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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The MOU goes much farther than many people expected, giving Alberta's oil producers literally every item on their list of demands, while getting basically nothing in return. Alberta will negotiate a carbon price, something the province had already agreed to the last time Ottawa gave them a pipeline.
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The MOU goes much farther than many people expected, giving Alberta's oil producers literally every item on their list of demands, while getting basically nothing in return. Alberta will negotiate a carbon price, something the province had already agreed to the last time Ottawa gave them a pipeline.
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We've fallen into an anti-immigration, anti-climate, short-sighted economic doofus era, brought to you by the guy who we thought was a smart policy wonk.
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We've fallen into an anti-immigration, anti-climate, short-sighted economic doofus era, brought to you by the guy who we thought was a smart policy wonk.
I’m going to need time to process this devastating oil and gas agreement from Carney. To say I am angry is an understatement.
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I’m going to need time to process this devastating oil and gas agreement from Carney. To say I am angry is an understatement.
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1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
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Total capitulation www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Carney, Smith sign sweeping energy deal, pledge new pipeline to West Coast
Federal government won’t implement its oil and gas emissions cap, and both sides will consult with B.C. on project, MOU says
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Total capitulation www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Hey Canadians: This is what winning the future looks like! (Hint: it’s not doubling down on oil and gas!)
Great piece by @gmbutts.bsky.social, Rick Smith, Peter Nicholson.
Great piece by @gmbutts.bsky.social, Rick Smith, Peter Nicholson.
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hey Canadians: This is what winning the future looks like! (Hint: it’s not doubling down on oil and gas!)
Great piece by @gmbutts.bsky.social, Rick Smith, Peter Nicholson.
Great piece by @gmbutts.bsky.social, Rick Smith, Peter Nicholson.
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@abigaildisney.bsky.social's ethos confuses people all the time: "It turns out that it is that hard to believe that, that someone would actually do something for the greater good and not in their own self-interest."
But to us, it makes perfect sense: time.com/7335911/abig...
But to us, it makes perfect sense: time.com/7335911/abig...
A Disney Heiress Begs Congress to Hike Her Taxes
“We can afford to pay more in taxes,” Abigail Disney says
time.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
@abigaildisney.bsky.social's ethos confuses people all the time: "It turns out that it is that hard to believe that, that someone would actually do something for the greater good and not in their own self-interest."
But to us, it makes perfect sense: time.com/7335911/abig...
But to us, it makes perfect sense: time.com/7335911/abig...
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Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46f1bee...
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46f1bee...
Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says
Low rate of R&D investment plays key role in productivity crisis, according to Council of Canadian Academies
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46f1bee...
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46f1bee...
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Why the government and normal people are going broke (on Sky News just now)
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Why the government and normal people are going broke (on Sky News just now)
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Tax wealth not work
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Tax wealth not work
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G20 leaders meeting this week in South Africa: The world deserves hope. And our hope is a more equal and sustainable future. You can help deliver this.
Be the people's champion: Tax The Super Rich. #G20SouthAfrica
Be the people's champion: Tax The Super Rich. #G20SouthAfrica
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
G20 leaders meeting this week in South Africa: The world deserves hope. And our hope is a more equal and sustainable future. You can help deliver this.
Be the people's champion: Tax The Super Rich. #G20SouthAfrica
Be the people's champion: Tax The Super Rich. #G20SouthAfrica
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Quick, someone tell Spain a wealth tax is anti-growth and will destroy their economy.
www.ft.com/content/6b8d...
www.ft.com/content/6b8d...
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Quick, someone tell Spain a wealth tax is anti-growth and will destroy their economy.
www.ft.com/content/6b8d...
www.ft.com/content/6b8d...
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Catherine McKenna dénonce le lobby des énergies fossiles. L’ancienne ministre fédérale de l’Environnement déplore le lobbying incessant des entreprises auprès du gouvernement et qualifie de «greenwashing» les projets capture et stockage de carbone de l'indusrie. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
Catherine McKenna dénonce le lobby de l’industrie des énergies fossiles
L’ancienne ministre fédérale de l’Environnement déplore le lobbying incessant des entreprises auprès du gouvernement.
www.ledevoir.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Catherine McKenna dénonce le lobby des énergies fossiles. L’ancienne ministre fédérale de l’Environnement déplore le lobbying incessant des entreprises auprès du gouvernement et qualifie de «greenwashing» les projets capture et stockage de carbone de l'indusrie. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
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The divide between rich and poor in the U.S. has become more pronounced in recent months. Wealthier Americans, buoyed by a stock market that keeps setting records, have continued to spend freely. Lower-income households — stung by persistent inflation and a slowing labor market — are pulling back.
Wealthy Americans Are Spending. People With Less Are Struggling.
Data show a resilient economy. But that largely reflects spending by the rich, while others pull back amid high prices and a weakening labor market.
nyti.ms
October 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The divide between rich and poor in the U.S. has become more pronounced in recent months. Wealthier Americans, buoyed by a stock market that keeps setting records, have continued to spend freely. Lower-income households — stung by persistent inflation and a slowing labor market — are pulling back.
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Oil & gas is the worst. They’re happy to be on the major project list while demanding the govt kill any regulations that require them to clean up the poison they spew, instead demanding taxpayers pay while giving their massive profits to shareholders & laying off Cdn workers.
Oil and gas producers applaud Ottawa's latest major projects list nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/14/o...
Oil and gas producers applaud Ottawa's latest major projects list
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Oil & gas is the worst. They’re happy to be on the major project list while demanding the govt kill any regulations that require them to clean up the poison they spew, instead demanding taxpayers pay while giving their massive profits to shareholders & laying off Cdn workers.
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Ironically, PM Carney skipped COP30 in Brazil, to announce that the federal government will fast-track the American-owned Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas project in British Columbia. 👎😒
Media release> dsfdn.org/CarneySkipsC...
Media release> dsfdn.org/CarneySkipsC...
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Ironically, PM Carney skipped COP30 in Brazil, to announce that the federal government will fast-track the American-owned Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas project in British Columbia. 👎😒
Media release> dsfdn.org/CarneySkipsC...
Media release> dsfdn.org/CarneySkipsC...
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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Just about every part of this decision is baffling. Indigenous opposition, awful climate implications, timed to come online just as a global LNG supply gut takes shape & financially benefits US billionaires linked to Trump (one of which is under investigation for $170 million payment to Epstein).
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Just about every part of this decision is baffling. Indigenous opposition, awful climate implications, timed to come online just as a global LNG supply gut takes shape & financially benefits US billionaires linked to Trump (one of which is under investigation for $170 million payment to Epstein).
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New from me and @natashabulowski.bsky.social on Carney's decision today to refer Ksi Lisims LNG, which would require a new gas pipeline snaking through Indigenous territory without consent, to the Major Projects Office.
Expect more court challenges to this carbon bomb in the months ahead.
Expect more court challenges to this carbon bomb in the months ahead.
Feds send Ksi Lisims LNG to Major Projects Office amid court challenges
Indigenous leaders, climate advocates and financial experts are condemning Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to refer the Ksi Lisims LNG project to the Major Projects Office for potential fast-tra...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
New from me and @natashabulowski.bsky.social on Carney's decision today to refer Ksi Lisims LNG, which would require a new gas pipeline snaking through Indigenous territory without consent, to the Major Projects Office.
Expect more court challenges to this carbon bomb in the months ahead.
Expect more court challenges to this carbon bomb in the months ahead.
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Plus de 450 chercheurs universitaires demandent à Mark Carney de faire du climat «une priorité». La lutte contre la crise climatique est essentielle pour l’avenir du Canada, affirment-ils dans une lettre. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
Plus de 450 chercheurs universitaires demandent à Mark Carney de faire du climat «une priorité»
La lutte contre la crise climatique est essentielle pour l’avenir du Canada, affirment-ils dans une lettre.
www.ledevoir.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Plus de 450 chercheurs universitaires demandent à Mark Carney de faire du climat «une priorité». La lutte contre la crise climatique est essentielle pour l’avenir du Canada, affirment-ils dans une lettre. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
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NYT had details of Trump's engagement with Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking and *hid it for him*, at the same time it was crucifying Clinton as untrustworthy due to her document retention & security.
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
NYT had details of Trump's engagement with Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking and *hid it for him*, at the same time it was crucifying Clinton as untrustworthy due to her document retention & security.
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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I feel like the business community in Canada is just not getting the message - there is no miracle deal with Trump and any arrangement we make will be immediately upended when he somehow takes offence at some trivial thing.
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I feel like the business community in Canada is just not getting the message - there is no miracle deal with Trump and any arrangement we make will be immediately upended when he somehow takes offence at some trivial thing.
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"And while the value of crypto and tech stocks bob up and down, one thing is certain: the rich keep getting richer."
The combined net worth of the 10 wealthiest 🍁 people on the @macleans.bsky.social rich list is $310 billion, a nearly 20 per cent increase over last year.
#WealthInequality #CdnPoli
The combined net worth of the 10 wealthiest 🍁 people on the @macleans.bsky.social rich list is $310 billion, a nearly 20 per cent increase over last year.
#WealthInequality #CdnPoli
The Rich List - Macleans.ca
There's a new billionaire topping our list this year. Here are Canada's 40 wealthiest people—and how they made their money.
macleans.ca
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"And while the value of crypto and tech stocks bob up and down, one thing is certain: the rich keep getting richer."
The combined net worth of the 10 wealthiest 🍁 people on the @macleans.bsky.social rich list is $310 billion, a nearly 20 per cent increase over last year.
#WealthInequality #CdnPoli
The combined net worth of the 10 wealthiest 🍁 people on the @macleans.bsky.social rich list is $310 billion, a nearly 20 per cent increase over last year.
#WealthInequality #CdnPoli