Mike Fotheringham

"Canadian businesses are immensely profitable ... Those profits are also at record levels relative to GDP:" Seems remarkable given the supposed lack of a "business-friendly" government in Ottawa for the last decade. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Great name choice. The last Pope Leo, the 13th, was known as a pope for workers and the poor. In Rerum novarum he emphasized the rights of workers to form unions and earn good wages long before these were mainstream positions in the United States.

He's being disrespectful to veterans in a variety of ways, but the thing that really gets me is Veterans Day started out as "Armistice Day." It was explicitly about peace, never "victory." They were celebrating the fact that the war was over, not that it was won.

A government under seven (7) different investigations for corruption just introduced a bill that would bring more corporate money into politics. This is not normal. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Corporate leaders are obsessing over GDP per capita. But, if you look at just about any number that would meaningfully tell you how well our economy is doing, Canada does better than the U.S. @mendelmatt.bsky.social @jimstanford.bsky.social #alwayscanada #never51 #gdp #cdnpoli #cdnecon

My opening remarks in defence of the CBC at the recent Mount Royal debate.

This has to be one of the most unserious plans I've ever seen. If this guy get elected we are doomed. colenotcole.substack.com/p/poilievres...

The Conservative plan is out and, ooof, is this costing a disaster. There's a whole bunch of phantom revenues booked here, and the GST housing pledge is costed at under $2B. Given their proposed eligibility criteria, it should be more in the 4-6B range.

A good set of facts and arguments to have on hand when someone pulls out that "but our per capita GDP is shrinking!"...

Because while a zero debt to GDP ratio isn't a particular goal in itself*, and although I accept line graphs don't need to start at zero, I do think that plus a bit of history is helpful in some cases. * Given which I don't see why a constantly declining debt to GDP ratio should be a policy goal.

His book Values has a lot of connection to Catholic social teaching on the economy and now Mr. Carney reveals his inspiration behind his work. At a time when moral leadership is in short supply, Canada has a leader that can step up.

My statement on the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis:

Today on the podcast, I talk with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social

Regardless of the question and topic, Poilievre has the same answer: tax cuts.

It’s not about saving money. The U.S. doesn’t have a spending problem, a debt problem, or a deficit problem. What we have is a wealth inequality problem—and DOGE is designed to make that real issue way worse. It’s a con. The entire point is to defang government and insulate wealth from democracy.

Piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre gives a master class in how to lose elections: call on Canada’s leading neofascist conflict of interest journalist more than all others for questions at all your pressers, while pretending to have become a moderate. 🤷🏼🤔🤷🏼

It's confirmed. "Friends" of India's ruling party helped finance PoiLIEvre’s leadership campaign. globalnews.ca/news/1111367...

There's been lots of talk lately about the "lost decade" in Canada under the Liberal government. It revolves around this chart: Let's dig into it with a quick thread. 🧵

1984

If you’re leading with tax cuts you’ve already lost. Democrats should stand for a functional, responsive government, a generous safety net, and modernized public services. Tax cuts is Reagan bullshit. It’s not what you pay. It’s what you get back.

Both talked about executing political opponents. apple.news/A_DpJvTyFRAW...

Conrad Black accused Mark Carney of having “poor values.” Black is a convicted criminal and named associate of Jeffrey Epstein. Why is he considered a moral arbiter of anything? open.substack.com/pub/dougaldl...

Same solution for every problem. Reminds me of youtu.be/n6MZ8nPm5s4?...

Do not go to the United States. It is dangerous. Full stop.

48 people disappeared in New Mexico sourcenm.com/2025/03/17/i...

It seems as if half the people in the MAGA/America First movement express open regret that Hitler didn't win World War II - and the other half don't know that if we'd listened to the America First movement of the day, he would have.

BRING ON THE BRAND NEW RENAISSANCE breaks down economic myths and presents a fresh new reality-based perspective on the challenges facing Canada's economy & the bold tools that could be used to build a new economy based on shared participation - not targeted sacrifice. www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

💯 Reality. Guess who the oligarchs fund?

Employee Ownership can be an important tool in the fight for Canadian sovereignty. Current policy isn't up to the task. Michael Ras and my take in today's @calgaryherald.com. It's time to move this issue into the front and centre of the Canadian economic agenda. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Rugged individualism is a myth. Your freedom is tied to the freedom and well being of everyone else.

104 of the Raptors' 118 points tonight were scored by undrafted players. That's the most points undrafted players have accounted for in a game since at least 1951.

How should Canada navigate a shifting world order? With the U.S. redefining its alliances and Europe rearming, Canada’s foreign policy faces new challenges. seva.bsky.social, political science professor at UofT and author, joins @spaikin.bsky.social to break it all down. Watch tonight at 8pm.

a tale in two parts

Wow! The US Customs at Toronto Pearson International Airport during March Break. Never seen before #BoycottUSA #ElbowUp

The scale of corruption being perpetrated right now is almost beyond the limits of imagination. This is just one example, almost certainly not the greatest.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is headlining an event in Florida this month with ghoulish right-wing social media personality Ben Shapiro, who recently tweeted at PM Trudeau that “When we take Canada, you will be expelled to Panama to work the canal.”

This commentator has it right. We are seeing an ideological agenda a la Ayn Rand and funded by the likes of the Koch brothers. Don’t think it’s not coming to Canada. Poillievre is influenced by the same ideology and our extreme right wing think tanks who taught him are funded by the same money.

Musk states "the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy". Charles Darwin, who actually researched this stuff, showed it was empathy, specifically, that enabled humanity to flourish.

This is the right message; similar to what Premier Ford said in a US interview earlier today. The self-induced pain of the US tariffs will have a large effect on many sectors in the US and Americans should know about it.