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"In addition to advocating “an extremely modest wealth tax” on those who make more than $10 million annually and reversing the gov's abandonment of capital gains taxes increases, the millionaires asked Champagne “to crack down on the abuse of tax havens.”"
#cdnpoli
ricochet.media/labour/class...
#cdnpoli
ricochet.media/labour/class...
The billionaire loophole: How Canada’s tax system fuels inequality
While ordinary Canadians struggle, the top one per cent hide billions in offshore tax havens — a colonial system engineered to protect wealth and starve public services
ricochet.media
November 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"In addition to advocating “an extremely modest wealth tax” on those who make more than $10 million annually and reversing the gov's abandonment of capital gains taxes increases, the millionaires asked Champagne “to crack down on the abuse of tax havens.”"
#cdnpoli
ricochet.media/labour/class...
#cdnpoli
ricochet.media/labour/class...
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I think we dramatically overstate the effectiveness of mass-influence operations (foreign, domestic, legal, and illegal) and neglect various kind of elite influence operations, essentially to the point of extinction.
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I think we dramatically overstate the effectiveness of mass-influence operations (foreign, domestic, legal, and illegal) and neglect various kind of elite influence operations, essentially to the point of extinction.
Reposted by Stephen 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
Ask boomers, Gen X, millennials, and Gen Z what sex is and you’ll get different definitions, anxieties, and fantasies. In her latest story for The Walrus, Cathrin Bradbury goes searching for an answer, only to find the question itself far more revealing: thewalrus.ca/what-is-sex-ask-...
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Ask boomers, Gen X, millennials, and Gen Z what sex is and you’ll get different definitions, anxieties, and fantasies. In her latest story for The Walrus, Cathrin Bradbury goes searching for an answer, only to find the question itself far more revealing: thewalrus.ca/what-is-sex-ask-...
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Loblaws #cdnpoli 👇
Their meat is priced _per package_ now, not per kilogram.
The photo above shows a 649 g tray (left) and a 733 g tray (right), both for $15.
So, if you're not careful, you're paying over 10% extra for chicken thighs!
This packaging change is hiding price inflation & gouging.
Their meat is priced _per package_ now, not per kilogram.
The photo above shows a 649 g tray (left) and a 733 g tray (right), both for $15.
So, if you're not careful, you're paying over 10% extra for chicken thighs!
This packaging change is hiding price inflation & gouging.
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Loblaws #cdnpoli 👇
Their meat is priced _per package_ now, not per kilogram.
The photo above shows a 649 g tray (left) and a 733 g tray (right), both for $15.
So, if you're not careful, you're paying over 10% extra for chicken thighs!
This packaging change is hiding price inflation & gouging.
Their meat is priced _per package_ now, not per kilogram.
The photo above shows a 649 g tray (left) and a 733 g tray (right), both for $15.
So, if you're not careful, you're paying over 10% extra for chicken thighs!
This packaging change is hiding price inflation & gouging.
Reposted by Stephen 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
Online system outages are happening more frequently. Be prepared in case our financial system goes down.
If you can, make sure you have enough food for at least a week along with bottled water or some type of clean water supply.
Better safe than sorry.
If you can, make sure you have enough food for at least a week along with bottled water or some type of clean water supply.
Better safe than sorry.
Global futures reopen after exchange operator CME suffers multi-hour disruption
Global futures markets were disrupted for several hours on Friday after CME Group, the world's largest exchange operator, suffered one of its longest outages in years, halting trading across stocks, b...
www.reuters.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Online system outages are happening more frequently. Be prepared in case our financial system goes down.
If you can, make sure you have enough food for at least a week along with bottled water or some type of clean water supply.
Better safe than sorry.
If you can, make sure you have enough food for at least a week along with bottled water or some type of clean water supply.
Better safe than sorry.
Reposted by Stephen 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
Friends, I ask you for a small favor that will cost you 5 seconds, but will change everything for me and help my Ukrainian handicraft survive💙💛
Like this post, share it, leave any comment. If you like something, place an order.
More of my work here:
www.etsy.com/shop/NadiiaJ...
✨️🪡🧵
#SupportUkraine
Like this post, share it, leave any comment. If you like something, place an order.
More of my work here:
www.etsy.com/shop/NadiiaJ...
✨️🪡🧵
#SupportUkraine
November 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Friends, I ask you for a small favor that will cost you 5 seconds, but will change everything for me and help my Ukrainian handicraft survive💙💛
Like this post, share it, leave any comment. If you like something, place an order.
More of my work here:
www.etsy.com/shop/NadiiaJ...
✨️🪡🧵
#SupportUkraine
Like this post, share it, leave any comment. If you like something, place an order.
More of my work here:
www.etsy.com/shop/NadiiaJ...
✨️🪡🧵
#SupportUkraine
Reposted by Stephen 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
I wondered the same thing. But with #ElonMusk one must always consider that the most nefarious ulterior motive is the correct one. Whatever that may be.
In 🇨🇦, there is an endless barrage of malign foreign influence ops. Sadly, 🇺🇸 is now on par with 🇷🇺 in that regard. #cdnpoli #ableg
In 🇨🇦, there is an endless barrage of malign foreign influence ops. Sadly, 🇺🇸 is now on par with 🇷🇺 in that regard. #cdnpoli #ableg
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Reposted by Stephen 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
Today on Volts: for years, I've wanted to do a podcast on indoor air quality, and I finally found the perfect guest! Dr. Lagoudas & I discuss indoor air pollutants, the policies and technologies that can control them, and the growing need to frame indoor air quality as a basic human right.
What's the deal with indoor air quality?
From CO2 monitors to better building codes, Dr. Georgia Lagoudas outlines how to clean up the spaces where we spend 90% of our lives.
www.volts.wtf
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Today on Volts: for years, I've wanted to do a podcast on indoor air quality, and I finally found the perfect guest! Dr. Lagoudas & I discuss indoor air pollutants, the policies and technologies that can control them, and the growing need to frame indoor air quality as a basic human right.
Reposted by Stephen 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
❗️RETWEET if you stand with President 🇺🇦Zelensky!
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
❗️RETWEET if you stand with President 🇺🇦Zelensky!
Reposted by Stephen 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
And not with Putin and Trump!
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
And not with Putin and Trump!
Reposted by Stephen 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
This Blue Jays World Series run will always stand as a testament to me that in sports as in life it really is true that it isn't whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game that counts.
November 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This Blue Jays World Series run will always stand as a testament to me that in sports as in life it really is true that it isn't whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game that counts.
Reposted by Stephen 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
The Blue Jays were the true winners this season. Their heart and team spirit are unmatched in baseball and any other sport. Minor league players became stars. Stars became superstars. Thank you for the memories, the fun and the great season of incredible baseball! #BlueJays
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The Blue Jays were the true winners this season. Their heart and team spirit are unmatched in baseball and any other sport. Minor league players became stars. Stars became superstars. Thank you for the memories, the fun and the great season of incredible baseball! #BlueJays
Reposted by Stephen 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
Trump was gifted a crown belonging to a king who claimed power from heaven. Silla’s kings rose by centralizing absolute power… and eventually collapsed under the corruption and rebellion. This was expert-level trolling by S. Korea, but Trump is too absorbed in himself to notice he’s the punchline.
“We present this gold crown to you on this joyous occasion”
Trump: Thank you very much
Trump: Thank you very much
November 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump was gifted a crown belonging to a king who claimed power from heaven. Silla’s kings rose by centralizing absolute power… and eventually collapsed under the corruption and rebellion. This was expert-level trolling by S. Korea, but Trump is too absorbed in himself to notice he’s the punchline.
In honour of the Toronto Blue Jays and their magnificent World Series run: "For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name,
He writes – not that you won or lost – but how you played the Game.”
He writes – not that you won or lost – but how you played the Game.”
November 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In honour of the Toronto Blue Jays and their magnificent World Series run: "For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name,
He writes – not that you won or lost – but how you played the Game.”
He writes – not that you won or lost – but how you played the Game.”
Reposted by Stephen 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
Dawns on me today that 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟱 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰s of the TechBroligarchy 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻.
Kara Swisher -- Heather Marsh -- Jay Graber -- Karen Hao -- Meredith Whittaker
#SeeThruBullshit
Kara Swisher -- Heather Marsh -- Jay Graber -- Karen Hao -- Meredith Whittaker
#SeeThruBullshit
September 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Dawns on me today that 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟱 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰s of the TechBroligarchy 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻.
Kara Swisher -- Heather Marsh -- Jay Graber -- Karen Hao -- Meredith Whittaker
#SeeThruBullshit
Kara Swisher -- Heather Marsh -- Jay Graber -- Karen Hao -- Meredith Whittaker
#SeeThruBullshit
Reposted by Stephen 🇺🇦 🇨🇦
A Massive Victory in Ukraine to Start Your Day, Plus the U.S. Wins to "Fuel" Your Week. See what we did there?
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
A Massive Victory in Ukraine to Start Your Day
Plus the U.S. Wins to "Fuel" Your Week. See what we did there?
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A Massive Victory in Ukraine to Start Your Day, Plus the U.S. Wins to "Fuel" Your Week. See what we did there?
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
