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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 2h

I always thought the idea of Canada Post getting into telecom services was intriguing, but it didn't work out too well in the UK.

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 8h

Would you go to Canada Post for your mortgage? Why advocates think postal banking could be a lifeline for the Crown corp. www.thestar.com/business/wou...

Would you go to Canada Post for your mortgage? Why advocates think postal banking could be a lifeline for the Crown corp.

Amidst the labour dispute between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, a debate concerning the future of post offices across the country has once again taken the stage: Should Canada ...

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 1d

"Let’s not demonize our oligarchs, let’s empower them:" Former Conservative party leader Erin O'Toole scores a victory of sorts at a debate over whether Canada's oligopolies are holding the country back donotpassgo.substack.com/p/lets-not-d...

"Let’s not demonize our oligarchs, let’s empower them:" Erin O'Toole

Former Conservative party leader scores a victory of sorts at a debate over whether Canada's oligopolies are holding the country back

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 2d

Canada’s banking sector needs more competition, not more regulation, Bank of Canada Deputy Governor says www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Canada’s banking sector needs more competition, not more regulation, Bank of Canada Deputy Governor says

Carolyn Rogers calls for measures that could help offset U.S. tariffs

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 4d

I'm no lawyer, but I think the point of the law amendment was to allow private citizens to challenge abuses of dominance on behalf of the public good. If any individual can make a case of that, I imagine it's fair game.

Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 4d

An indie game developer is taking Google to Canadian court over its default search engine deal with Apple. It's the first test of a new law that lets individuals sue for abuse of dominance at the Competition Tribunal in the name of the public interest: donotpassgo.substack.com/p/its-david-...

It's David vs. Google in first test of Canada's new competition law

Court filing by indie game developer charges that the company's default search deal with Apple is killing competition online and hurting entrepreneurs

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 5d

Sovereignty and affordability aren't separate issues, they're one and the same. So says @vassb.bsky.social via Do Not Pass Go, where she explains the purpose of the Canadian SHIELD Institute, the new Jim Balsillie-funded think tank she's heading up donotpassgo.substack.com/p/the-canadi...

The Canadian SHIELD Institute: A rad, not radical think tank

Competition advocate Vass Bednar discusses how her agents of SHIELD plan to address the twin problems of Canadian sovereignty and economic concentration

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5d

Delighted that Cory is having a moment with "Enshittification," because it's an accurate word for what's happening in tech and he's the right person to describe it.

(Gift link)

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A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 6d

Lina Khan Revamped Antitrust. Now She’s Pushing the Democratic Party www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/t...

Lina Khan Revamped Antitrust. Now She’s Pushing the Democratic Party.

www.nytimes.com

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 7d

As Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout is 'harming both gamers and developers' www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

As Microsoft lays off thousands and jacks up Game Pass prices, former FTC chair says I told you so: The Activision-Blizzard buyout is 'harming both gamers and developers'

When you're right, you're right.

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 7d

Tariffs? What tariffs? How Loblaws, Metro and Sobeys are keeping profits high despite Trump’s threats www.thestar.com/business/tar...

Tariffs? What tariffs? How Loblaws, Metro and Sobeys are keeping profits high despite Trump’s threats

Loblaw, Metro and Empire have continued to reap higher profits and report slightly better gross profit margins than last year, deftly weathering the tariff squalls.

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The Canadian SHIELD Institute for Public Policy @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 8d

Hollywood’s new 'star' Tilly Norwood isn’t real (or at least, not human). But the jobs she might take are. This week we wrote about what happens when avatars cross from novelty to normalized labour.

You can read about it in The National Interest: app.cyberimpact.com/newsletter-v...

Canada’s next sovereignty test: counterfeit people

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 8d

Social Capital Partners: Wealth inequality in Canada is far worse than StatsCan reports socialcapitalpartners.ca/wealth-inequ...

Wealth inequality in Canada is far worse than StatsCan reports

Our government’s best available data on Canada’s wealth gap excludes, by design, the wealthiest families in the country. As SCP Director of Policy Dan Skilleter writes, if we didn’t have the Parliamen...

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 8d

We should all be fed up with Ticketmaster and its near-monopolistic dominance www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

We should all be fed up with Ticketmaster and its near-monopolistic dominance

Ticketmaster is estimated to control at least 80 per cent of box office ticket sales when it comes to major concerts, thereby pointing to an insufficiently competitive marketplace. Further, Ticketmast...

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 10d

Canada's annual Competition Summit is today with topics including empowering workers and consumers plus the unique geopolitical challenges of the moment. You can still register free, but I'll also be covering it via Do Not Pass Go. Event details are here: competition-bureau.canada.ca/en/how-we-fo...

Canada’s Competition Summit 2025

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 11d

Competition Commissioner Matthew Boswell: Canada may currently be preoccupied by the U.S. threat, but policy makers and the public have "awakened" to the reality and dangers of domestic oligopolies and concentration - and there's no going back donotpassgo.substack.com/p/the-great-...

The Great Awakening: Competition Commissioner Matthew Boswell

Canada's top monopoly cop on how the country has become wise to the dangers of corporate concentration and why there's no going back to the bad old days

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 11d

Couldn't agree more. It's like fast food chains invented enshittification before that was even a thing.

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · 12d

Do Not Pass Go, Canada's first and only journalism venture dedicated to competition and corporation concentration issues, is finally here! Check out the first two podcast episodes, featuring an interview with Competition Commissioner Matthew Boswell donotpassgo.substack.com/p/do-not-pas...

Do Not Pass Go: The Debut Episode

Listen now | It's the launch of Canada's first and only competition- and monopoly-focused podcast!

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Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · Sep 10

We’ve joined 17 news outlets from around the world to dig into how big #tech companies have tried to stall, delay or kill legislation aimed at regulating them. Stay tuned over the coming weeks as we publish the reports from this nine-month investigation.

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#BigTechsInvisibleHand

IJF joins 17 international news outlets to document lobbying by Big Tech companies

Nine-month investigation covered how some of the world’s most powerful companies have tried to avoid regulation in Canada and 12 other countries

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · Sep 10

Doug Ford tells young job seekers “try inheriting your daddy’s sticker factory”

QUEEN'S PARK - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is telling unemployed young job seekers to "Look harder" for label manufacturing companies that they can inherit, or failing that, a lifetime's worth of backroom conservative political connections.

www.thebeaverton.com

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · Sep 8

That's a good and inevitable question! Let me ponder it. I can't imagine too many people are going to want to talk openly about that.

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hey all, I'm going to be more active on here soon thanks to something I'm working on re: Canada's big monopoly problem. In that vein, do you have tips, hacks or cheats for dealing with our many monopolies? If so, I want to hear from you. Please get in touch!

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · Jul 6

Wholesale and splitting up telcos has been so successful in New Zealand that there are now calls to do the same in groceries and banking: www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...

The Post

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · Jun 6

The thing about this whole Trump-Musk business is I can't figure out which one is Shawn Michaels and which is Marty Jannetty.

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Peter Nowak @peternowak.bsky.social · Apr 26

That's easy:

a man and a woman are dancing together in a crowd of people .

ALT: a man and a woman are dancing together in a crowd of people .

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