Matthew Mendelsohn
@mendelmatt.bsky.social
Living on the north shore of the Great Lakes. 🍁
#WeTheNorth #TrueNorthStrongAndFree #AlwaysCanada #Never51 #ElbowsUp
I work to create pathways to wealth and ownership for working Canadians. #econsky #cdnpoli #cansky www.socialcapitalpartners.ca
#WeTheNorth #TrueNorthStrongAndFree #AlwaysCanada #Never51 #ElbowsUp
I work to create pathways to wealth and ownership for working Canadians. #econsky #cdnpoli #cansky www.socialcapitalpartners.ca
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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-...
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-...
Reflections on Budget 2025: Economic growth alone won’t save us
Budget 2025 includes hopeful initiatives that will deliver real benefits to working Canadians at this time. In this reflection, SCP CEO Matthew Mendelsohn explains that, strategically, we really like ...
socialcapitalpartners.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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-...
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-...
Budget 2025 did not extended the tax incentive that makes it easier for retiring business owners to sell to their employees.
This is inexplicable and very disappointing, but there is still time to fix this.
See the FAQ from Employee Ownership Canada.
socialcapitalpartners.ca/faqs-on-budg...
This is inexplicable and very disappointing, but there is still time to fix this.
See the FAQ from Employee Ownership Canada.
socialcapitalpartners.ca/faqs-on-budg...
FAQs on Budget 2025 and the future of Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs) in Canada
There is some confusion out there about Budget 2025 and employee ownership trusts (EOTs). To confirm, the federal government did not extend the $10M capital-gains exemption for sales through EOTs, in ...
socialcapitalpartners.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Budget 2025 did not extended the tax incentive that makes it easier for retiring business owners to sell to their employees.
This is inexplicable and very disappointing, but there is still time to fix this.
See the FAQ from Employee Ownership Canada.
socialcapitalpartners.ca/faqs-on-budg...
This is inexplicable and very disappointing, but there is still time to fix this.
See the FAQ from Employee Ownership Canada.
socialcapitalpartners.ca/faqs-on-budg...
Check this out! New website and great piece from @gillianpetit.bsky.social in @policyoptions.irpp.org
Automatic tax filing: Welcome news for lower-income Canadians, but there’s more to do | The Canadian Tax Observatory canadiantaxobservatory.ca/automatic-ta...
Automatic tax filing: Welcome news for lower-income Canadians, but there’s more to do | The Canadian Tax Observatory canadiantaxobservatory.ca/automatic-ta...
Automatic tax filing: Welcome news for lower-income Canadians, but there’s more to do | The Canadian Tax Observatory
By Gillian Petit, senior research associate at the University of Calgary’s department of economics, writing for the Institute for Research on Public Policy.
canadiantaxobservatory.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Check this out! New website and great piece from @gillianpetit.bsky.social in @policyoptions.irpp.org
Automatic tax filing: Welcome news for lower-income Canadians, but there’s more to do | The Canadian Tax Observatory canadiantaxobservatory.ca/automatic-ta...
Automatic tax filing: Welcome news for lower-income Canadians, but there’s more to do | The Canadian Tax Observatory canadiantaxobservatory.ca/automatic-ta...
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
I like to gamble. I have a regular poker game. I used to go to Vegas once a year with buddies.
But I hope we begin to treat the extractive online gambling industry, along with the online shills who ruin lives, like coke dealers.
But I hope we begin to treat the extractive online gambling industry, along with the online shills who ruin lives, like coke dealers.
If convicted on all charges, the pitchers face up to 65 years in prison.
According to the indictment, Clase’s conspirators totaled more than $400,000 in winnings. Ortiz’s totaled more than $60,000.
According to the indictment, Clase’s conspirators totaled more than $400,000 in winnings. Ortiz’s totaled more than $60,000.
Guardians’ Emmanuel Clase, Luis Ortiz indicted on charges linked to illegal sports betting
Ortiz was arrested Sunday in Boston and will appear in court Monday. Clase was not in custody as of early Sunday afternoon.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I like to gamble. I have a regular poker game. I used to go to Vegas once a year with buddies.
But I hope we begin to treat the extractive online gambling industry, along with the online shills who ruin lives, like coke dealers.
But I hope we begin to treat the extractive online gambling industry, along with the online shills who ruin lives, like coke dealers.
Pre-ordered from Another Story, my local bookshop!
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Pre-ordered from Another Story, my local bookshop!
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These are dark times to be sure. But I believe future generations will look back on this scourge and see not just what was destroyed but also what was born. Many of you are now sowing the seeds of fundamental reform. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a01JFFB_aE4
What Trump’s Tyranny Is Revealing to America
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
These are dark times to be sure. But I believe future generations will look back on this scourge and see not just what was destroyed but also what was born. Many of you are now sowing the seeds of fundamental reform. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a01JFFB_aE4
I'm really looking forward to reading this!
Democratizing the economy must be central to the policy agenda over the next decade, otherwise we're toast.
I've tried to write books four times, and never finished. I am amazed by anyone who actually finishes writing one. Congrats.
Democratizing the economy must be central to the policy agenda over the next decade, otherwise we're toast.
I've tried to write books four times, and never finished. I am amazed by anyone who actually finishes writing one. Congrats.
Democracy's Second Act is almost ready for the stage! You can pre-order the new book by me and @petermacleod.bsky.social right now from Indigo or Amazon, or ask your favourite indie bookseller to to stock it. Due out from University of Toronto's AEVO Press Feb 10, 2026 www.democracyssecondact.org
DEMOCRACY'S SECOND ACT
www.democracyssecondact.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm really looking forward to reading this!
Democratizing the economy must be central to the policy agenda over the next decade, otherwise we're toast.
I've tried to write books four times, and never finished. I am amazed by anyone who actually finishes writing one. Congrats.
Democratizing the economy must be central to the policy agenda over the next decade, otherwise we're toast.
I've tried to write books four times, and never finished. I am amazed by anyone who actually finishes writing one. Congrats.
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The longevity of the Mafia in Italy serves as a warning that, once this style of rule embeds itself in the state, it is “very difficult to extract,” @adamserwer.bsky.social argues.
The Mafia Presidency
Trump is saying, essentially, If you don’t want to get hurt, you’ll do what I say.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The longevity of the Mafia in Italy serves as a warning that, once this style of rule embeds itself in the state, it is “very difficult to extract,” @adamserwer.bsky.social argues.
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The Hub, who keeps patting themselves on the back for not taking any media subsidies (that I'm not sure they qualify for as they don't do any actual reporting).
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Hub, who keeps patting themselves on the back for not taking any media subsidies (that I'm not sure they qualify for as they don't do any actual reporting).
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The Hub should be called out for this propagandistic garbage.
omg.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
November 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Hub should be called out for this propagandistic garbage.
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I want to print out this piece and frame it.
“We need greater structural limits on the extractive power of essential businesses – to allow others to thrive. What is needed can best be termed an architecture of equality.”
“We need greater structural limits on the extractive power of essential businesses – to allow others to thrive. What is needed can best be termed an architecture of equality.”
“Legislation should prevent discrimination and self-preferencing, and put a price on data extraction-and in some cases cap excessive fees.” The legendary thinker + doer Tim Wu www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Can we go back to the optimism of the 1990s, before the extraction economy took over?
Our economic system benefits only those at the very top – but it’s not too late for change
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I want to print out this piece and frame it.
“We need greater structural limits on the extractive power of essential businesses – to allow others to thrive. What is needed can best be termed an architecture of equality.”
“We need greater structural limits on the extractive power of essential businesses – to allow others to thrive. What is needed can best be termed an architecture of equality.”
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“Legislation should prevent discrimination and self-preferencing, and put a price on data extraction-and in some cases cap excessive fees.” The legendary thinker + doer Tim Wu www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Can we go back to the optimism of the 1990s, before the extraction economy took over?
Our economic system benefits only those at the very top – but it’s not too late for change
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“Legislation should prevent discrimination and self-preferencing, and put a price on data extraction-and in some cases cap excessive fees.” The legendary thinker + doer Tim Wu www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power.
We've seen how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of billionaires.
Be warned.
We've seen how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of billionaires.
Be warned.
BREAKING: Tesla shareholders just approved a pay package for Elon Musk that’s worth up to $1 trillion.
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power.
We've seen how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of billionaires.
Be warned.
We've seen how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging our markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of billionaires.
Be warned.
I'm going to go with YES.
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
Read @faliceemo.bsky.social in @thehubcanada.bsky.social on how employee ownership could be the antidote. 👇
#CdnPoli #OwnershipMatters #EOTs
Could increased employee ownership restore confidence in Canada’s economy? | The Hub
As companies consolidate under ever larger pools of private capital, there’s growing unease around who’s actually benefiting from corporate growth. Falice Chin writes in The Hub that it’s no coinciden...
socialcapitalpartners.ca
November 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I'm going to go with YES.
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
Just came across this great article in Policy Options by Greg Inwood from April.
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/04/macd...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/04/macd...
The Macdonald Commission at 40: Lessons for today’s Trump tumult
Sign up for A Stronger Canada for The Trump Era. A temporary newsletter with the latest Canada-U.S. analyses from Policy Options. There is an incredible outpouring of nationalist sentiment in Canada r...
policyoptions.irpp.org
November 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Just came across this great article in Policy Options by Greg Inwood from April.
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/04/macd...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/04/macd...
The era of the shoebox condo is over. How Canada can start building livable apartments - The Globe and Mail share.google/VyOeFZUUR2KW...
Really great piece.
Really great piece.
The era of the shoebox condo is over. Here’s how Canada can build livable apartments
Canada needs livable apartments to help fix the housing crisis. To do that, it must change the rulebook for both condos and rentals
share.google
November 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The era of the shoebox condo is over. How Canada can start building livable apartments - The Globe and Mail share.google/VyOeFZUUR2KW...
Really great piece.
Really great piece.
Okay I'm feeling better.
November 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Okay I'm feeling better.
Canada is not built for what's going on with MAGA.
The neo-nazi transnational right will undermine our elections, democracy and public conversations. They already are.
They will invent and exacerbate societal divisions.
Thus far, there is little sign that our media get this.
The neo-nazi transnational right will undermine our elections, democracy and public conversations. They already are.
They will invent and exacerbate societal divisions.
Thus far, there is little sign that our media get this.
America has no idea what's about to hit them. "Young Republicans" are fully steeped in neo-Nazi edge lord talking points. Fuentes is the present and future of the GOP. After Trump, this is the new form of MAGA. The establishment isn't built for this fight.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling
The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.
www.theatlantic.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Canada is not built for what's going on with MAGA.
The neo-nazi transnational right will undermine our elections, democracy and public conversations. They already are.
They will invent and exacerbate societal divisions.
Thus far, there is little sign that our media get this.
The neo-nazi transnational right will undermine our elections, democracy and public conversations. They already are.
They will invent and exacerbate societal divisions.
Thus far, there is little sign that our media get this.
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While an apology would seem to provide a personal payoff to Trump, what it really does is communicate a lack of power.
Thus, we see a purely conciliatory response do nothing to move things further. Instead it communicates a kind of sycophancy, inviting further predation.
Thus, we see a purely conciliatory response do nothing to move things further. Instead it communicates a kind of sycophancy, inviting further predation.
November 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
While an apology would seem to provide a personal payoff to Trump, what it really does is communicate a lack of power.
Thus, we see a purely conciliatory response do nothing to move things further. Instead it communicates a kind of sycophancy, inviting further predation.
Thus, we see a purely conciliatory response do nothing to move things further. Instead it communicates a kind of sycophancy, inviting further predation.
Trick or treaters ended earlier tonight....
Let's go Blue Jays!🇨🇦🍁
Let's go Blue Jays!🇨🇦🍁
November 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Trick or treaters ended earlier tonight....
Let's go Blue Jays!🇨🇦🍁
Let's go Blue Jays!🇨🇦🍁