"This proposed regime could obsess over market centralization and predatory business practices... take aim at monopolists like Ticketmaster, responsible for jacking up concert prices... aggressively block mergers in already-uncompetitive industries." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

For @techpolicypress.bsky.social this week I wrote about how Canada's tech accountability efforts should be squarely focused on protecting Canadian sovereignty in an unstable geopolitical environment. www.techpolicy.press/a-tech-antim...

Canada's Competition Bureau recognizes that our airline market is not delivering for Canadians. CAMP was glad to see our recommendations echoed by the Bureau, but know that there is more work to be done to fix flying in Canada. antimonopoly.ca/statement-ca...

Monopoly isn't just a tax on everyday Canadians, it's a threat to the future of our independence. We need to tackle both problems if we want to create a strong and free Canada. www.corporateknights.com/leadership/m...

In an unstable geopolitical environment, Canada's digital infrastructure is in the hands of just a few American companies. In a new CAMP discussion paper, we ask the question what a new path forward should look like. antimonopoly.ca/discussion-p...

Had a great time talking with Harrison about Canada's monopoly challenge in a changing world and the work we're doing at CAMP

Who won't delivery apps screw in the pursuit of profit? Drivers, restaurants & customers all deal with the fallout of exploitative wages, unclear fees, and drip pricing. Competition fairness rockstar @keldonb.bsky.social explains in this piece. @jennabench.bsky.social | www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

TODAY at 10:30 AM ET: Join Capitol Forum & Sandeep Vaheesan 👇

I had a great time chatting to @laurentdcar.bsky.social about his new book "At the Trough: The Rise and Rise of Canada's Corporate Welfare Bums" for the Deep Dives newsletter. We covered a lot of interesting ground. Do check it out! open.substack.com/pub/orbitpol...

We should absolutely limit these exclusivity deals CC @keldonb.bsky.social

Québec, the Canadian province with the most exhaustive and expansive rent *and* vacancy controls, has built more rental units in the absolute and per 1000 than any other province in the past 40 years. Exemptions apply only for 5 years after construction.

Why do we make the king talk about the GST

Who owns Canadian nationalism? Companies are seizing on the rally-around-the-flag moment, hoping to sell you pizza, coffee, and whatever they can stick a flag on. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/who-owns-c...

Recently learned that there was a chocolate price fixing case in Canada in the 2000s. Involved major chocolate producers but afaik only Hershey pled guilty. competition-bureau.canada.ca/en/how-we-fo...

New: As Google search head Liz Reid announces at #googleio that AI Mode is rolling out to all US users today, Alphabet shares drop... Follow along with my & @julialove.bsky.social's live I/O coverage here

“The only way forward for Alphabet is a complete breakup that would allow investors to own the business they actually want,” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"Decades ago, Canada lost its mining leaders when Inco, Falconbridge and Alcan were bought by foreign giants. Now, instead of owning the world’s foremost mining companies and generating wealth in Canada, Canadians are working for foreign entities." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Still thinking about the review of Chime (2024) that complained about not hearing the chime

Tough day when I need to agree with Bill Gates

A monopolized digital ad market does not support journalism.

Spoke to the Financial Post this week about the implications of the U.S. win against Google's online advertising monopoly on the parallel case ongoing in Canada financialpost.com/technology/g...

NEW from @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social & @keldonb.bsky.social: "It boils down to power. When just a few firms control nodes of food supply chains, they have the power to shape what our food system looks like." Read in Perspectives Journal no. 3: perspectivesjournal.ca/canada-food-monopoly-problem/

Have all the big youtubers stopped boxing one another? Deeply strange phenomenon.

Looking forward to people twisting themselves into pretzels to explain why Zuckerberg was wrong to think companies perform better after being broken up. Shout out to the @capitolforum.bsky.social coverage

The federal campaign is almost half over, and the lack of serious attention to anything digital or tech, has been astounding. Not least because of its importance as a vector of US power. It’s all very retro, and not in a fun way.

Good, I was wondering when private equity would get into the business of practicing law. www.ft.com/content/8efd...

Sharing this new article coauthored with @keldonb.bsky.social from the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project on the corporate concentration problem in Canada's food system and the kinds of policies we need to tackle it. With the trade war raging, it's urgent! perspectivesjournal.ca/canada-food-...

Was glad to sit down with @justinofmn.bsky.social this week to talk about the next phase in Canada's fight against monopoly www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T2Z...

Canada needs to take seriously the full extent of our exposure to a hostile U.S. and the dominant tech firms headquartered there My latest for @thestar.com www.thestar.com/business/opi...

Canada needs to break with an economic policy that left it dependent on a handful of firms at home and on one country globally. Today CAMP releases a Canadian Anti-Monopoly Agenda antimonopoly.ca/brief-a-cana...

A stronger, more self-reliant nation starts at home. @keldonb.bsky.social breaks down why policymakers must move fast to implement reforms to boost domestic competition instead of depending on foreign rivals for solutions—before it’s too late. Read more: policyoptions.irpp.org?p=115882

To make our economy more dynamic while safeguarding our sovereignty, Canada needs to do the hard work of fixing our own markets. My latest for Policy Options policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ma...

The USDA says egg prices could increase 41% this year. Meanwhile, the industry is more consolidated than ever and revenues are rising. Cal-Maine Foods controls a fifth of the egg market. Its revenue jumped 82% in a year—driven by an "increase in the net average selling price."

Monopoly Mentioned: Carney talks using competition to bring down prices for Canadians #cdnpoli

"If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, don't worry these aren't expressions of sincere ducks, they just look and sound and act and seem like ducks but don't worry, no ducks here." -An American political columnist somewhere

Ditch Starlink. Support Telesat. Work with European allies on IRIS2. Build alternatives before it’s too late. Canada needs a much more robust and secure space communications strategy.

Congrats to SCP collaborator @keldonb.bsky.social for making the @theglobeandmail.com's Top 20 Changemakers list for work with the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project! 👏 on your devotion to a free, fair and democratic 🍁 economy. #EconSky #Competition www.theglobeandmail.com/business/rob...

Apropos of nothing going on I finally got around to playing Mouthwashing this weekend and it was great and is now on sale store.steampowered.com/app/2475490/...

Concentrated power is a massive problem in Canada's food system and policy makers are beginning to take notice. Recent attention has focused on retailers but further up the chain the situation is even more dire. halifax.citynews.ca/2025/02/11/f...

Allowing the CFPB to be dismantled will put to rest any optimism I had for Trumpian populism actually delivering for everyday Americans. This ones for the bankers.

Since Congress and the judiciary seem to be napping this one out, the main question is increasingly whether the law enforcement + military are on the side of the Constitution or the oligarchs.

5/5 Designing trade and industrial policy to minimize inflation might be good for bankers and bond owners, but to be good for workers requires that it either boost domestic production or that it force wages to catch up to overall productivity growth.

Farm groups say Bunge-Viterra deal fails farmers www.realagriculture.com/2025/01/farm...

"Antitrust is the people’s law. In order to serve the people, you have to understand what they think. The people have not just the right to participate, but we have the obligation to get them to participate. And in the last few decades antitrust got so technocratic, we got away from that."

The rapid consolidation of power over AI has been a major focus of @openmarkets.bsky.social recent work – from in-depth reports and articles to submissions to regulators. For a succinct overview of what's at stake, check out our latest expert brief: www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

Groceries too expensive, housing too expensive

Bureau application suggests Rogers' internal testing showed customers didn't understand the product they were buying

Merry Christmas to everyone except Rogers www.canada.ca/en/competiti...

Having lost the legislative fight, Canadian corporate lawyers are now encouraging the court to ignore laws passed unanimously by elected officials. www.stikeman.com/en-ca/kh/com...

I'm not crying you're crying