Angella MacEwen
@angella.bsky.social
Labour economist, social democrat, sometimes I post stuff on the economy here: https://socialeconomics.substack.com/
Co-wrote a book about how (and why) to tax the rich called “Share The Wealth”: https://lorimer.ca/adults/product/share-the-wealth/
Co-wrote a book about how (and why) to tax the rich called “Share The Wealth”: https://lorimer.ca/adults/product/share-the-wealth/
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Why are billionaires buying up media outlets?
As a media mogul, you can effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of yourself and other plutocrats and discouraging any attempt to tax away your wealth.
Here's what we need to do about it. robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
As a media mogul, you can effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of yourself and other plutocrats and discouraging any attempt to tax away your wealth.
Here's what we need to do about it. robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
A toxic combo: Trump, Billionaires, and the Media
What to do about it
robertreich.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Why are billionaires buying up media outlets?
As a media mogul, you can effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of yourself and other plutocrats and discouraging any attempt to tax away your wealth.
Here's what we need to do about it. robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
As a media mogul, you can effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of yourself and other plutocrats and discouraging any attempt to tax away your wealth.
Here's what we need to do about it. robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
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Corporate profits before taxes in Canada hit a new peak in the 3rd quarter, rising 7.6% from the 2nd quarter, StatCan reported yesterday. The previous pre-tax peak was in 2022 Q2. Telecomm profits jumped an extraordinary $10.4 billion but these were mostly one-time non-operational gains. #cdnecon
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Corporate profits before taxes in Canada hit a new peak in the 3rd quarter, rising 7.6% from the 2nd quarter, StatCan reported yesterday. The previous pre-tax peak was in 2022 Q2. Telecomm profits jumped an extraordinary $10.4 billion but these were mostly one-time non-operational gains. #cdnecon
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"It's stupid not to incorporate the care economy in our budgeting. It's the foundation and economic engine of our economy.” — @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social (@atkinsonfoundation.bsky.social)
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed — by @spaikin.bsky.social
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed — by @spaikin.bsky.social
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed | TVO Today
The military got a huge boost, and oil and gas seems poised to profit. But this economist says we’ve forgotten about one huge sector.
amp.tvo.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"It's stupid not to incorporate the care economy in our budgeting. It's the foundation and economic engine of our economy.” — @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social (@atkinsonfoundation.bsky.social)
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed — by @spaikin.bsky.social
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed — by @spaikin.bsky.social
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Doug Ford's government claims the province isn’t privatizing water.
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Ontario’s Government Claims the Province Isn’t Privatizing Water. Experts Are Not Convinced.
“The way that this act is written creates this slippery slope towards privatization”
pressprogress.ca
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Doug Ford's government claims the province isn’t privatizing water.
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
A feature of the arena at Landsdowne is the availability of overflow bathrooms in the next-door football stadium - but man is it cold!!! The water is FREEZING!
November 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A feature of the arena at Landsdowne is the availability of overflow bathrooms in the next-door football stadium - but man is it cold!!! The water is FREEZING!
Second period was a bit less chaotic, the Charge put some really good plays together, but still scoreless - these goalies are phenomenaL #PWHL
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Second period was a bit less chaotic, the Charge put some really good plays together, but still scoreless - these goalies are phenomenaL #PWHL
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At the PWHL Ottawa Charge home opener - a full house as usual. And a message for @marksutcliffe.bsky.social! Great hockey! #ottcity
November 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
At the PWHL Ottawa Charge home opener - a full house as usual. And a message for @marksutcliffe.bsky.social! Great hockey! #ottcity
The arena is packed for the @pwhlcharge.bsky.social first game of the season, it is so deeply healing to watch these amazing women play, and to watch the community get behind them!
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The arena is packed for the @pwhlcharge.bsky.social first game of the season, it is so deeply healing to watch these amazing women play, and to watch the community get behind them!
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The speed with which the vibes went from "the Charge are back, go PWHL!" to "fuck this bush league and its horrid reffing..."
Sports!
Sports!
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The speed with which the vibes went from "the Charge are back, go PWHL!" to "fuck this bush league and its horrid reffing..."
Sports!
Sports!
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Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
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Major projects, major problems: anger at Carney’s unclear plans is the real shared national interest, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes:
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-pipe...
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-pipe...
The real major project is politics, not pipelines | The Narwhal
Carney’s major projects push has angered many in Alberta over perceived lack of support for a pipeline project that doesn’t exist
thenarwhal.ca
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Major projects, major problems: anger at Carney’s unclear plans is the real shared national interest, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes:
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-pipe...
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-pipe...
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Following the approval of the Budget itself, the Government introduced yesterday Bill C-15, the Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 1. You can read it in all of its glory at www.parl.ca/Content/Bill...
Caution: it's 601 pages of legislation (634 total pages including cover pages and summary).
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Caution: it's 601 pages of legislation (634 total pages including cover pages and summary).
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www.parl.ca
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Following the approval of the Budget itself, the Government introduced yesterday Bill C-15, the Budget 2025 Implementation Act, No. 1. You can read it in all of its glory at www.parl.ca/Content/Bill...
Caution: it's 601 pages of legislation (634 total pages including cover pages and summary).
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Caution: it's 601 pages of legislation (634 total pages including cover pages and summary).
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At CUPE's National Convention in October I took some time to chat with @broadbent.bsky.social about the benefits of investing in publicly owned infrastructure. Instead of offering the private sector incentives, just build the damn thing!
The Power of Public Ownership
Broadbent Research Fellow Angella MacEwen (@angella.bsky.social) explains how public ownership and public investment are needed to fight inflation, fix inequality, and improve economic productivity.
Watch the full video at perspectivesjournal.ca/public-ownership
Broadbent Research Fellow Angella MacEwen (@angella.bsky.social) explains how public ownership and public investment are needed to fight inflation, fix inequality, and improve economic productivity.
Watch the full video at perspectivesjournal.ca/public-ownership
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
At CUPE's National Convention in October I took some time to chat with @broadbent.bsky.social about the benefits of investing in publicly owned infrastructure. Instead of offering the private sector incentives, just build the damn thing!
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It's very upsetting to read this headline, although not altogether surprising, based on recent events. We are now one step closer to losing one of the coolest things to have come to Ottawa in many years. And it didh't have to be this way. 1/ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ottawa Charge won't play at smaller Lansdowne arena, PWHL says | CBC News
"We'd like to find a solution that works for us to stay in Ottawa," a league executive says of the Ottawa Charge. "But the city hasn't made it easy for us."
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
It's very upsetting to read this headline, although not altogether surprising, based on recent events. We are now one step closer to losing one of the coolest things to have come to Ottawa in many years. And it didh't have to be this way. 1/ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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"LNG production is definitively not an alternative to reducing Canadian emissions."
Essential reading from @dalebeugin.bsky.social & Nancy Olewiler: climateinstitute.ca/will-canadia...
Essential reading from @dalebeugin.bsky.social & Nancy Olewiler: climateinstitute.ca/will-canadia...
Will Canadian LNG increase or decrease emissions?
Evidence suggests that expanding Canadian LNG will increase domestic emissions and have uncertain implications for global emissions.
climateinstitute.ca
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"LNG production is definitively not an alternative to reducing Canadian emissions."
Essential reading from @dalebeugin.bsky.social & Nancy Olewiler: climateinstitute.ca/will-canadia...
Essential reading from @dalebeugin.bsky.social & Nancy Olewiler: climateinstitute.ca/will-canadia...
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"Welcome to the wild west." A new #ICIJ investigation in conjunction with CBC, Radio-Canada and the Toronto Star reveals significant problems with Canada's existing system to stop money laundering using cryptocurrency. #CoinLaundry #finance #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
Illicit crypto-to-cash deals are unlocking new ways to launder money in Canada | CBC News
Canada has long had a problem with dirty money in its economy, whether in banking or real estate, but the advent of anonymous crypto-to-cash services has opened new frontiers for potential laundering ...
www.cbc.ca
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Welcome to the wild west." A new #ICIJ investigation in conjunction with CBC, Radio-Canada and the Toronto Star reveals significant problems with Canada's existing system to stop money laundering using cryptocurrency. #CoinLaundry #finance #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
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BREAKING: 138 Sustainability Leaders Scorch Climate Rollbacks in Federal Budget www.theenergymix.com/breaking-138...
#cdnpoli #Budget2025 #climate
#cdnpoli #Budget2025 #climate
BREAKING: 138 Sustainability Leaders Scorch Climate Rollbacks in Federal Budget
A group of 138 sustainability leaders from business, academia, environmental NGOs, and government, along with 70 of their affiliated organizations, are scorching the climate rollbacks in the Carney go...
www.theenergymix.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
BREAKING: 138 Sustainability Leaders Scorch Climate Rollbacks in Federal Budget www.theenergymix.com/breaking-138...
#cdnpoli #Budget2025 #climate
#cdnpoli #Budget2025 #climate
That was a bit of a roller coaster! Sweet win for the Riders. Now I get to update my 2013 Grey Cup Champion gear.
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
That was a bit of a roller coaster! Sweet win for the Riders. Now I get to update my 2013 Grey Cup Champion gear.
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Superb skills development fund scoop from the Toronto Star, which has got its hands on a database of scores for applications.
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Secret data reveals which low-scoring applicants still received millions of dollars from the Ford government’s skills fund
Secret government data obtained by the Star shows 26 applicants scoring 50 per cent or lower received $36.6 million from Premier Doug Ford's controversial Skills Development Fund earlier this year.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Superb skills development fund scoop from the Toronto Star, which has got its hands on a database of scores for applications.
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
It reveals several with scores of 50 or less where the minister overruled civil servants to hand out the money anyway. #OnPoli
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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READ THIS!
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
Op-Ed: Ottawa's costly pursuit of the poor
The government cites inefficiency as a reason to end taxes on vacant homes and yachts — yet keeps pouring money into futile litigation over pandemic-era benefits
www.canadianaffairs.news
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
READ THIS!
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
$200K to litigate a case against a social assistance recipient who *may* have received $10K in CERB overpayments is not an "inefficiency", but collecting unpaid taxes on luxury yachts or planes *is* a waste of bureaucratic time?
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
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Mark Carney is about to announce more of his “elbows up” major projects.
But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell.
That’s not even the worst part!
@emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:
But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell.
That’s not even the worst part!
@emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Mark Carney is about to announce more of his “elbows up” major projects.
But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell.
That’s not even the worst part!
@emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:
But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell.
That’s not even the worst part!
@emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:
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Meanwhile, “did women ruin the workplace?”
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Meanwhile, “did women ruin the workplace?”