(2/2) Because either we put a limit on individual wealth or we lose democracy: bsky.app/profile/cono...
Both Lutke & Musk suggested Canada should not retaliate towards the U.S.
Yet "Build Canada" now influences gov. policy: open.substack.com/pub/energymi...
The real struggle is democracy vs. oligarchy & wealth inequality: open.substack.com/pub/energymi...
U.S. aggression is a subcomponent. #CDNpoli
1/2 Doesn't undo pharmacare cuts nor address the key root causes of energy shock costs.
Per the CBC "the strategy does not set a target price for a basket of goods nor define what affordable food actually is."
Not having definitions is a big giveaway that loopholes will exist here for profiteers.
(2/2) it also does speak to the popularity of a direct redistribution model that could take distrust of government (which, let's face it, isn't always misplaced) largely out of the equation: bsky.app/profile/cono...
They built this country by standing up against the sort of things YOU are enabling: bsky.app/profile/cono...
"Labour organizations criticized the strategy for prioritizing business interests over workers. There is good reason for the concern."
Posting upbeat videos ≠ working with unions & workers.
Feels like a good day to repost the below thread on the need for wealth limits with direct, equal, redistribution.
Not sure why...
#ElonMusk #Trillionaire #SpaceX #USpolitics #CDNpoli #WealthInequality #Oligarchy
Feels like a good day to repost the below thread on the need for wealth limits with direct, equal, redistribution.
Not sure why...
#ElonMusk #Trillionaire #SpaceX #USpolitics #CDNpoli #WealthInequality #Oligarchy
For folks out there seeing a defence of trillionaires there much evidence to suggest #Trillionaire defenders are a small group.
Polling on a different - related - issue has 66% in favour of taxing profits & ONLY 24% opposed, with Albertans supporting by a margin of 56 to 37%. #CDNpoli #Elon #USpoli
For folks out there seeing a defence of trillionaires there much evidence to suggest #Trillionaire defenders are a small group.
Polling on a different - related - issue has 66% in favour of taxing profits & ONLY 24% opposed, with Albertans supporting by a margin of 56 to 37%. #CDNpoli #Elon #USpoli
Trump aims to leverage private sector power over other nations, especially through the tech and oil and gas sectors that are at the centre of Canada's "nation-building" strategy. What could go wrong?
The war in the Persian Gulf has caused the biggest disruption in oil supply in world history, and is driving up costs and inflation around the world – including in Canada. New research from the Centre...
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Delivering on Ottawa’s AI for All strategy will require governments to build wraparound supports for workers, businesses and communities.
Canadians do NOT want more dependence on fossil fuels, or more integration with the US, or AI and data centres, or cuts to public services, or selling off of public assets, or attacks on their privacy.
Carney is on the wrong side of all of these.
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The public is right to be concerned about AI. But Carney and his ministers have framed our reluctance as ignorance.
Full thread below with links to articles. bsky.app/profile/cono...
(1/3) Video explainer (in 3 parts, see below) of lessons on wealth inequality from climate action and how the two problems are similar. Plus proposal for a wealth limit with direct, equal, redistribution...
#WealthLimit #USpolitics
A limit on extreme individual wealth above healthy, competitive rewards; With any extreme #wealth at the highest end of the spectrum clawed back and shared equally by all.
The proposal in my article for @theenergymix.com: energymixweekender.substack.com/p/a-new-fund... #CDNpoli #Canada #USpoli #US
(5/5) & more follow up thoughts on recent events, speculative wealth, & the motivation of the wealthy to produce wealth past the limit.
Also a question: what stops someone - or a few people - from literally owning the world?
open.substack.com/pub/conorcur... #WealthLimit #Ultrarich #Inequality
Meanwhile: "When you look at the consultation documents, there are a lot of things there that have been on corporate Canada's wish list, including new limits on the right to strike." -
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
And: bsky.app/profile/brea...
They can cover up to $1 billion in fees for Equinor but the Federal Government couldn't do this.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
(5/5) & more follow up thoughts on recent events, speculative wealth, & the motivation of the wealthy to produce wealth past the limit.
Also a question: what stops someone - or a few people - from literally owning the world?
open.substack.com/pub/conorcur... #WealthLimit #Ultrarich #Inequality
As major media focus on negotiations between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Donald Trump, it’s the Canadian people who are our best line of defence. We need a new fairness to empower ourselves.
The option to join a federal program that would make diabetes medication and contraceptives free is no longer on the table for Newfoundland and Labrador, says the province’s health minister.
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Real or Speculative Wealth Makes No Difference - Because it’s Not an Issue of Welfare. The Time for a Wealth Limit is Now.
Ottawa is currently consulting on potential changes to the legislation that protects more than a million Canadian workers in federally regulated industries — a process the jobs minister says is needed...
