"And while the value of crypto and tech stocks bob up and down, one thing is certain: the rich keep getting richer." The combined net worth of the 10 wealthiest 🍁 people on the @macleans.bsky.social rich list is $310 billion, a nearly 20 per cent increase over last year. #WealthInequality #CdnPoli

Corporate Canada got the budget it wanted. Now they need to deliver. Economic growth, on its own, is not enough. It must also reverse growing economic inequality. Working people and young people need to see some of the upside, not just investors. socialcapitalpartners.ca/reflections-...

💪When it comes to building a strong Canada, economic growth alone won't save us. 💪 Reflections on #Budget2025 from @mendelmatt.bsky.social 👇 #EconSky #CdnPoli #WealthInequality #WorkingPeople

The wealthy are doing well. Everyone else is scrimping. Welcome to the "K-shaped economy." #WealthInequality #KShapedEconomy #CdnPoli #EconSky #CanadaSky #TaxFairness #WordofTheYear2025 theweek.com/business/eco...

Many things are necessary for Carney's plan to succeed. Including the trust of Canadians. Read @hscoffield.bsky.social in today's @thestar.com 👇 #Budget2025 #CdnPoli #Taxation #CanadaSky #EconSky www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

“I hope the day may come when these great business organizations will truly belong to the [people] who are giving their lives and their efforts to them.” - Former GE chairman Read the Harvard Business Review's report: tinyurl.com/2rrv6zyw #OwnershipMatters #CdnPoli #EOTs #EmployeeOwnership

“I hope the day may come when these great business organizations will truly belong to the [people] who are giving their lives and their efforts to them.” - Former GE chairman Read the Harvard Business Review's report: tinyurl.com/2rrv6zyw #OwnershipMatters #CdnPoli #EOTs #EmployeeOwnership

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

🚨Budget watch🚨 Here's what Social Capital Partners will be watching for in tomorrow's #Budget2025 👀: socialcapitalpartners.ca/social-capit... #CdnPoli #CanadaSky #Policy #Equality #OwnershipMatters

Whether Carney’s foundational budget swings for the fences, chalks up some base hits, strikes out or hands the Conservatives the opportunity for a walk-off home run, the details will matter to the pocketbooks and the prosperity of regular Canadians - @hscoffield.bsky.social #WANTITALL #CdnPoli

Employee ownership has the potential to transform wealth for workers and preserve legacies. Jason Kenney also calls EOTs an "elegant policy solution" that could restore confidence in 🍁 and our economy. Here's why: tinyurl.com/42j8k45k #OwnershipMatters #CdnPoli #EO #EOTs

🚨New post!🚨 Smart investments in natural resources and AI alone will not get Canada through this moment of geopolitical rupture. 🌋 Smaller businesses, NFPs and social enterprises are crucial to our local economic infrastructure and well-being. Read the op-ed 👇 #CdnPoli #YourBudget2025 #EconSky

The economy is going through unbelievable structural transformations and capitalism is being remade. Clinging to disproven theories will result in economists who can't explain what is going on, nor advise what to do about it. Read 5 myths about mainstream economics. tinyurl.com/3vv73nms #EconSky

NEW INEQUALITY SCORECARD: 📊 Our new Inequality Scorecard breaks down how Canada is doing on housing, taxes, care, climate, Indigenous justice, and more, and what needs to change to bridge the gap. 🔗 Download and read the full report HERE: www.oxfam.ca/publication/...

The CSA Policy Pathways Conference: Building a Thriving Canadian Economy is Weds. Nov. 5th. Join our panel on economic equality w: Narinder Dhami @mendelmatt.bsky.social @jrobson.bsky.social @chantieres.bsky.social Register at: www.csagroup.org/public-polic... #Cdnpoli #PublicPolicy #EconSky

Nearly half of all profit in Canada is made just by moving money around. Watch SCP Fellow @rwasserman.bsky.social explain how PE firms roll up smaller companies to eliminate competition, raise prices, lower service quality and increase returns at the expense of Canadians. #OwnershipMatters #PE

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 🔗 socialcapitalpartners.ca/creativity-c...

Big money is buying small Canadian businesses. @jeyantvo.bsky.social asks @rwasserman.bsky.social, author of The Private Equity Playbook, what’s at stake and whether or not the government is paying enough attention.

Private equity firms are buying up dental clinics, vet practices, and other small businesses. What do new owners mean for costs and the quality of services? @jeyantvo.bsky.social asks @rwasserman.bsky.social, author of The Private Equity Playbook, tonight at 8pm | Producer: Mike Attenborough

🚨New post🚨 Can stablecoins solve economic inequality? Some say yes. But SCP Fellow and @windsorlaw.bsky.social prof @danrohde.bsky.social is not convinced. Learn more about #stablecoins and how to think critically about their promises. 🔗 tinyurl.com/55sam9n6 #LawSky #Inequality #CdnPoli

🚨New post🚨 Can stablecoins solve economic inequality? Some say yes. But SCP Fellow and @windsorlaw.bsky.social prof @danrohde.bsky.social is not convinced. Learn more about #stablecoins and how to think critically about their promises. 🔗 tinyurl.com/55sam9n6 #LawSky #Inequality #Crypto

Wrote a post about arguments for using stablecoins to promote economic equality with @scpartners.bsky.social. Also offers a very basic primer on what they are. socialcapitalpartners.ca/stablecoins-...

Join us on Wed. Nov. 5 in Toronto for policy talk on: • boosting Canada’s innovation advantage • centering equity in economic policy • redefining Canada’s trading future • unlocking prosperity through competition #CSAPolicyPathways #publicpolicy www.csagroup.org/public-polic...

Between this and taking a 10% stake in Trilogy metals, the US will just keep buying up pieces of the country. I'm not seeing slogans having much affect on this, and neither is refusing to buy bourbon. I find this more unsettling than Trump's dementia-fueled rambling.

🚨New blog! 🚨 The decision of the federal government to allow U.S. fuel distributor Sunoco LP (🗽)to take over Parkland (🍁) is not surprising but it is incredibly disappointing. @mendelmatt.bsky.social on facing the fact that sovereignty isn't free. #OwnershipMatters #CdnPoli #EconSky #Never51

Percentage of Canadians who perceive 🍁 as "extremely unequal." 2019 ➡️ 19% 2024 ➡️ 38% That's a wild swing in just five years.

In the U.S., 10% of the population owns 93% of stock market wealth. As uneven as this distribution seems, @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social explains how this is evidence of the system working exactly as it's designed to work. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc... #CdnPoli #WealthInequality #EconSky

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Announcement from PM Carney moments ago and this is good news. I've been working on this issue with @saulschwartz.bsky.social and @agenestgregoire.bsky.social for years. We've documented how many Canadians don't file and miss out on or loose benefits, .. 1/3

Ever feel like tax loopholes, wealth inheritance and flat wages worsen our top-heavy system, making it harder and harder for ordinary Canadians to get ahead? Follow @hscoffield.bsky.social and the new Canadian Tax Observatory. Sign up at 👇 #TaxFairness #Taxation #Equality #CdnPoli #EconSky

Wow! Someone's cranky! While we appreciate the free press from Terence, let's see if we can improve his mood point by point. financialpost.com/opinion/tere...

What does it really mean to “take ownership?” We talked to some Taproot employees to hear what it means to them to work for an employee-owned company. Spoiler alert: lots of pride and rewards. 👉 Read their inspiring story: socialcapitalpartners.ca/what-being-a... #EOT #CdnPoli #OwnershipMatters

Canada’s wealth gap is way worse than official data show. The PBO just confirmed the top 1% own nearly 25% of all wealth—which StatsCan missed because it doesn’t even count the richest families in its surveys. 🔗 Read more: socialcapitalpartners.ca/wealth-inequ... #CdnPoli #BillionaireBlindspot

Under assault from an increasingly aggressive and authoritarian United States, Canada's future is less secure than perhaps at any time in postwar history

🚨New video🚨 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

In Canada, top 1% of wealth holders hold 24% of total wealth. Meanwhile, PM Carney has an ‘austerity budget’, which will impact the disadvantaged. Patriotic Millionaires Canada, which I am a board member of, estimated that a 3% tax on wealth over $100-million could raise $25-billion annually.

“While working Canadians are paying higher rates than their ultra-wealthy fellow citizens... the government is currently considering a so-called austerity budget that is almost certain to make these problems worse.” - @sabivm.bsky.social and Hon. Ratna Omidvar www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

Congress told us to “Go Fund Yourself.” And with your help, we can. Our federal funding might be gone, but we’re still here. Public media needs your support now more than ever.

The Social Capital Partners offices are closed today for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also called #OrangeShirtDay. Today we encourage reflection on the tragic and painful legacy of residential schools. We thank 6th-grader Albertan Sloane Campbell for her beautiful design. #NTDR

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

The Parkland (🍁) sale to Sunoco (🗽) offers little benefit to Canada while risking jobs, innovation and sovereignty. Ottawa should say no. Read Sarah Doyle and @jonshell.bsky.social in Policy Options. #FDI #OwnershipMatters #AlwaysCanada #Never51 policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/09/suno...

Why do economists care about inequality in incomes and wealth? 1) Inequality tends to dampen overall economic performance. One of most immediacy effects is on consumer spending. Low-and middle-income households spend a larger percentage of each dollar that they earn when more spending is in…

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

🚨New article🚨 With fixes to fragmented financing and outdated regulatory frameworks, #YourBudget2025 could make it easier for social finance investments to properly scale and deliver the kind of outsized impact Canada needs at this time. Let's not leave $ on the table. #CommunityFinance #CdnPoli

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🚨New explainer🚨 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. tinyurl.com/2s3p57w7 #CdnPoli #EconSky

Elbows up needs to include digital sovereignty. Those who want to do harm to Canadians should not own our digital, data and cloud infrastructure. We can't have sovereignty under these circumstances. theijf.org/american-fir...

What a treat to spend a day in Ottawa with 40 progressive economists and thought leaders to imagine a more robust nation-building economic strategy, at the ‘Elbows Up Economic Summit’: policyalternatives.ca/news-researc.... #cdnecon /2