Claire Trottier 🇨🇦
@doctrott.bsky.social
🗒️Chair of Euphrosine Foundation, chair of @patmillscanada.bsky.social , co-founder of @wecobien.bsky.social, Board of Trottier Family Foundation
📚 Co-owner of @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social
📢 Views are my own
📚 Co-owner of @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social
📢 Views are my own
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Trump’s love of ‘broligarchs’ is seeping into Canada. Do our leaders have the courage to take on the ultra-rich?
Delay in capital gains tax reform is a capitulation to the wealthy, writes Claire Trottier. Do we really want to live in a country where the monied get preferential treatment
www.thestar.com
My oped in @thestar.com today:
Do we want a Canada where tech billionaires sell out their country for a tax break, or one where our government fights back against the oligarchy with creative ideas to tax extreme wealth?
www.thestar.com/business/opi...
Do we want a Canada where tech billionaires sell out their country for a tax break, or one where our government fights back against the oligarchy with creative ideas to tax extreme wealth?
www.thestar.com/business/opi...
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Counterpoint to the speech today.
Canada considers the US to be a safe country for asylum-seekers. www.wired.com/story/ice-de...
ICE Details a New Minnesota-Based Detention Network That Spans 5 States
Internal ICE planning documents propose spending up to $50 million on a privately run network capable of shipping immigrants in custody hundreds of miles across the Upper Midwest.
www.wired.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Counterpoint to the speech today.
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Government leaders, executives, and heads of state are in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum, which purports to be a discussion place for the world's biggest challenges.
But they're missing the most important one: extreme wealth inequality.
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
But they're missing the most important one: extreme wealth inequality.
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
In Davos, the rich talk about ‘global threats’. Here’s why they’re silent about the biggest of them all | Ingrid Robeyns
Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them, says economist and historian Ingrid Robeyns
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Government leaders, executives, and heads of state are in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum, which purports to be a discussion place for the world's biggest challenges.
But they're missing the most important one: extreme wealth inequality.
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
But they're missing the most important one: extreme wealth inequality.
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
«les infirmières, les enseignantes, les travailleurs de la construction et les commis d’épicerie sont davantage imposés, en proportion, que les milliardaires. Comment pouvons-nous continuer de tolérer une telle iniquité ? » www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
Le Canada doit taxer davantage les ultrariches
Pour lutter contre les inégalités croissantes et la concentration de la richesse, le gouvernement canadien doit avoir le courage d’instaurer une fiscalité équitable et d’exiger des ultrariches qu’ils ...
www.lapresse.ca
January 20, 2026 at 1:44 PM
«les infirmières, les enseignantes, les travailleurs de la construction et les commis d’épicerie sont davantage imposés, en proportion, que les milliardaires. Comment pouvons-nous continuer de tolérer une telle iniquité ? » www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
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Ma lettre ouverte dans le @ledevoir.com signée avec @doctrott.bsky.social sur la nécessité de taxer les ultra riches et de réduire les inégalités.
Le Canada aura t il ce courage ?
#polcan
www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
Le Canada aura t il ce courage ?
#polcan
www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
Le Canada doit taxer davantage les ultrariches
Pour lutter contre les inégalités croissantes et la concentration de la richesse, le gouvernement canadien doit avoir le courage d’instaurer une fiscalité équitable et d’exiger des ultrariches qu’ils ...
www.lapresse.ca
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Ma lettre ouverte dans le @ledevoir.com signée avec @doctrott.bsky.social sur la nécessité de taxer les ultra riches et de réduire les inégalités.
Le Canada aura t il ce courage ?
#polcan
www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
Le Canada aura t il ce courage ?
#polcan
www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
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Extreme wealth isn’t just an inequality problem—it’s a democracy problem.
When a tiny elite controls more wealth than half the world, they gain outsized power over politics, media, and policy while everyone else is told to fight culture wars.
When a tiny elite controls more wealth than half the world, they gain outsized power over politics, media, and policy while everyone else is told to fight culture wars.
January 18, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Extreme wealth isn’t just an inequality problem—it’s a democracy problem.
When a tiny elite controls more wealth than half the world, they gain outsized power over politics, media, and policy while everyone else is told to fight culture wars.
When a tiny elite controls more wealth than half the world, they gain outsized power over politics, media, and policy while everyone else is told to fight culture wars.
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Honestly all Denmark needs to do is to withdraw all Ozempic exports to the US and Americans will finally revolt
January 17, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Honestly all Denmark needs to do is to withdraw all Ozempic exports to the US and Americans will finally revolt
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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Trump likes “Donroe Doctrine” but it’s really the “Darth Vader” doctrine: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.” Whatever government thinks they've reached an agreement with the US is deluding itself. These agreements are not worth the gold embossed napkins they are written on.
January 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Trump likes “Donroe Doctrine” but it’s really the “Darth Vader” doctrine: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.” Whatever government thinks they've reached an agreement with the US is deluding itself. These agreements are not worth the gold embossed napkins they are written on.
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At every World Economic Forum annual meeting, Oxfam brings the data to ensure that inequality is a key part of the conversation. This year we are releasing our report on January 19th 2026, at one minute past midnight GMT. Don’t miss it. #FightInequality #WEF26
January 17, 2026 at 4:09 PM
At every World Economic Forum annual meeting, Oxfam brings the data to ensure that inequality is a key part of the conversation. This year we are releasing our report on January 19th 2026, at one minute past midnight GMT. Don’t miss it. #FightInequality #WEF26
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Ceci. in most countries.
Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade $163 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello?
January 14, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Ceci. in most countries.
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"If the Government of Canada can’t be bothered to do the easy things, to preserve the most basic sense of principle and dignity in the face of glaring red line offenses, then we can’t possibly trust it with the more difficult and complex issues."
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/is-canada-...
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/is-canada-...
Is Canada morally leaderless?
For anyone born in the 70s or 80s, it is abundantly clear we’re living in the most perilous period of our lifetimes.
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
"If the Government of Canada can’t be bothered to do the easy things, to preserve the most basic sense of principle and dignity in the face of glaring red line offenses, then we can’t possibly trust it with the more difficult and complex issues."
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/is-canada-...
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/is-canada-...
Il faut absolument changer la culture du hockey masculin
la presse se demande s'il y a un problème dans le hockey au québec
évidemment qu'il y a un problème, mais aucun journaliste sportif n'a le courage d'en parler
par chance, francis dupuis-déri l'a fait 👇
pivot.quebec/2025/09/09/l...
évidemment qu'il y a un problème, mais aucun journaliste sportif n'a le courage d'en parler
par chance, francis dupuis-déri l'a fait 👇
pivot.quebec/2025/09/09/l...
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Il faut absolument changer la culture du hockey masculin
Such a great article about Heated Rivalry, featuring Carrie-Ann Kloda from @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social 😍
montrealgazette.com/entertainmen...
montrealgazette.com/entertainmen...
It’s hot, it's gay, and it’s sort of about hockey: Montreal is obsessed with Heated Rivalry
Run by some of the show's biggest fans, a Montreal bookstore has sold out seven events dedicated to the gay hockey romance.
montrealgazette.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Such a great article about Heated Rivalry, featuring Carrie-Ann Kloda from @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social 😍
montrealgazette.com/entertainmen...
montrealgazette.com/entertainmen...
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California wants to tax billionaires with a 5% wealth tax and the CEO of Nvidia, who would have to pay $8 billion on his $163 billion fortune, says it like it is:
that's perfectly fine! 🧵
that's perfectly fine! 🧵
January 7, 2026 at 1:47 PM
California wants to tax billionaires with a 5% wealth tax and the CEO of Nvidia, who would have to pay $8 billion on his $163 billion fortune, says it like it is:
that's perfectly fine! 🧵
that's perfectly fine! 🧵
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Decades of research show that billionaire “flight” is wildly exaggerated. Wealthy people don’t uproot their lives over modest taxes. A one-time wealth tax would fund health care, food security, and education—all of which are driving up affordability. www.forbes.com/sites/teresa...
www.forbes.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Decades of research show that billionaire “flight” is wildly exaggerated. Wealthy people don’t uproot their lives over modest taxes. A one-time wealth tax would fund health care, food security, and education—all of which are driving up affordability. www.forbes.com/sites/teresa...
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
« Sachant que la série allait être un hit, Claire Trottier et son équipe ont commandé un grand nombre de livres avant sa diffusion. Et cela semble avoir été une très bonne idée. »
ici.radio-canada.ca/info/long-fo...
ici.radio-canada.ca/info/long-fo...
Rivalité passionnée, le succès mondial qui sert la culture d’ici
La série « Rivalité passionnée » (« Heated Rivalry »), du Québécois Jacob Tierney, connait un succès mondial qui sert la culture et l’économie d’ici.
ici.radio-canada.ca
January 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
« Sachant que la série allait être un hit, Claire Trottier et son équipe ont commandé un grand nombre de livres avant sa diffusion. Et cela semble avoir été une très bonne idée. »
ici.radio-canada.ca/info/long-fo...
ici.radio-canada.ca/info/long-fo...
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Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
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Watch for it
The inevitable Globe and Mail editorial: "International law should be respected, but in this case Maduro was a bad guy so Trump's imperial actions have merit. But can Canada's oil sector now compete?"
January 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Watch for it
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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And if appeasement and flattery fail to rein Trump in, leaders are going to need their publics to a) understand the danger we’re all in, and b) trust leaders to implement riskier policies. Lying to the public about Trump does neither of these things
August 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
And if appeasement and flattery fail to rein Trump in, leaders are going to need their publics to a) understand the danger we’re all in, and b) trust leaders to implement riskier policies. Lying to the public about Trump does neither of these things
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Canada finally reacts, through our foreign affairs minister (not our prime minister).
Really, embarrassingly timid statement when you consider what just happened.
Really, embarrassingly timid statement when you consider what just happened.
Please see my statement on the situation in Venezuela:
January 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Canada finally reacts, through our foreign affairs minister (not our prime minister).
Really, embarrassingly timid statement when you consider what just happened.
Really, embarrassingly timid statement when you consider what just happened.
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Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
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The surge in corporate profit rates that began during COVID has never ended - a greater share of corporate revenue is profits than ever before, and we are taxing those profits less than ever. No wonder CEO pay has hit another record high!
January 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
The surge in corporate profit rates that began during COVID has never ended - a greater share of corporate revenue is profits than ever before, and we are taxing those profits less than ever. No wonder CEO pay has hit another record high!
J’ai été invitée aux ondes de 98.5 pour parler d’inégalités et de taxe sur la richesse aujourd’hui
www.985fm.ca/audio/747173...
www.985fm.ca/audio/747173...
Écarts de richesse | Les grands PDG du Québec ont déjà gagné le salaire moyen des Québécois
Écoutez Claire Trottier, conférencière et philanthrope, réclamer une plus grande équité entre les riches et les pauvres au Midi.
www.985fm.ca
January 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
J’ai été invitée aux ondes de 98.5 pour parler d’inégalités et de taxe sur la richesse aujourd’hui
www.985fm.ca/audio/747173...
www.985fm.ca/audio/747173...