Amanda Rose
@amandarose.com
Founder and CEO of Timecounts, creator of Twestival, proud Canadian 🇨🇦 using tech for social good.
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If you're like me and wondering what’s really going on with trade barriers across Canada - look no further.
Thanks to Build Canada volunteers, it’s all out in the open now. Transparent, trackable, and long overdue.
Thanks to Build Canada volunteers, it’s all out in the open now. Transparent, trackable, and long overdue.
📣 Introducing Trade Barriers Tracker
The very first dashboard of its kind in Canada. Track interprovincial trade agreements – what they are, which provinces are participating, and their current status.
Explore at the link below:
The very first dashboard of its kind in Canada. Track interprovincial trade agreements – what they are, which provinces are participating, and their current status.
Explore at the link below:
October 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If you're like me and wondering what’s really going on with trade barriers across Canada - look no further.
Thanks to Build Canada volunteers, it’s all out in the open now. Transparent, trackable, and long overdue.
Thanks to Build Canada volunteers, it’s all out in the open now. Transparent, trackable, and long overdue.
Love this collaboration with The Civic Project + @buildcanada.com
Canadians now have transparency on which bills fuel growth or stall it.
Canadians now have transparency on which bills fuel growth or stall it.
📣 Introducing Builder MP
It takes in all the bills from parliament and asks, "What would a Builder think of this bill?"
Including votes, question period questions, and analysis – all from a pro-growth lens.
Explore at the link below
It takes in all the bills from parliament and asks, "What would a Builder think of this bill?"
Including votes, question period questions, and analysis – all from a pro-growth lens.
Explore at the link below
September 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Love this collaboration with The Civic Project + @buildcanada.com
Canadians now have transparency on which bills fuel growth or stall it.
Canadians now have transparency on which bills fuel growth or stall it.
@miss604.com Hey! There’s a @buildcanada.com meetup happening in Vancouver soon - would love if you could spread the word. It should be a good group of people, would be great to have voices like yours there. luma.com/e2q61khs
Build Canada Vancouver Meetup · Luma
Join us for an evening with the Build Canada community as we bring together founders, builders, and policy thinkers shaping Canada’s future.
We’ll kick things…
luma.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
@miss604.com Hey! There’s a @buildcanada.com meetup happening in Vancouver soon - would love if you could spread the word. It should be a good group of people, would be great to have voices like yours there. luma.com/e2q61khs
I wrote about the Billes family. Two brothers who started Canadian Tire with a dream, and Martha Billes, the force who kept it Canadian. Her story and impact deserves to be better known.
August 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I wrote about the Billes family. Two brothers who started Canadian Tire with a dream, and Martha Billes, the force who kept it Canadian. Her story and impact deserves to be better known.
Happy to volunteer with @buildcanada.com to kick-off this new project. My Dad's family is from Brantford, so it felt fitting to write about Alexander Graham Bell.
We're looking for more writers - if you want to get involved, signup!
buildcanada.com/great-canadian-builders
We're looking for more writers - if you want to get involved, signup!
buildcanada.com/great-canadian-builders
Great Canadian Builders
Stories of Canadians who have had a transformative impact on the country and the world
buildcanada.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Happy to volunteer with @buildcanada.com to kick-off this new project. My Dad's family is from Brantford, so it felt fitting to write about Alexander Graham Bell.
We're looking for more writers - if you want to get involved, signup!
buildcanada.com/great-canadian-builders
We're looking for more writers - if you want to get involved, signup!
buildcanada.com/great-canadian-builders
Volunteers built this tracker for Canadians. It’s time to cut through the promises and rhetoric—and hold government to real results.
Introducing: Outcomes Tracker 🧭
We wanted to better understand what our government is working on. So we built a tracker to:
- Understand key commitments
- Track their progress over time
- See how they impact outcomes
Check it out: buildcanada.com/tracker
We wanted to better understand what our government is working on. So we built a tracker to:
- Understand key commitments
- Track their progress over time
- See how they impact outcomes
Check it out: buildcanada.com/tracker
May 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Volunteers built this tracker for Canadians. It’s time to cut through the promises and rhetoric—and hold government to real results.
Cambridge, Ontario got some serious location love in last night’s #TheHandmaidsTale. Between the aerial shots and the story, it was one of the best episodes.
May 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Cambridge, Ontario got some serious location love in last night’s #TheHandmaidsTale. Between the aerial shots and the story, it was one of the best episodes.
@pistachio.bsky.social I was just thinking of you. After connecting with @miss604.com , I found out she wrote Bluesky for Dummies. Felt like I should connect her with the OG Twitter for Dummies author in case you aren't already. Full circle moment!
May 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
@pistachio.bsky.social I was just thinking of you. After connecting with @miss604.com , I found out she wrote Bluesky for Dummies. Felt like I should connect her with the OG Twitter for Dummies author in case you aren't already. Full circle moment!
I've been waiting for a memo like this. We're entering a new era of Canadian innovation, time to do big things with generational talent.🚀
"Ensure at least 50% of IP created by Discovery Visa researchers is commercialized in Canada within five years."
www.buildcanada.com/en/memos/att...
"Ensure at least 50% of IP created by Discovery Visa researchers is commercialized in Canada within five years."
www.buildcanada.com/en/memos/att...
A Discovery Visa to Attract the World’s Best Innovators
Let’s make it easy for the world’s top scientists, innovators and engineers to come to Canada, and give them every reason to commercialize their findings here.
www.buildcanada.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I've been waiting for a memo like this. We're entering a new era of Canadian innovation, time to do big things with generational talent.🚀
"Ensure at least 50% of IP created by Discovery Visa researchers is commercialized in Canada within five years."
www.buildcanada.com/en/memos/att...
"Ensure at least 50% of IP created by Discovery Visa researchers is commercialized in Canada within five years."
www.buildcanada.com/en/memos/att...
"Canadians are taking a collective gut-check about who we are and who we want to become, and we’re seeing signs of clarity."
How Trump Turned Canadians Off Populism - Macleans.ca
The election may be Canada’s last chance to reject the authoritarian reflex sweeping through Western democracies
macleans.ca
April 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
"Canadians are taking a collective gut-check about who we are and who we want to become, and we’re seeing signs of clarity."
If you read one memo from @buildcanada.com, make it this one by @lucy-hargreaves.bsky.social. No matter your politics, improving government productivity is something all Canadians can get behind, especially now. Take a look and share your suggestions.
www.buildcanada.com/en/memos/pro...
www.buildcanada.com/en/memos/pro...
Create A More Productive Government
It’s time to refocus. Here is a line-by-line analysis of Canada’s spend today, with suggestions to re-allocate spend from programs that are no longer serving the public interest.
www.buildcanada.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If you read one memo from @buildcanada.com, make it this one by @lucy-hargreaves.bsky.social. No matter your politics, improving government productivity is something all Canadians can get behind, especially now. Take a look and share your suggestions.
www.buildcanada.com/en/memos/pro...
www.buildcanada.com/en/memos/pro...
It's alarming how many Americans have been indoctrinated by Trump to believe that Canada is 'ripping them off.' This kind of rhetoric is laying the groundwork for a level of resentment I never would have expected.
April 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's alarming how many Americans have been indoctrinated by Trump to believe that Canada is 'ripping them off.' This kind of rhetoric is laying the groundwork for a level of resentment I never would have expected.
2020: anti-mask protests
2025: anti-musk protests
2025: anti-musk protests
March 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
2020: anti-mask protests
2025: anti-musk protests
2025: anti-musk protests
I know many have left Twitter/X for their own peace, but I’ve kept my account. Mostly as an observer, watching patterns of hate and disinformation. It’s difficult. Sometimes I wade in, trying to chip away at falsehoods or find common ground despite the hostility. I feel like it's my patriotic duty.
March 28, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I know many have left Twitter/X for their own peace, but I’ve kept my account. Mostly as an observer, watching patterns of hate and disinformation. It’s difficult. Sometimes I wade in, trying to chip away at falsehoods or find common ground despite the hostility. I feel like it's my patriotic duty.
🇨🇦 Canadians, thanks to amazing volunteers, you can now easily track where your government spends. This isn’t DOGE—it’s about transparency and making sure our programs and services are as effective as possible. Check it out...
March 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🇨🇦 Canadians, thanks to amazing volunteers, you can now easily track where your government spends. This isn’t DOGE—it’s about transparency and making sure our programs and services are as effective as possible. Check it out...
Where can I buy my "Canada is nasty!" t-shirt?
March 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Where can I buy my "Canada is nasty!" t-shirt?
“You can achieve the most amazing things if you don’t care who gets the credit”
Chief executives of sector umbrella bodies NCVO and @acevo.bsky.social have urged larger charities to engage in “generous” collaborations with smaller organisations
Larger charities urged to engage in ‘generous’ partnerships with smaller organisations
www.civilsociety.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“You can achieve the most amazing things if you don’t care who gets the credit”
Nothing beats the simple joy of opening the windows after a long winter, letting in fresh air and a sense of renewed purpose.
March 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Nothing beats the simple joy of opening the windows after a long winter, letting in fresh air and a sense of renewed purpose.
If it’s not obvious yet, Trump has his sights set on annexing Canada.
It's not about the border or fentanyl, as that was just an excuse to circumvent Congress.
It's not about tariffs. The US benefits equally (probably more) from a free trade agreement that he negotiated.
It's not about the border or fentanyl, as that was just an excuse to circumvent Congress.
It's not about tariffs. The US benefits equally (probably more) from a free trade agreement that he negotiated.
March 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
If it’s not obvious yet, Trump has his sights set on annexing Canada.
It's not about the border or fentanyl, as that was just an excuse to circumvent Congress.
It's not about tariffs. The US benefits equally (probably more) from a free trade agreement that he negotiated.
It's not about the border or fentanyl, as that was just an excuse to circumvent Congress.
It's not about tariffs. The US benefits equally (probably more) from a free trade agreement that he negotiated.
Reposted by Amanda Rose
The goal of sharing ideas isn't for everyone to agree with you. It’s for some people to learn from you—and for you to learn from them.
It’s better to risk social disapproval than to sacrifice self-respect.
Popularity is how many likes you collect. Impact is how many lives you enrich.
It’s better to risk social disapproval than to sacrifice self-respect.
Popularity is how many likes you collect. Impact is how many lives you enrich.
March 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The goal of sharing ideas isn't for everyone to agree with you. It’s for some people to learn from you—and for you to learn from them.
It’s better to risk social disapproval than to sacrifice self-respect.
Popularity is how many likes you collect. Impact is how many lives you enrich.
It’s better to risk social disapproval than to sacrifice self-respect.
Popularity is how many likes you collect. Impact is how many lives you enrich.
I love this photo of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reflected in a picture of his father by @ascotti.bsky.social. He was not a perfect leader, no one is, but I never once questioned his moral compass or love for our country. I believe history will be kind, and PM Pierre Trudeau would be proud.
March 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I love this photo of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reflected in a picture of his father by @ascotti.bsky.social. He was not a perfect leader, no one is, but I never once questioned his moral compass or love for our country. I believe history will be kind, and PM Pierre Trudeau would be proud.
Congratulations to our next Prime Minister! I'm very happy to hear you are stopping the carbon tax and capital gains. Canadians are ready to build.
March 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Congratulations to our next Prime Minister! I'm very happy to hear you are stopping the carbon tax and capital gains. Canadians are ready to build.
Reposted by Amanda Rose
Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
March 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
"Long may the maple leaf fly above a sovereign and unbowed north."
Canada, the Northern Outpost of Sanity
Justin Trudeau, in his final week as Prime Minister, tells Donald Trump to shove it.
www.newyorker.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Long may the maple leaf fly above a sovereign and unbowed north."