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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The First Home Savings Account was sold as a program to help aspiring homeowners locked out of the housing market.
But according to new #s from the Cdn Tax Observatory, it's turning into a program that benefits those who need it least.
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“You don’t have to invest in Palantir. You don’t have to invest in Elon Musk.” — @mendelmatt.bsky.social (@scpartners.bsky.social) tells @jeyantvo.bsky.social pension funds can earn strong returns without undermining Canada’s future. At 8pm with Keith Ambachtsheer | Producer: Mike Attenborough
If you've felt like the economy is doing fine for some people and really not fine for others, you’re right.
We’re living in a K-shaped economy, in which the well-off are thriving and everyone else is grinding it out.
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Some thoughts about the President of the United States speaking about ending a civilization. The president speaks genocide. Anyone who has been involved in that conversation or associated actions would be complicit. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment.
The Artemis II crew proposed naming a moon crater after Commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife Carroll, who lost her life to cancer 😭
"A bright spot." ❤️
Amazon reportedly failed to create any new jobs at its HQ2 in Virginia last year, despite millions of state tax incentives.
The company has cut 30,000 jobs since last October — while saving $4 billion in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill.
Trickle-down economics is a hoax.
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Well-designed public policy and properly deployed capital can create more pathways for working people to own assets, build wealth and gain economic security.
Big financial and corporate interests have been winning too much and we want them to start losing more.
Highly unequal societies are unstable societies – and not in anyone’s long-term interests.
The new rules and practices of capitalism are concentrating wealth in fewer hands while most people struggle.
Economic rules and practices are made by humans and can be changed.
Capitalism has changed in fundamental ways, but how we think and talk about the economy has not caught up.
Extreme wealth inequality undermines economic resilience and social stability, and we’re here to change that.
It’s the natural next step in our mission to build an economy where more people are owners and have agency over their economic future.
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Spectacular high-resolution image of our home planet viewed through the Orion Crew Module window by the Artemis II astronauts as they continue their journey to the Moon on Flight Day 2, 3 April 2026 (pic: NASA)
A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)
😮 Awesome views from Day 2 of #Artemis II this morning.
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The latest on apocalyptic mindfulness, gambling on everything and the K-Shaped Economy all in one funny-but-factual biweekly read.
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Canada's non-market housing sector is half the size it should be, and part of the reason is a set of obscure rules quietly blocking NFPs from using their own assets.
👇 Our new paper lays out the problem and, crucially, the fixes! They're relatively simple, low-cost and within reach.
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🎧Tune in to the first episode of The Billionaire Age — CBC's new documentary series featuring World Inequality Lab's co-directors and research fellows @lucaschancel.bsky.social @gabrielzucman.bsky.social @nitin-k-bharti.bsky.social @guidoalfani.bsky.social, and more.
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Food is too expensive in Canada. And one reason is the oligopolistic control of our food markets, writes @mendelmatt.bsky.social.
Grocery chains make profits way out of line with their global peers.
Even when comparing apples to oranges, #OwnershipMatters
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What DOESN'T Canada need? More ways to gamble.
@rwasserman.bsky.social was on CKNW 730 Radio in Vancouver this morning to talk about prediction markets, Polymarket betting and all things problematic about this new form of gambling.
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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
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Top 10 Signs of No Kings, 3/28/26. After reviewing thousands of photos from yesterday, here are my Top 10. Links to my Top 10s from No Kings in April, June and October are included. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
No Kings is worth attending for the entertaining signs.
Screenshot of Global News The dangers of prediction-market gambling coming to Canada on Shaye Ganam show, Radio in Calgary and Edmonton Rachel Wasserman is the founder of Wasserman Business Law and is a fellow at Social Capital Partners and CAMP
Prediction market execs in the U.S. are calling this exploding form of betting on just about anything "financial innovation."
@rwasserman.bsky.social challenges that, calling it what it is: gambling.
She joined @globalnews.ca to explain
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A new report found 86 billionaire families hold as much wealth as Canada’s 6.2 million poorest families. We speak with @dylandusseault.bsky.social on why some of Canada's richest say they should be taxed more and @jimbostanford.bsky.social breaks down tax loopholes driving the gap lnk.to/bigstory
How’s the U.S. economy?
Not bad if you’re rich.
Same in 🍁: over the past year, the richest households have been rapidly multiplying their wealth, while those with tighter budgets struggle to get ahead.
Read their stories.
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