It's getting harder and harder to stick around this place on account of the fascist-enabling owner so I'm going to be transitioning over to Bluesky. Please hit me up there and I'll follow you back (if you're not a fascist bot, that is): bsky.app/profile/petern…

It's going to be incredibly hard to boycott all American *and* Canadian products and services (in what is likely my last ever tweet)

Hello everybody! I've decided to reactivate my account here, largely because I'm back to doing journalism and have scoops to share. And also because there are stories to be found on here. So feel free to say hello. ; )

Here's a scoop: A vacationing couple has scored big with a court ordering Air Transat pay them $7,000 for denying boarding for no reason. Advocates say the judgment is an endorsement of recording interactions with airline staff, which is perfectly legal donotpassgo.substack.com/p/court-hits-a…

On the Do Not Pass Go podcast this week: Tim Wu Tim Wu talks his new book "The Age of Extraction," about how platforms have stopped enabling other businesses in favour of their own bottom lines donotpassgo.substack.com/p/eat-your-gue…

If you've been watching the Blue Jays playoffs on TV, you've probably seen the Will Arnett RBC ad - and its dig at fintechs - a million times. Well, the fintechs aren't too pleased with it donotpassgo.substack.com/p/will-arnetts…

“They can’t keep doing this forever:” Tokyo Police Club's Graham Wright on how Live Nation's domination of the music business is bankrupting fans and making indentured servants of musicians donotpassgo.substack.com/p/they-cant-ke…

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Oligopolies get all the attention when it comes to competition problems, but there's also a silent killer: private equity. Rachel Wasserman joins the Do Not Pass Go podcast this week to discuss how to rein them in donotpassgo.ca/p/death-by-a-t…

It's parody, but this is totally something Rogers would do thebeaverton.com/2025/11/rogers…

Back in June, the Competition Bureau issued its first ever market study, on airlines, with advice on how to fix things for consumers. So far, the federal government has ignored it - but they are keeping tabs Air Canada CEO's French proficiency donotpassgo.ca/p/failure-to-t…

Sorry.. but.. Not Sorry.. This is Too Funny.. TGIF.. 📢

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Is the Canadian government's long-overdue action to bring competition to banking for real? Industry veteran and author of "Fleeced" Andrew Spence joins the Do Not Pass Go podcast this week to talk about it (spoiler: he thinks so) donotpassgo.ca/p/it-really-is…

UK set to ban reselling tickets for more than face value bbc.com/news/articles/…

Rogers clients complain of customer service nightmare, spending hours on hold to resolve simple issues cbc.ca/news/gopublic/…

Don't look now, but wireless prices are officially on the rise again. Interestingly, it's the first time Statscan has found this to be the case since *checks notes* the government allowed Rogers to buy Shaw donotpassgo.ca/p/wireless-pri…

Live Nation Moves to Crush DOJ Antitrust Case With Motion to Dismiss billboard.com/pro/live-natio…

Cities, renewable energy and nature lobbyists swarmed Parliament Hill in October ahead of the federal budget. Honda, Toyota, Restaurant Brands, Telus and Pfizer were also active. See who met with who in the monthly Lobby Report donotpassgo.ca/p/the-lobby-re…

Big disruption, not incremental moves is needed to bring prices down and tame Canada's #oligopolies, says Nate Erskine-Smith on the new episode of Do Not Pass Go. We talk telecom, airlines, groceries and even World Series tickets donotpassgo.ca/p/rise-of-the-…