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somecanuckchick
somecanuckchick @somecanuckchick@mastodon.world · Aug 06, 2026
I wonder how much money the company got from the federal government, in addition to the $10M+ Québec investment? According to the creditor filing, Goodfood sold its investments in an "exchange-traded fund indexed to the performance of #Bitcoin..." 🤦‍♀️ How #Goodfood went from a $1B #pandemic darling to a three-cent stock... https://montrealgazette.com/news/how-goodfood-went-from-a-1-billion-pandemic-darling-to-a-three-cent-stock/ #cdnpoli #cdnecon #polQC #QCpoli
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Trevor Tombe @trevortombe@mastodon.social · Jul 30, 2026
Trump’s tariffs are not an attack on Canada’s economy. They’re an attack on America’s. We should respond accordingly. My latest for @TheHubCanada on Canada’s best response: https://thehub.ca/2026/07/30/doug-ford-is-wrong-why-doing-nothing-at-all-is-canadas-best-response-to-u-s-tariffs/ #cdnecon #cdnpoli
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crispius
*|FNAME|* (Nasty Canadian) @crispius@mstdn.fname.ca · Jul 29, 2026
RE: https://humanwords.party/@pinhman/117004721010842028 Your must-read for today, #Canada. #CDNPoli #CDNEcon
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Gordon J Holtslander @pinhman@humanwords.party
The Staple Trap "Canada has become a rich country and a middle power, but one with consistent underlying vulnerability and lack of sovereignty.. Canada’s political economy is characterized by a longstanding struggle to develop systems of complementary technology and industries against the pull of resource extraction lock-in, referred to as the “staple trap.”1 The trap is set by resource extraction developments that require large, fixed cost infrastructures and the installation of other “rigidities” such as monopolies and political interests with influence over regional economies and political decision making. The dependent situation of regional economies on globally traded resources leaves them particularly vulnerable to shifts in international commodity prices or the political decisions made by empires in the world. External events create periods of crisis, and these crises appear particularly unexpected and severe.. This reaction further strengthens the conditions for the staple trap – more large, fixed-cost infrastructure that must be paid off, the creation of monopoly interests, and dependencies on global empires to buy raw material exports.. both governments and capitalists sought protection in megaprojects rather than a more evolutionary development pattern that uses innovative technologies to develop diverse economies." https://perspectivesjournal.ca/megaprojects-staple-trap/
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trevortombe
Trevor Tombe @trevortombe@mastodon.social · Jul 21, 2026
There's a lot of variation across #cdnecon in exposure to the new 50% U.S. tariffs (on August 19). Here's a preliminary estimate of the share of exports affected (based on HS6, so a slight over-estimate). BC/ON/QC most exposed. Others far less so.
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Trevor Tombe @trevortombe@mastodon.social · Jul 16, 2026
Canada’s population is aging quickly. But that doesn’t have to slow us down. My latest for @TheHubCanada on some cool new research and what it may mean for Canada: https://thehub.ca/2026/07/16/population-aging-doesnt-have-to-slow-us-down/ #cdnecon #cdnpoli
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Trevor Tombe @trevortombe@mastodon.social · Jul 09, 2026
Some argue Canada should abandon equalization altogether, but the better path is to renew the entire system of transfers. My latest for @MLInstitute offers a simple, more transparent, more growth-oriented, and more sustainable option: https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/rebalancing-canada-a-two-pillar-reform-of-equalization-and-federal-transfers/ #cdnpoli #cdnecon
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Trevor Tombe @trevortombe@mastodon.social · Jul 02, 2026
Roughly, there’s ~$800 billion in taxpayer-funded education sitting outside the province that paid for it. With Alberta and B.C. the largest beneficiaries. My latest for @TheHubCanada on the largest financial transfer nobody talks about: https://thehub.ca/2026/07/02/the-biggest-financial-transfer-in-canada-that-nobody-talks-about/ #cdnecon #cdnpoli
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Trevor Tombe @trevortombe@mastodon.social · May 01, 2026
For all the noise around Western alienation, separatist petitions, and fed-prov fights, Albertans and other Canadians agree on more than they disagree. My latest with Brooks Decillia for @TheHubCanada with new survey results: https://thehub.ca/2026/04/30/canadians-and-albertans-are-not-as-divided-as-it-may-seem-new-survey-data-shows/ #cdnpoli #cdnecon
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