Yesterday, Canada said it will give $84M to Syria for humanitarian assistance to support a transition to an inclusive and peaceful future. Today, Syria's interim President signed a temporary constitution that locks in the rule of the Islamist former insurgent group HTS for 5

This was by choice. Now let’s make the opposite choice.

Comparing GDP/capita growth across OECD countries over the past decade (plus selected aggregates like EU/G7/etc). #cdnecon

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What a great idea for Canadians!

#BREAKING: Toronto city councillors voted Thursday night to give themselves a 24 per cent pay raise. toronto.citynews.ca/2025/03/27/tor…

Excellent public debt calculator from the Parliamentary Budget Officer 👉 pbo-dpb.ca/en/research--r…

Great to hear leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre in a longer format conversation. Waiting for other leaders to accept and come on so Canadians can compare their policies and goals in more detail.

Many Canadians don't realize their favorite media outlets receive significant government funding from the very politicians they're supposed to hold accountable. When one candidate wants to cut this funding and support free speech, while the other wants to increase it and

The group Canadians for Free Enterprise have decided to release a series of statements in the next few days on why they are endorsing Pierre Poilievre for Prime Minister. They’ve asked me to share them. In this first piece, Kim Shannon and Prem Watsa share their views.

Canada should reward immigrants' success and contributions to the country, not just evaluate their qualifications prior to arrival. Canada has long prided ourselves on our approach to immigration, but troubling trends have emerged. Immigrants are feeling increasingly

Liberals promise $130B in new spending and no timeline to balance the budget nationalpost.com/news/canada/ma…

The group Canadians for Free Enterprise have decided to release a series of statements in the next few days on why they are endorsing Pierre Poilievre for Prime Minister. They’ve asked me to share them. In this fifth and final piece, energy executives Adam Waterous and Sue

After 20+ years co-founding and backing 20+ tech startups, I'm launching "Tales from the trenches," a column about company building. We'll cover recent issues within our portfolio, the solution, and results realized. Minimum jargon, maximum reality. Launches Thurs. #Startups

Post election, while politicians are focused on "elbows up," Canadian tech needs to stay "heads down" to outperform in 2025. Thoughts on key focus areas: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

🚨 GC STRATEGIES AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT OUT TODAY $64.5M in federal IT contracts went to a company that doesn’t do any IT work. GCStrategies was a middleman—subcontracting all the actual work. And 46% of the time, the gov’t couldn’t prove the work was even done.

Potential is here. Let's look aggressively to harness it!

dstein and I were asked by the Canadian government to testify on the health of the startup ecosystem in Canada. Last week we showed up to share our views. This quote sums up our message well: "Just imagine if the vast majority of comp sci graduates from Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

one more thought, in the spirit of pushing us to be bold. if the government is actually serious about grocery prices, the hard call is dairy and eggs. supply management there amounts to state-backed price setting. roughly 10–15% of grocery spend goes to dairy and eggs, more

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