The Artemis II crew had a painfully awkward, dead-silent call with Trump where he rambled about Wayne Gretzky and saving NASA. Then they get on the horn with Carney and they're laughing their asses off about maple syrup vs. Nutella. The vibe difference is insane. 🚀

Poilievre didn't mind floor-crossers when Liberals like Emerson, Khan, Comuzzi, and Alleslev joined the CPC. He even voted against a 2012 bill forcing floor-crossers into by-elections. Now that MPs are fleeing his caucus, he's changed his tune. The hypocrisy is strong with this one.

Personally, if they told us that there will be a larger deficit this year because they are spending more on science, education, tourism, and healthcare, I’d be happy. I think that would send a more positive message instead of defunding them because they want to balance the budget.

The question I ask every nonprofit I work with: 'If your biggest funder disappeared tomorrow, what would you cut first?' The answer tells you almost everything about whether the org has a strategy or just a budget.

The promise of open data in government: transparent, accountable, useful. The reality: PDFs, broken links, and data that's three years out of date. The gap between civic tech idealism and municipal reality is still very wide.

Three things that usually indicate a nonprofit is in trouble: 1. The ED can't delegate anything 2. The board only shows up for the AGM 3. The strategic plan hasn't been looked at since it was written One of these is fixable. All three is a crisis.

If your theory of change fits on a slide but falls apart in a real conversation with someone in your community — that's the version that matters.

“Gridlock is costing our economy billions of dollars every year and robbing Ontario drivers of valuable time and quality of life,” Ontario Transportation Minister said. Working from home would save us a lot of "valuable time and quality of life." It would also ease gridlock significantly.

Every university has an AI strategy now. Most of them are PDFs. There's a gap between having a strategy document and actually changing how you teach, hire, or support students. The PDF is not the strategy.

The most underfunded role in any nonprofit: The executive director. Not their salary. Their capacity to actually lead. Most are so deep in operations they haven't thought strategically in months.

Civic tech keeps building platforms for communities that never asked for them. Then wondering why adoption is low. Turns out people don't want better apps. They want their actual problems solved.

Grant dependency is a symptom. The disease is building programs around what funders want to fund instead of what your community needs. Most orgs know this. Very few have the runway to fix it.

The best grant writers I know spend more time on strategy than writing. Because a well-written application for the wrong program is still a waste of everyone's time.

Higher ed is spending millions on innovation labs and AI strategies. Meanwhile students are using AI to finish assignments they don't care about for credentials that may not matter. We're optimizing the wrong thing.

The chronic underfunding of BC’s salmon monitoring is a damn shame, you can't manage what you don't measure. Treating ecological data as a disposable line item is a systemic failure, but one we can fix by bridging policy and science to build a hell of a better model. 🐟

Gilded age completely dillusional... the world can’t keep going like this. CEO wage goes up, lowly employees got laid off. Business as usual, I'm sure we'll all receive higher quality service from Google /s techcrunch.com/2026/03/07/g...

Unpopular opinion: A lot of nonprofit boards don't actually provide strategic value. They provide cover. There's a difference and most EDs know it but won't say it out loud.

Everyone is building AI tools for nonprofits now. Most of them are solving the wrong problem. The bottleneck isn't efficiency. It's that the org doesn't know what it's trying to do. No tool fixes that.

The non-profit sector talks a lot about sustainability. Most orgs still build their entire budget around one or two grants they have to re-win every year. That's not a funding problem. It's a strategy problem dressed up as a funding problem. Most funders now prioritize getting off funding cycles

Prime Minister Carney should call the American ambassador into his office & tell him, in no uncertain terms, that U.S. interference in domestic Canadian affairs will NOT be tolerated.

They're going to force people over 14 to upload ID to access it. Adults are going to upload sensitive personal information to services with questionable-at-best data security practices. They're doing this instead putting the onus on tech giants to make their products safer and less addictive.

Carney’s trade mission to China is already paying off: ‘Chinese importer bought one Panamax cargo of about 60,000 metric tons of Canadian canola shortly after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Beijing last week…’ www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...

tldr; The Philippines has become the first country to integrate its entire national budget into a platform called the Digital Bayanihan Chain. This system records every stage of budget process, creating a tamper-resistant digital ledger to enhance transparency, accountability, and reduce misuse.

"We need nothing from Canada" - America So thats what we will give you, and another thing, stop thinking about us.

Imagine walking into a grocery store where the goal is feeding people, not buying Galen another yacht. ​Public grocery stores work, and they’d save Canadians 30-45%. We need to stop letting these corporate parasites bleed us dry. Food costs up 30%. Grocer profits up 120%. They are robbing us.

Calgary, January 29-31: The Conservative Party is hosting the "Greatest Hits of Culture Wars" tour. ​On the docket: * ​Scrapping DEI * Re-opening the abortion debate * ​Restricting MAID referrals ​We need a plan for 2026, not a retreat to 1950. 📉🏠 ​#CdnPoli #AbortionRights #DEI #MAID #CPC2026

While I tend to agree with this sentiment, show us where those taxes are going first because more taxes improperly allocated does no good.

Very important to have a mix of who we are and where we are going.

Not just 🇺🇸, 🇨🇦 feels this too...

I’m signing off to be a dad, a husband, and a terrible Mario Kart player for a few days. Thank you to this community for the nuance, the fight, and the support. See you after Christmas. We have work to do. ✌️🫎

It’s Festivus for the Non-Profit Sector! 💈 I got a lot of problems with you people! Grant portals that crash at 4:59 PM. 'Reply All' email chains. Donating expired canned goods. Let’s hear yours! 👇

Well, well, well. Kentucky. It seems you literally voted to pour your own whiskey down the drain. Canada has been boycotting American spirits since March. Whiskey sales to Canada are down >60% through October. + A massive generational shift where 65% of Gen Z say they want to drink less.

Look at this graphic and tell me the system isn't fundamentally broken. 1.6% of adults holding nearly half of the world's wealth is policy failure on a global scale. Too much time debating tweaks to tax when we should be talking about systemic overhaul. How do we build on this future?

Before you set your OOO: Thank your team (publicly). Unsubscribe from 5 newsletters. Forgive yourself for the goals you missed. 2025 was a grinder. We made it.

Gen Z donors don't want a tax receipt. They want 'Co-Creation.' They want to be part of the solution, not just a wallet. The 2026 fundraising model is: Invite them into the kitchen, don't just serve them the meal.

Testing a new batch of habanero oil tonight. It’s currently melting a hole in my spoon. If I don't post tomorrow, tell the Growthway team I loved them. 🌶️💀

The 'Room' has changed. 2026 events must be hybrid. Not just a Zoom link, but a true dual experience. If you are planning a gala in 2026 without a digital engagement strategy, you are leaving 40% of your donors at the door.

Things i love to see: Canadians, supporting Canadians, benefitting Canadians.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Navigate the new CRA guidelines without exploding. 💣 This message will self-destruct (unlike your compliance obligations). Join our Jan cohort.

Cybersecurity is the unsexy trend of 2026. Non-profits hold sensitive data on vulnerable populations, yet often have 'Password123' security. Trust is our currency. Don't let a data breach bankrupt your reputation. #NonProfitTech

What is the one task you wish you could automate in 2026? Wrong answers only. (Mine: Explaining to my family what I actually do for a living).

2026 Prediction: The 'AI-Powered Non-Profit' isn't about replacing staff. It's about replacing drudgery. If your team is still manually writing donor emails, you are burning cash. We need to automate the boring to humanize the impactful. 🤖❤️

Preparing for the final sprint of 2025. If you are a founder feeling the weight of the world tonight: You did enough. The problems are systemic; your exhaustion is personal. Rest is also resistance.

I spent the morning at the rink (Sens fan in hiding). It struck me that hockey parents are the ultimate fundraisers. If we harnessed 'Hockey Mom Energy' for social enterprise, we’d solve the housing crisis by Tuesday. 🏒

Friday Mood: staring at a spreadsheet until the cells start dancing. 💃 Send coffee or hot sauce recommendations.

We are finally getting actual High-Speed Rail. 🚄💨 ​Starting with the Ottawa-Montreal leg is the smart play, it’s the flattest route and gets a win on the board. ​This is the kind of ambitious, nation-building infrastructure we’ve been starving for. 🏗️🇨🇦 #CdnPoli #Infrastructure #FutureReady

The new T1044 reporting requirements for 2026 are the coal in every non-profit’s stocking. If you have >$50k in revenue, the paperwork just doubled. We’re building a 'Compliance Survival Guide' at Growthway. Who needs it?

Running a non-profit in December feels exactly like an episode of The Bear. Everyone is screaming 'CORNER!', the stove (funding) is broken, and we are somehow trying to serve a Michelin-star meal (social impact) on a hot dog budget.

Today marks Canada’s legislative independence (Statute of Westminster). In 2025, true independence for non-profits means Unrestricted Funding. If you are still relying on project grants that don't cover rent, you aren't independent—you're a subcontractor for the government.

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