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Aaron Binder
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Director betterwayalliance.ca | Where good business grows. 3X Business Owner | Serial cyclist Toronto | Hamilton | Indonesia | Canada Highly professional human desiring bad boy status.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · Dec 23
I too have remembered butter.
A container of President's Choice 'Memories of Butter' margarine photographed on a store shelf. The white tub features the PC logo in red and the product name in bold yellow text. Below states 'NON-HYDROGENATED MARGARINE 0 TRANS FAT' and shows it contains 680g. The image has a slightly nostalgic, soft focus quality, adding irony to the product name.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 13d
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...
Infographic with dark background and teal border. Large yellow text headline reads 'Fixed costs up 60% more than wages.' Below is a horizontal bar chart comparing two teal bars: 'Fixed Costs' bar extends to approximately 31,900 and 'Wages' bar extends to approximately 19,970, with x-axis scale from 0 to 35,000. White text below explains 'Over 5 years, a Toronto-based 3-employee micro-business paid about $31,900 more in rent, insurance, and utilities vs. $19,970 in higher wages.' Bottom shows Better Way Alliance logo with tagline 'Where Good Business Grows' and yellow arrow.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 20h
Why yes - this would be fabulous.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 2d
"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.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 2d
“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.”
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 2d
"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
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 4d
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 · 4d
$200k to hang out with dogs. amazing

IG gabriel.desanti, barkandburn
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 5d
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 · 13d
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...
Infographic with dark background and teal border. Large yellow text headline reads 'Fixed costs up 60% more than wages.' Below is a horizontal bar chart comparing two teal bars: 'Fixed Costs' bar extends to approximately 31,900 and 'Wages' bar extends to approximately 19,970, with x-axis scale from 0 to 35,000. White text below explains 'Over 5 years, a Toronto-based 3-employee micro-business paid about $31,900 more in rent, insurance, and utilities vs. $19,970 in higher wages.' Bottom shows Better Way Alliance logo with tagline 'Where Good Business Grows' and yellow arrow.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 13d
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 with dark background and teal border. Large yellow text asks 'What's really squeezing small businesses?' with 'squeezing' in red text. Below is an illustration of a hand gripping green dollar bills. White text states 'Our 5-year Toronto analysis shows that fixed costs - rent, insurance & utilities - are increasing far faster than minimum wages.' Bottom shows Better Way Alliance logo with tagline 'Where Good Business Grows' and yellow arrow. 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 · 15d
Update - still too much snow on Sept 23rd to bike.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 15d
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 · 15d
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 · 16d
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
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 16d
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
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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.
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The Goose 🇨🇦 @the-goose-media.bsky.social · Dec 18
Can We Solve Canada's Monopoly Problem? (feat. Vass Bednar & Denise Hearn) | The Goose
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Can We Solve Canada's Monopoly Problem? (feat. Vass Bednar & Denise Hearn) | The Goose
YouTube video by The Goose
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 19d
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
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 22d
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 👇👇👇
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Better Way Alliance @betterwayalliance.bsky.social · 22d
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 · 26d
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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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 26d
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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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · 26d
Looks like FREE DRUGS is back on the menu boys!

@nationalnewswatch.com | nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/11/c...
Carney says federal government will strike more pharmacare deals with…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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Kenn Pike @thutigger.bsky.social · Sep 5
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · Sep 3
Yeah they certainly have a lot of problems currently - and realistically most people shouldn't be using them.

But a guy can dream about sitting around and playing Wonderwall all day at the park.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · Sep 2
Just your regular reminder that it's not wages causing your favourite local businesses to close - it's the INSANE RENT INCREASES.
Infographic showing Toronto retail rents extremely up—130% since 2020—the first panel compares Q1 2020 average lease rate ($17 per sq ft) with Q1 2019 ($19.50), and the second panel shows Q3 2023 at $28 per sq ft versus Q3 2024 at $47.21. Data credited to TRREB Market Snapshots.
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · Sep 2
😭🤢
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Aaron Binder @aaronbinder.com · Sep 1
Happy labour day, I guess 🤷
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