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In Canada, Shopify executives are heading up a group of tech executives pushing to bring DOGE to Canada, targeting foreign aid programs they don’t like to stir up anger over wasteful government spending.

www.disconnect.blog/p/doge-is-go...
“We need a DOGE right now.” Those words were retweeted by Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke in early February, alongside an image calling out an aid initiative funded by the Canadian government in Ghana. As the extreme right in the United States had begun pouring over government spending to pull out any program they deemed too “woke” or wasteful, that same spirit was being seized by fellow travelers beyond its borders. By February, serious questions were already emerging about Elon Musk’s role in the US government and the consequences of the cuts being made by his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). President Donald Trump was also escalating rhetoric around annexing Canada and turning it into the 51st state, while threats of tariffs loomed. But that didn’t stop many in Canada’s tech industry from defending Musk’s actions and advocating for a DOGE of their own.
March 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM