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Principles? Who's gonna pay for those?? #neoliberalparadise

Mark Carney’s Taiwan snub in run-up to Chinese visit could send a chilling message […]
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January 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Lol! Pure seditious heresy in #neoliberalparadise. For those who don't know, Canadian suppertime is preferably 4:30pm, in bed before 10, commuting by 5:30am or so... Anything else is "lazy"

Canadian business can improve productivity — by working less […]
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January 11, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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Bullshit. It's providing cover for the #neoliberalparadise dynamic to achieve even greater dominance.

Canada jobs: AI making it harder for youth to find work https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2026/01/10/young-canadians-are-finding-it-tough-to-find-work-amid-economic-uncertainty-ai-adoption-expert/
Young Canadians are finding it tough to find work amid economic uncertainty, AI adoption: expert
Since graduating high school in Metro Vancouver a year and a half ago, 20-year-old Omar Younis says finding a full-time job has been an exercise in rejection.
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January 10, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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TL;DR: “By 9:23 a.m. on Jan. 2, 2025, Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs had already earned what the average Canadian worker made in an entire year, according to a new report.”

#neoliberalparadise #incomeinequality #oligarchy #labour #classwar #cdnpoli […]
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January 2, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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#neoliberalparadise

The K-shaped economy reigned in 2025. It’s not going away in 2026 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/31/economy/k-shaped-consumers-left-behind-2026
The K-shaped economy reigned in 2025. It’s not going away in 2026 | CNN Business
Marcus Satterfield has a good job in Virginia Beach and makes decent pay, and he has never really had to fret about providing for his young daughter – especially around the holidays.
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January 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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“We simply can't have and create sustainable, healthy communities without transit ... If we just isolate its economic value to what the fare box generates, you've completely eliminated the major economic benefits that come from a healthier workforce.”

Sounds about right for #neoliberalparadise! […]
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January 1, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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We easily could, but folks are way too busy getting ahead, or staying afloat, in #neoliberalparadise

Many Canadians are spending less time with friends. How can we build deeper connections?
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/nowornever/maintain-friendship-connection-9.7022543
December 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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#neoliberalparadise

As Ottawa embraces stablecoins, regulator warns of financial crime risks
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-stablecoin-act-digital-currency-ottawa-regulator-financial-crime/

https://archive.ph/bBwf7
Opinion: As Ottawa embraces stablecoins, regulator warns of financial crime risks
Ottawa must ensure the digital money is not being used to wash illicit funds
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December 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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#neoliberalparadise

World's biggest carbon capture project could 'essentially drain Alberta', experts warn | Canada's National Observer: Climate News
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/analysis/pathways-carbon-capture-water-use

https://archive.ph/E3KST
December 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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#neoliberalparadise

Rise of the full nesters: what life is like with adult children who just can’t leave home https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/dec/16/full-nesters-adult-children-leave-home-parents-families
Rise of the full nesters: what life is like with adult children who just can’t leave home
In the UK, close to half of 25-year-olds now live with parents who, in many cases, would expect their nest to have long since emptied. How does this change families, for good and bad?
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December 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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#shocker #neoliberalparadise

Youth in Canada the country's least happy generation https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/article/how-did-canadas-young-people-become-its-unhappiest-generation/
How did Canada’s young people become its unhappiest generation?
From families to finances, benchmarks are happening later for Canada’s young — and their happiness levels have been plummeting.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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The best part of #neoliberalparadise is that it's the only valid way to achieve anything!

The inescapable economic logic of a bigger Canadian oil patch
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-canada-economy-oil-patch-pipeline-mou-alberta-carney-energy/

https://archive.ph/WsZAK
Opinion: The inescapable economic logic of a bigger Canadian oil patch
Ottawa-Alberta MOU should be seen as a realistic plan, rooted in economics and the world as it really is
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December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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#neoliberalparadise in one headline.

AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-surveillance-flock-philippines
AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents
Who's watching the watchers? The post AI Surveillance Startup Caught Using Sweatshop Workers to Monitor US Residents appeared first on Futurism.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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"Polling director John Della Volpe has described instability as the thread running through nearly every response, warning that a generation raised through crisis after crisis is now openly questioning whether American democracy and the economy can deliver for them at all."

#neoliberalparadise […]
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December 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Welp, that doesn't support an austerity budget and massive O&G retrenchment. Oh well, "centrism" wins again. #neoliberalparadise

Canadian economy has held up better than expected during trade shock, says IMF | CBC News […]
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December 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Freedom, that's why. Also, crippling poverty traps, but you can't say that in #neoliberalparadise

Why car prices won’t stop rising https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/business/average-car-prices-fifty-thousand
Why car prices won’t stop rising | CNN Business
Prepare for automotive sticker shock next year – again.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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“I’m not sure if Stellantis is listening to us, but we’re saying you are working with taxpayer dollars. Who’s the boss? Is it democracy? Is it the government or is it the company?”

The company, of course. #neoliberalparadise

Stellantis told to appear at committee meeting in Ottawa Thursday […]
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December 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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[CTVNews, Journalistic Malpractice]

So... Not marked as an opinion piece, eh? 😬
#neoliberalparadise

Energy agreement an important first step to generating renewed prosperity in Canada […]
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November 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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After the GFC, housing in Canada went into the stratosphere and has never returned, so this is pretty old news here. Only three more years until the twentieth anniversary of my complete economic nihilism, yay!

The housing crisis is pushing Gen Z into crypto and economic nihilism […]
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November 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Er... That's not how #neoliberalparadise works...

UK can create 5,400 jobs if it stops plastic waste exports, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/25/uk-can-create-5400-jobs-if-it-stops-plastic-waste-exports-report-finds
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Lede: Many question value of their degrees and hard work when confronted with a brutally competitive jobs market

Questioning the value of hard work. Good job, #neoliberalparadise

‘It’s so demoralising’: UK graduates exasperated by high unemployment […]
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November 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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"Formerly called SNC Lavalin, Montreal-based AtkinsRéalis is the exclusive licensee of the Canadian government-owned CANDU nuclear reactor technology."

Even better if AECL had never been privatized. Yet another cautionary tale, not that it matters in #neoliberalparadise

AtkinsRéalis CEO wishes […]
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November 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Help in the austerity budget? Umm... That's not how #neoliberalparadise works. There will be some crumbs, or nods at affordability, but this will be a budget turbocharging trickle-down economics.

Canadians struggling with affordability hoping for some help in upcoming budget […]
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October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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“Billions of dollars have been taken out of our lands with limited return to our community”

Not swallowing trickle-down, that's a cardinal sin of #neoliberalparadise! The astroturf backlash to this...

First Nation files lawsuit over lands in western Quebec […]
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October 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Welp, that can't be! That would mean rugged individualism is bullshit, and that's seditious heresy in #neoliberalparadise!

‘If you want to know what a food bank user looks like, look in a mirror’: New report reveals poverty and hunger becoming normalized in Canada […]
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October 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM