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Due to the overwhelming response to my recent post, I am launching a multi-part deep dive into the hidden architecture of Canadaâs economy.
If you have ever wondered why your phone bill is so high, why grocery prices feel insulated from global realities, or how a handful of corporate giants dominate our most essential sectors, this series is for you.
Over the coming days, we are breaking down the protected, concentrated, and heavily regulated industries that form the backbone of Canadian commerce. Weâll examine how these systems were built, who they were designed to safeguard, and what they mean for consumers, workers, and taxpayers today.
Here is what weâll be covering:
Part 1: The Kitchen Table â Dairy, Chicken & Pork
Weâll unpack the mechanics of Canadaâs supply management system. How do production quotas, import tariffs, and marketing boards shield domestic farmers from global volatility, and what is the trade-off at the checkout line?
Part 2: Heavy Metal â Steel & Aluminum
A look at how global trade politics, carbon border adjustments, and domestic industrial strategy intersect to safeguard the critical materials that build our infrastructure and manufacturing base.
Part 3: The Boardroom Cartels â Banking & Telecom
Why does Canada rely on the "Big Banking" and "Big Telecom" models? Weâll analyze how strict foreign ownership limits and high regulatory barriers trade market competition for financial stability and domestic control.
Part 4: Sovereign Control â Defense & Aviation
Lastly, weâll look at the sky and the frontline. From airline cabotage restrictions to military procurement strategies, weâll evaluate how national security and economic sovereignty dictate who gets to fly and who gets to supply our armed forces.
Whether you view these frameworks as vital shields for national self-reliance or costly barriers to consumer choice, understanding how they were set up is essential to understanding Canadaâs economic future.
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As a Canadian founder who chose to build in Toronto, there are things every Canadian founder should know:
- Canada is a great place to live and work
- The Toronto tech scene can beđ„
That being said:
- It can feel like an insider's club
- The market here is tiny âyou will end up selling to US customers anyways
- You are exponentially better off if you raise from US investors
- Many Canadian investors will take weeks to make a decision. Some US investors only need a few hours
- Canadian investors look for external signals, like having a Tier 1 US lead, before they will commit.
- Procurement processes here are ridiculous. You'll spend 12 months only for management to turnover at the finish line, then be back where you started. Enterprises here aren't incentivized to pursue innovation.
- Canada is risk averse. I don't know if it's our culture or what. This affects how enterprises adopt new technologies.
- The government needs to understand that innovation requires risk. Their current version is to just double down on Series C/D companies at $100M+ ARR.
A lot of young founders ask me for advice. I usually tell them if they want to win, they should go to SF and build/grow there. I wish it wasn't the case, because Canada is a great place to live, but it's just exponentially easier in the US.
this should be a five alarm fire for policymakers in canada
517 american companies started by canadians. $414 billion raised. almost 9 in 10 of them went to school in canada
incredibly, 216 of these founders went to waterlooâŠ. and half of these companies were started in the last 2 years!
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Talked to a founder (not in Waterloo) who mentioned they are looking at a SAFE for early investment to a person at a support org in Canada. Their response was don't do that, go spend the next 6 months or so at pitch competitions and get that non-dilutive money instead.
That is a waste of time for a founder with their first customers already paying. Waste of time for most/many.
Stay out of the LARPing of startups. Go F'n build and ideally build off revenue. If you can get some early investors with a reasonable SAFE. Take it.
Pitch comps can be great but your time is the most expensive thing you have. Careful how you use it.
This founder has friends that have gone to YC and other US based programs as well. They knew that wasn't good advice. Sigh.
Post on SpaceX from @mypalsammyâs lane, movies, in this cas a documentary. Which is now on my list. mypalsammy.substack.com/p/shâŠ
Craft Beer market shifting negatively at least for the global brands that went shopping for craft brands at their peak. @beerismybiz Source: Yahoo Finance share.google/d9Pk7xF5X9b4d6LâŠ
Trying to park the bus for 30 mins was ridiculous. Also anyone whoâs CR7 over the number 10 is not for me, give your head a shake. Heâs a winner.
BitRush Corp. Announces Non-Binding Letter of Intent for Proposed Reverse Takeover Transaction - effort of CEO Karsten Arend to deliver this to shareholders is incredible, I am proud to have lent a hand along the way. newsfilecorp.com/release/305âŠ
Starting with security at the #techweekTO @AgenticsOrg meetup with top heads from the likes of PwC and BCG
This is how an economy actually works
Elon Musk avait dit un truc qui m'avait marqué sur l'allocation de ressources. En substance : passé un certain niveau de richesse, l'argent n'est plus de la consommation, c'est de l'allocation de capital.
Cette phrase change tout.
L'Ă©conomie, dans le fond, c'est juste un problĂšme d'allocation. Tu as des ressources finies et des usages infinis. Qui dĂ©cide oĂč va quoi ?
Imagine une cour de récré. 100 enfants, des paquets de cartes Pokémon distribués au hasard. Tu laisses faire. TrÚs vite, un ordre émerge. Les bons joueurs accumulent les cartes rares, les collectionneurs trient, les négociateurs trouvent des deals. Personne n'a planifié. Et pourtant chaque carte finit dans les mains de celui qui en tire le plus de valeur. Le systÚme maximise le bonheur total de la cour. C'est ça, la main invisible.
Maintenant fais entrer la maĂźtresse. Elle trouve ça injuste. LĂ©o a 50 cartes, Tom en a 3. Elle confisque, redistribue, impose l'Ă©galitĂ©. Trois effets immĂ©diats. Les bons joueurs arrĂȘtent de jouer, Ă quoi bon. Les mauvais n'ont plus de raison de progresser, ils auront leur part. Les Ă©changes s'effondrent. La cour est Ă©gale, et morte. Elle a maximisĂ© l'Ă©galitĂ©, elle a dĂ©truit le bonheur.
Le problĂšme de la maĂźtresse, c'est qu'elle ne peut pas avoir l'information que la cour avait collectivement. C'est le problĂšme du calcul Ă©conomique de Mises, formulĂ© en 1920. L'URSS a essayĂ© de le rĂ©soudre pendant 70 ans avec le Gosplan. RĂ©sultat : pĂ©nuries, queues, effondrement. Pas parce que les SoviĂ©tiques Ă©taient bĂȘtes, parce que le problĂšme est mathĂ©matiquement insoluble en mode centralisĂ©.
Quand Musk a 200 milliards, il ne les consomme pas, il les alloue. SpaceX, Starlink, Neuralink, xAI. Chaque dollar est un pari sur le futur. Et lui a un track record. PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX. Il a démontré qu'il sait identifier des problÚmes immenses et y allouer des ressources avec un rendement spectaculaire.
L'Ătat aussi a un track record. HĂŽpitaux qui s'effondrent, Ă©ducation qui dĂ©cline, dette qui explose, services publics qui se dĂ©gradent malgrĂ© des budgets en hausse constante. Le marchĂ© identifie les bons allocateurs, la politique identifie les bons communicants.
Le profit n'est pas une finalité, c'est un signal. Il dit : tu as alloué des ressources rares vers un usage que les gens valorisent suffisamment pour payer. Plus le profit est gros, plus la création de valeur est grande. Quand Starlink est rentable, ça veut dire que des millions de gens dans des zones rurales ont enfin internet. Quand un ministÚre est en déficit, ça veut dire qu'il consomme plus qu'il ne produit. L'un crée, l'autre détruit, et on appelle ça redistribution.
Dans nos sociĂ©tĂ©s il y a deux catĂ©gories d'acteurs. Les entrepreneurs et les bureaucrates. L'entrepreneur prend un risque personnel pour identifier un problĂšme, mobiliser des ressources, crĂ©er une solution. S'il se trompe il perd. S'il a raison, ses clients gagnent, ses employĂ©s gagnent, ses fournisseurs gagnent, l'Ătat collecte des impĂŽts. Il est la cellule de base du progrĂšs humain.
Le bureaucrate ne prend aucun risque personnel. Son salaire est garanti. Au mieux il maintient une rente existante. Au pire il la détruit par excÚs de réglementation, mauvaise allocation forcée, incitations perverses qui découragent ceux qui produisent. Mais dans aucun cas il ne crée.
Regarde les 50 derniÚres années. iPhone, internet civil, SpaceX, Tesla, Google, Amazon, Stripe, mRNA, ChatGPT. Toutes des inventions privées, portées par des entrepreneurs, financées par du capital risque. Pas un seul ministÚre n'a inventé quoi que ce soit qui ait changé ta vie au quotidien.
La France est devenue le laboratoire mondial de la dĂ©rive bureaucratique. 57% du PIB en dĂ©penses publiques, record absolu. Une administration tentaculaire, une fiscalitĂ© qui pĂ©nalise la crĂ©ation de richesse. RĂ©sultat : dĂ©crochage face aux Ătats-Unis, Ă l'Allemagne, Ă la Suisse. Fuite des cerveaux. DĂ©sindustrialisation. Dette qui explose.
Et le pire c'est que la mauvaise allocation s'auto-renforce. Plus l'Ătat prĂ©lĂšve, moins les entrepreneurs crĂ©ent. Moins ils crĂ©ent, moins il y a de base fiscale. Plus l'Ătat s'endette et taxe. Boucle de rĂ©troaction nĂ©gative parfaite. La maĂźtresse pense qu'elle aide, et chaque annĂ©e la cour produit moins.
Dans nos sociétés, ce sont les entrepreneurs, toujours, qui font avancer la civilisation. Les bureaucrates au mieux maintiennent une rente, au pire la détruisent. Aucune société n'a jamais progressé en taxant ses créateurs pour subventionner ses gestionnaires.
La question n'est jamais qui a combien. C'est qui alloue le mieux la prochaine unité de ressource pour maximiser le futur de l'humanité. La réponse depuis 200 ans n'a jamais changé. Ce ne sont pas les fonctionnaires.
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To any young kid reading thisâŠ
Iâve doubted myself in every league Iâve ever played in.
Ryman Prem.
Conference South.
League Two.
League One.
ChampionshipâŠ
And even right before my first Premier League start last night.
Thatâs not weakness.
Thatâs being human.
Thatâs being alive.
When I was growing up, I thought Premier League players were superhuman.
Like they never felt doubt.
Like they never felt nerves.
The truth isâŠ. itâs often the opposite.
Social media wonât tell you that sometimes you step out there with no confidence. Thatâs normal. Thatâs ok!
You now have to then step out there with courage.
Confidence feels good.
Courage doesnât.
But you do it anyway. Show courage enough timesâŠ. You build confidence.
Hereâs the mindset thatâs carried me for 31 years.
When it goes well:
I worked for it.
I earned it.
Well done.
Watch it back.
Get better.
When it doesnât:
I know I prepared the best I could.
It didnât go exactly to plan. Thatâs football.
But Well done.
Watch it back.
Get better.
That simple recipe gave me a special moment last night.
Leading the team out.
Playing alongside a group that fights for every ball.
Celebrates tackles.
Gives everything for the city of Sunderland.
And sharing it with supporters who never gave up, even after four tough seasons in League One.
So if youâre a young player feeling doubtâŠ
Low confidenceâŠ
Or like you donât believe in yourselfâŠ
Youâre not alone.
Every player feels it.
Confidence isnât something youâre given.
Itâs something you build.
Bit by bit.
Day by day.
With courage.
With work.
With learning.
Anything worth building takes time.
But thatâs what makes it so worthwhile!
Thank you @SunderlandAFC â€ïžđ€
đšđŠ Sign the #StandWithCryptoCA petition for better stablecoin regulation: ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/PâŠ
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Matt Damon gave us some of the most emotional parenting advice weâve ever got on this show
Might be the most explicit investment/bet on the founder play ever offered.
Full credit to Pomp, his current shareholders & team. I've been tracking since '17 h/t.
"I Just Made A Historic Decision at ProCap Financial (Ticker: BRR)", by @APompliano open.substack.com/pub/pomp/pâŠ
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A Warning from History.
A year after WW1 ended, A French Pilot, Jacques Trolley de Prévaux, flew an Airship from the Belgian coast to the devastated battlefields of France where millions died.
Lost for decades this is part of what he saw remastered in color and HD.
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Focus and Opportunity
Transforming $1B software companies is now a bigger opportunity than ever.
AI gives them more to sell:
Agentic solutions and better customer engagement.
Thatâs the new tailwind.


















