The latest on pension tensions, Artemis II "competency porn" and turbocharging the Bank of Mom and Dad, all in one funny-but-factual biweekly read.

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When it comes to prices and daily living, it's rough out there.

Some are making $ hand over fist while others suffer.

Read more in this *gift link* to the Saturday Star's Opinion Weekly by @hscoffield.bsky.social

#KShapedEconomy #CdnPoli

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Just because most people have never heard the term "extractive practices," doesn't mean they haven't felt the effects.

As @rwasserman.bsky.social explains on BNN Bloomberg, private equity is a common example.

Here's how it works:

#PE #Extraction #CdnPoli #EconSky

Something Nefarious Is Quietly Taking Over Your Neighborhood Doctor’s Office It’s quietly reshaping Main Street medicine. Your wallet—and health—might suffer as a result.

Canada's healthcare system may not look the same as south of the border, but the forces quietly reshaping Main Street do.

Here, private equity rolls up vet clinics, LTC homes, dentists and HVAC services. Rarely to consumers' benefit.

@slate.com dives into the details 👇

#PE #CdnPoli #EconSky

​Don't Just Tax the Uber Rich, Reform the Corporate Structure That Creates Them | Common Dreams The real engine of inequality is structural: corporate and financial practices that concentrate wealth among shareholders while shortchanging other stakeholders who should be benefiting from corporate...

"The real engine of inequality is structural: corporate and financial practices that concentrate wealth among shareholders while shortchanging other stakeholders who should be benefiting from corporate profits—and too often creating little of real value to society."

#WealthEquality #EconSky

I hate the conversation about “productivity” because no one ever explains what it actually means or what they are talking about.

This is a fantastic explainer.

I can’t decide what’s more baffling - the fact that the IMF paid someone to deliver this very obvious conclusion, or the fact that the NYT thought it worthy of a news alert…

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Low productivity means lower wages and a lower standard of living. Canada does need to boost productivity—but we keep trying the wrong things.

Watch @mendelmatt.bsky.social on the conversation we actually need to have.

#Productivity #CdnPoli #EconSky #CanadaSky #Never51

Summary of OPEN LETTER: Dear Government of Canada, Canada has already begun to see the promise of EOTs. What the market needs now is certainty. Sign the open letter to make the EOT incentive permanent.

🖋️Sign the open letter! 🖋️

Dear Government of Canada,

Canada has already begun to see the promise of employee ownership trusts. What the market needs now is certainty.

Sign the open letter to make the EOT incentive permanent.

www.employee-ownership.ca/advocate/

#CdnPoli #CdnEcon #EconSky

In SCP news:🍁 It's Canadá until further notice!

This week, we report on the employee-ownership, take inspo from Bad Bunny, intro a canine Olympian and tell you why you should care about serial acquisitions.

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Business leaders urge Ottawa to extend employee ownership tax incentive | BetaKit A short-lived tax break that encourages founders to sell to their employees is set to expire this year.

"Employee Ownership Trusts provide a practical alternative that keeps companies rooted here, protects jobs and maintains strategic capacity in the Canadian economy.” 👏👏👏

🖋️ by @alexriehl.com at @betakit.com

#OwnershipMatters #EOTs

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Canada is facing a $2-trillion business handoff. What if employees owned more of it?

#EmployeeOwnership #SmallBusiness #FutureofWork #CdnPoli #CanadaSky #BusinessSuccession #CdnEcon

Fog in Toronto — country cut off

How Canada can curb the serial acquisitions quietly reshaping our economy In many cases, threats to the affordability of everyday goods and services are the byproduct of what competition experts call serial acquisitions—a pattern of larger firms buying up a series of smalle...

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All of a sudden, there is 🦷 upselling at the dentist and 🐕 prices for vet care are higher.

Often, these threats to affordability are the byproduct of "serial acquisitions."

Here's how Canada can curb the "roll-ups" quietly reshaping our economy.

#Competition #EconSky #CdnPoli

Anderson Cooper Is Leaving ’60 Minutes’ Mr. Cooper said in a statement that he was leaving as a correspondent for the show to focus on his CNN program and spend more time with his children.

Anderson Cooper said he was leaving his correspondent role at “60 Minutes” on CBS, but would continue his anchor job at CNN. nyti.ms/4kEZNA4

Don valley station

Much like SkyDome, this will only ever be Science Centre Station.

Step up for nature this International Volunteer Day! 🐼
We’re recruiting volunteers for the #CNTowerClimb for Nature — and you can be part of the team.🙌🏼🙌🏼

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Why has America’s economy gone K-shaped? The wealthy are doing well. Everybody else is scrimping.

I love words.

There's a new term out there, bubbling into the lexicon. It describes the pattern of the rich getting richer, while the poor get poorer.

Welcome to the K-shaped economy.

Prediction: 2025 word of the year.

#WordNerd #EconSky #CdnPoli #WealthInequality

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Could increased employee ownership restore confidence in Canada’s economy? | The Hub As companies consolidate under ever larger pools of private capital, there’s growing unease around who’s actually benefiting from corporate growth. Falice Chin writes in The Hub that it’s no coinciden...

As companies consolidate under ever larger pools of private capital, there’s growing unease around who’s actually benefiting from corporate growth.

Read @faliceemo.bsky.social in @thehubcanada.bsky.social on how employee ownership could be the antidote. 👇

#CdnPoli #OwnershipMatters #EOTs

When U.S. tariffs threaten creativity, Canada must defend its filmmakers and cultural sovereignty.

Culture isn’t a luxury—it’s strategy, jobs and soft power.

Read SCP Fellow Biju Pappachan’s op-ed in Playback

#Tariffs #Culture #Sovereignty #CdnPoli

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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

The national security bathroom vanity. Got it.

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Levels of Foreign Direct Investment don't actually tell us much about the state of the economy.

@iipp-ucl.bsky.social's Sarah Doyle and @jonshell.bsky.social unpack what FDI is, when it is and isn’t beneficial and why these nuances matters.

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#CdnPoli #EconSky

A great day for employee ownership in Canada. #CdnPoli #CanadaSky #EconSky #EOTs #EmployeeOwnershipTrusts

As Minister Champagne says, employee ownership is a "game changer" for companies like Taproot, for the broader Canadian economy and for frontline workers like Kam.

Congratulations to Kam and all 750 Taproot employees on becoming owners - and Canada's largest EOT!

#OwnershipMatters

MP Ryan Turnbull hosts discussion on employee ownership trusts.

MP Ryan Turnbull hosts discussion on employee ownership trusts.

Thank you for your continued leadership on #EmployeeOwnershipTrusts,
@turnbullwhitby.bsky.social at a crucial time for economic sovereignty.

Especially with an enduring tax incentive, EOTs can keep companies Canadian, keep jobs local and build wealth for workers.

#OwnershipMatters

The wealthiest Canadians pay lower tax rates than what the average worker pays.

Why? Because our tax system taxes employment income at a higher rate than passive investment income.

SCP Fellow @silasxuereb.bsky.social unpacks the data: tinyurl.com/3ycnt6fz

#CdnPoli #CanadaSky #Taxation

AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

Ownership matters.

4 ways employee-owned companies are better.

#EmployeeOwnership #OwnershipMatters #EOTs