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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · 8h

Canada’s wealth gap is way worse than official data show.

The PBO just confirmed the top 1% own nearly 25% of all wealth—which StatsCan missed because it doesn’t even count the richest families in its surveys.

🔗 Read more: socialcapitalpartners.ca/wealth-inequ...

#CdnPoli #BillionaireBlindspot

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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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · 5d

🚨New video🚨

As Canadians, we like to think we’re strong and free. But, when it comes to the wealth gap, we’re looking more like America Lite—better manners, but almost all the inequality.

#CdnPoli #CanadaSky #Wealth #EconSky

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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · 12d

The Parkland (🍁) sale to Sunoco (🗽) offers little benefit to Canada while risking jobs, innovation and sovereignty.

Ottawa should say no.

Read Sarah Doyle and @jonshell.bsky.social in Policy Options.

#FDI #OwnershipMatters #AlwaysCanada #Never51

policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/suno...

Canada should reject Sunoco’s US$9-billion takeover of Parkland

The Parkland sale to Sunoco offers little benefit to Canada while risking jobs, innovation and sovereignty. Ottawa should say no.

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Jon Shell @jonshell.bsky.social · 12d

Build, baby, build? Or sell, baby, sell?

Sunoco's acquisition of Parkland is a bad deal for Canada, and should be rejected.

policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/suno...

Canada should reject Sunoco’s US$9-billion takeover of Parkland

The Parkland sale to Sunoco offers little benefit to Canada while risking jobs, innovation and sovereignty. Ottawa should say no.

policyoptions.irpp.org

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MP Ryan Turnbull 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @turnbullwhitby.bsky.social · Sep 2

Today's meeting with @jonshell.bsky.social , chair of @scpartners.bsky.social , @danskilleter.bsky.social, Gene Chartier, Taylor Seek hon, and Lee Chitiz, all representing Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs), was productive and insightful.
#employeeownershiptrusts

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Stephen Marche @stephenmarche.bsky.social · Jul 4

For @guardian I wrote about how the world is separating from America this Independence Day.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/comm...

This Fourth of July, the world declares its independence from America | Stephen Marche

America is turning away from itself, and the rest of the world must follow

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Shell @jonshell.bsky.social · Jul 8

We can't win this trade war with the US, but we can win the next one.
Appeared on @stephenmarche.bsky.social's new podcast Gloves Off (lnkd.in/gtc3qFRa) to talk about whether free trade with America has really been good for Canada and what a pivot toward a Middle Power Alliance could look like.

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Jon Shell @jonshell.bsky.social · Jun 5

How long until the MAGA cover of "Not Like Us" about Elon?

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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · May 16

Growth that widens inequality will weaken, not strengthen our economy.

Canada Strong means putting economic sovereignty and broad access to wealth-building at the heart of our agenda.

Read Matthew's piece: socialcapitalpartners.ca/as-the-feder...

#CanadaSky #CdnPoli #AlwaysCanada #Never51

As the federal government sets out to “build, baby, build,” do we want to own or be owned?

As our new government pursues growth and a nation-building agenda, we should remember this lesson from history: too often, we build and invest, only to sell off our assets and resources to the highest...

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Jon Shell @jonshell.bsky.social · May 13

Embows up or elbows up. Asong as something is up

Jon Shell @jonshell.bsky.social · May 13

Sunoco's deal to buy Parkland is as clear a decision as the government is going to face. @mendelmatt.bsky.social and I write that it needs to be killed.

No new investment, lost good Canadian jobs and lost energy infrastructure to an American company. All for a small premium.

Embows up = no deal

Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · May 12

Canada should kill the Sunoco deal that would see the TX-based energy giant take over AB-based Parkland Corp.

Elbows up means using all available tools to protect Canadian sovereignty.

Read our op-ed in today's Star:

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

#ICA #AlwaysCanada #CdnPoli #Never51 #EconSky

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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · May 12

PM Carney met Trump at the White House last week and passed his first real test.

Now he faces a different kind of test.

Will Canada be willing to go "elbows up" in the Sunoco/ Parkland energy takeover and kill the deal?

@mendelmatt.bsky.social, @jonshell.bsky.social 👇

#Never51 #CanadaSky

Mark Carney passed a tough test in Washington. He now faces an even tougher one at home

Canada cannot afford to cede further control of its infrastructure to foreign interests.

www.thestar.com

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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · May 1

As the threat to Canada’s sovereignty intensifies, we need policies that keep Canadian companies owned by Canadians.

Employee-ownership is growing in 🍁 for good reasons:

- more wealth for workers
- more resilient in recessions
- more productive

🔗 goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
#EOT #CdnPoli

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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · Apr 25

Corporate leaders are obsessing over GDP per capita.

But, if you look at just about any number that would meaningfully tell you how well our economy is doing, Canada does better than the U.S.

@mendelmatt.bsky.social @jimstanford.bsky.social #alwayscanada #never51 #gdp #cdnpoli #cdnecon

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Jon Shell @jonshell.bsky.social · Apr 24

At PPF growth summit. Starting with a classic orthodox economic speech by a bank economist. Manufacturing isn't important, invest in services, we have educated people. Yawn.

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Jon Shell @jonshell.bsky.social · Apr 3

Yesterday, America had their “Liberation Day.” Now it’s time for the rest of us to plan our own.

The world needs a new Alliance, independent of the US or China.

Here's one way to do it. It's wrong and incomplete. But maybe it can help get the ball rolling.

jonshell.medium.com/manifesto-fo...

Manifesto for the Rest(o)

Middle Powers Unite! It’s time to plan our own Liberation Day

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Jon Shell @jonshell.bsky.social · Apr 3

The bravest person in know, being awesome.

The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · Apr 3

Rich tech leaders are sharing their ideas about how political decisions should be made. Vass Bednar, executive director of McMaster University’s master of public policy in digital society, has to wonder: Is a Canadian version of DOGE in our future? thewalrus.ca/are-a-handful-of...

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · Apr 3

Rich tech leaders are sharing their ideas about how political decisions should be made. Vass Bednar, executive director of McMaster University’s master of public policy in digital society, has to wonder: Is a Canadian version of DOGE in our future? thewalrus.ca/are-a-handful-of...

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Social Capital Partners🇨🇦 @scpartners.bsky.social · Mar 26

From fighter jets to TikTok, satellites to steel, nothing is off the table when it comes to creative-even-crazy ideas to secure Canada's sovereignty.

Fired up? Focused on the future? Full of ideas?

Read ours: tinyurl.com/ycxkfn82/

Add yours: 👇

#AlwaysCanada #Never51 #CanadaSky #EconSky

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Jon Shell @jonshell.bsky.social · Mar 18

Canada didn't "steal" American auto jobs. We didn't even take them nicely.
Some facts about Trumps' latest lie in the trade war:
* As a % of population, Canada has underperformed the US in auto manufacturing jobs since 1992
* Both countries have about the same # of jobs as 1992
#Canadasky #elbowsup

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The Cooperative Economy @cooperatives.bsky.social · Mar 16

Worker ownership is an effective model for local ownership and democratic control. Rather than having businesses shut down or sold to distant shareholders and corporate entities, they can be transferred to the workers themselves, allowing for jobs and profits to remain in their communities.

Opinion: How employee ownership can help secure Canadian sovereignty

As the threat to Canada’s sovereignty intensifies, we need policies that keep Canadian companies owned by Canadians.

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Jon Shell @jonshell.bsky.social · Mar 15

I almost never ask for a share, but if you're an employee ownership supporter please share the linked article and let's try and pressure our politicians to act quickly to mobilize these trusts in the fight to protect our sovereignty.
#employeeownership

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Jon Shell @jonshell.bsky.social · Mar 15

With an election upcoming, and with both the Conservatives and Liberals laser-focused on Canadian workers, employee ownership should be front and centre. @pierrepoilievremp.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social

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Jon Shell @jonshell.bsky.social · Mar 15

Last year the federal government introduced Employee Ownership Trusts in Canada, but with a tentative approach and weighed down with unnecessary red tape. It's an easy fix, though, and we know exactly what to do.

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Jon Shell @jonshell.bsky.social · Mar 15

The equivalent in Canada would be around 300 businesses a year that would no longer be available for Americans to buy, with head offices staying in communities across Canada.

How many policies can you name with a similar outcome?

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