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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 7d

Canadian businesses are halting US shipments with $800 duty-free cross border exemption ending.

Multiply this by 1000's of Canadian businesses.

Trump's disinfo campaign worked - US consumers believe Canadian biz pay their tariffs. Time for new markets.

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Canadian small businesses rethink U.S. market after duty-free shipping changes

Facing significantly higher costs, delays at the border and confusion for their customers, a number of entrepreneurs in Canada have had to make tough decisions

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 4d

Sickos: "YES...HA HA HA...YES!"

@globalnews.ca | globalnews.ca/news/1146954...

Screenshot of Global News article headline reading "Toronto bike share program set for record year, ridership may hit 16M by 2030" by Aaron D'Andrea, dated October 8, 2025. Below is a video thumbnail showing rows of orange Bike Share Toronto bikes lined up at a docking station in a park setting.

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 3d

I'm sure this would be "digitally sovereign" much in the way all the grapes at Loblaws are "grown in Peru."

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

www.cbc.ca

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 4d

Sickos: "YES...HA HA HA...YES!"

@globalnews.ca | globalnews.ca/news/1146954...

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 6d

Canada's non-Conservative parties would be wise to note this huge shift over the last decade.

Online discourse is dominated by right-wing influencers - but it doesn't have to be.

Stop chasing traditional media - they're going to Reddit for trending news anyway.

toronto.citynews.ca/2025/10/09/i...

A hand holding a smartphone displaying Meta's content blocking message stating "People in Canada can't see this content" with text explaining restrictions on Canadian government or news-related content. The phone screen shows two blocked post previews with red prohibition symbols and blue "Learn More" buttons. The image is taken against a blurred background.

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 6d

Sad to say I've been sleeping on pickled sour bamboo shoots literally my whole life until right now

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 7d

Canadian businesses are halting US shipments with $800 duty-free cross border exemption ending.

Multiply this by 1000's of Canadian businesses.

Trump's disinfo campaign worked - US consumers believe Canadian biz pay their tariffs. Time for new markets.

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Canadian small businesses rethink U.S. market after duty-free shipping changes

Facing significantly higher costs, delays at the border and confusion for their customers, a number of entrepreneurs in Canada have had to make tough decisions

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 20d

Wages create returns - staff stay longer, customers get better service, money circulates locally. Rent just...leaves.

55% of Canadian businesses are micro-operations (1-4 people) getting squeezed by costs way out of their control.

Read the report and recos | betterwayalliance.ca/the-fixed-co...

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 8d

Why yes - this would be fabulous.

Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 9d

"Quebec measures targeting retailers when it comes to sustainability of goods and planned obsolescence of products comes into effect today."

Now do...the REST OF THE WORLD.

globalnews.ca/news/1146531...

Quebec durable goods law comes into effect | Globalnews.ca

Quebec measures targeting retailers when it comes to sustainability of goods and planned obsolescence of products comes into effect today.

globalnews.ca

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 9d

“Jane Goodall observed things nobody else saw,”

The Far Side is how I found out about Jane - and I've followed her work ever since.

We lost a great human this past week. Glad to see this piece in CSM.

@csmonitor.bsky.social | www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...

How Jane Goodall inspired my daughter: It started with chickens.

With the world remembering Jane Goodall, here’s how one child sees her legacy: “She realized something true that nobody else recognized.”

www.csmonitor.com

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 9d

"Lower corporate taxes have allowed profit margins to stay resilient, even while the US consumer stays under a lot of pressure."

Even the stock market analysts are talking about wealth inequality now.

🔗 | youtu.be/YXFvwJQBzJc?...

A Once in a Lifetime Economic Reset is Coming.

YouTube video by Bravos Research

youtu.be

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 11d

Surely, Goldy isn't this naive?

"When offering these observations, Mr. Hoekstra is always quick to insist he’s simply sharing information;"

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11d

$200k to hang out with dogs. amazing

IG gabriel.desanti, barkandburn

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 13d

Ontario's minimum wage went up on Oct 1.
Good for workers, good for small businesses.

What's actually killing biz?
Toronto retail rent jumped 142% in 5 years.
That's an extinction level increase.

Here's how we save good jobs and businesses: betterwayalliance.ca/the-fixed-co...

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 20d

Wages create returns - staff stay longer, customers get better service, money circulates locally. Rent just...leaves.

55% of Canadian businesses are micro-operations (1-4 people) getting squeezed by costs way out of their control.

Read the report and recos | betterwayalliance.ca/the-fixed-co...

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 20d

I spent last month analyzing Toronto business costs to figure out what's actually squeezing small businesses.

Turns out commercial rent jumped 142% over 5 years while wages went up 23%. For a typical 3 employee micro-business, rent increases cost $1,540 MORE per year than wage increases.

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Infographic showing 'Retail rent up 142% since 2019' in large yellow and red text. Contains two data visualizations: a year-over-year comparison chart showing decline from $19.54 in Q4/19 to $17.39 in Q1/20, and a commercial retail square footage chart comparing Q3/23 ($28.01) to Q3/24 ($47.21), showing 68.5% increase. Bottom text reads 'For a 1,000 sq. ft. space, that's +$27,670 extra/yr after 5 years.' Data credited to Toronto Regional Real Estate Board. Better Way Alliance branding at bottom.

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 22d

Update - still too much snow on Sept 23rd to bike.

Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 22d

Reminder to all Toronto bike riders:

It is now September - 1 of the 9 months with too much snow on the ground to cycle in Toronto.

See you again in June.

A (handsome) man in sunglasses and a baseball cap takes a selfie while riding an orange Segway on a cracked asphalt surface with yellow lane markings visible.

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 22d

Reminder to all Toronto bike riders:

It is now September - 1 of the 9 months with too much snow on the ground to cycle in Toronto.

See you again in June.

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 24d

Wow, what a READ:

"If the reading revolution represented the greatest transfer of knowledge to ordinary men and women in history, the screen revolution represents the greatest theft of knowledge from ordinary people in history."

🔗🔗🔗 | jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

jmarriott.substack.com

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 24d

Wow, what a READ:

"If the reading revolution represented the greatest transfer of knowledge to ordinary men and women in history, the screen revolution represents the greatest theft of knowledge from ordinary people in history."

🔗🔗🔗 | jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

jmarriott.substack.com

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · Jan 5

What's 3 monopolies in a trenchcoat (4 if you believe New Brunswick exists) and loves maple syrup?

Welcome to Canada!

But how did we get here and more importantly - how do we solve it?

This is THE definitive video on Canada's big bad monopoly daddies.

The Goose 🇨🇦 @the-goose-media.bsky.social · Dec 18

Can We Solve Canada's Monopoly Problem? (feat. Vass Bednar & Denise Hearn) | The Goose
youtu.be/9VjpA36sxVM

Can We Solve Canada's Monopoly Problem? (feat. Vass Bednar & Denise Hearn) | The Goose

YouTube video by The Goose

youtu.be

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 26d

I know you're all going to be really shocked by this one, but 110 unpaid caregivers were provided $450/mo for a year in Ithaca NY, and here's what happened:

✅️Significantly higher rates of employment (the income helped them afford jobs)

✅️Better health outcomes

✅️Savings increased by 13%

✅️Hope grew

Data from Ithaca, NY — Guaranteed Income Works

www.guaranteedincomeworks.org

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · Sep 15

Minimum wage is going up in Ontario on October 1st.

Every time this happens, SOME biz groups say it's going to kill businesses.

Our business group @betterwayalliance.bsky.social knows that's factually wack. When people have more money in their pockets, they spend it locally.

Listen in 👇👇👇

Better Way Alliance @betterwayalliance.bsky.social · Sep 15

A constant hiring cycle b/c you can't retain staff is expensive & exhausting.

BWA Director Lili Locke breaks down our approach to ethical employment on TIAO's Forward Motion podcast: more than minimum wages, paid sick days, stable scheduling.

👂👂 to the full ep: www.tiaontario.ca/cpages/forwa...

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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · Sep 12

My favorite cities are the ones where I don't have black gunk coming out of my nostrils after walking around for a day.

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