishing betrayal of an ally. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

submitted 6 days ago • 151 comments

Last week we had the pleasure of hearing from Daron Acemoglu, 2024's Nobel laureate in economics. Acemoglu discussed the implications of AI and automation on labor, including wage decline and deepening inequities. Watch the discussion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6pD... @dacemoglumit.bsky.social

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Chip of the day.

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Congrats to SCP collaborator @keldonb.bsky.social for making the @theglobeandmail.com's Top 20 Changemakers list for work with the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project! 👏 on your devotion to a free, fair and democratic 🍁 economy. #EconSky #Competition www.theglobeandmail.com/business/rob...

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Gillian Petit & Shaimaa Yassin: Tariffs and a possible carbon-rebate rollback show the need for targeted income support @gillianpetit.bsky.social Follow @policyoptions.irpp.org. policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/fe...

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Gregory Jack: Getting to know the 'New Republicans' open.substack.com/pub/theline/...

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Official Ottawa dismisses smaller businesses. Those making policy dismissively call them "lifestyle businesses." Independent local Canadian businesses make communities more resilient and build wealth for entrepreneurs.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Stayed up too late for this!🎉🏒🇨🇦🍁sleepy ...

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We need to increase Canadian ownership of the Canadian economy. Supporting local businesses and workers will be important for economic resilience, sovereignty and well-being in cities. www.urbanclimateleadership.org/events/what-...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

It is quite fascinating that the only thing Merz has accomplished with his move to get a vote through with the support of the AfD is to almost double the support of the Left which looked dead and buried before the campaign. None of the other parties have moved more than an inch in the polls.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Talked with municipal leaders about the Trump administration's unprovoked economic war on Canada. This is turning point in our history as the US becomes an authoritarian threat to Canadians. We need to mobilize all our wealth and power to reorient our economy. citytalkcanada.ca/discussions/...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

How should Canada respond to US coercion? I argue it's time to take the initiative. (It's not the direct focus, but recent Trump-Putin news makes it clear that the sooner we do, the better). macleans.ca/politics/its...

submitted 9 days ago • 14 comments