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Banned 🛢 — VC investment is booming in Canada. Tesla’s under scrutiny. Quebec banned oil and gas development.
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A new report from PitchBook found that venture capital investment in Canadian startups surpassed $13.6 billion in 2021, crushing the previous record …
4 years, 5 months ago
Fake test ✏️ — The feds had to write off $20 million for a fake test. DALL-E can edit images now. And Zoom is going into sales.
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The federal government is writing off $20 million paid to Ottawa-based Spartan Bioscience for COVID tests that didn’t work. OpenAI’s widely hyped DAL…
4 years, 5 months ago
Shrinkflation 📏 — Ontario has a new law regulating financial advisors. Shrinkflation is everywhere. And interest rates are probably going up.
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Last month, Ontario became the first province to create a law that protects everyday investors from unqualified financial professionals, per The Glob…
4 years, 5 months ago
Lucky lobster 🦞 — Etsy sellers are striking. GlobeNewswire employees got booked for insider trading. And the lobster market is booming.
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As Etsy tries to graduate from niche online marketplace status to the e-commerce big leagues, a public battle over fee increases is heating up betwee…
4 years, 5 months ago
Keep bussing 🚌 — Goodfood does a round of layoffs. Shopify hikes pay. And there’s a new bus company in town.
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According to The Logic, Goodfood let go of 70 employees this week (the third round of cuts affecting a quarter of its workforce since last year) and …
4 years, 5 months ago
Flair follies ✈️ — Zuckbucks are coming to a wallet near you. Flair Airlines is in violation of Canadian ownership laws. And housing is the feature of this year’s budget.
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Meta draws up plans to introduce virtual coins (dubbed ‘Zuck bucks’) and other financial services to diversify its ad-based revenue system. The feder…
4 years, 5 months ago
Budget eve 📜 — Canadian workers prefer meaning to pay. Wealthsimple is letting you invest in VC funds. And tomorrow is Budget Day!
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At 4:00 p.m. today, Minister (of so many things) Chrystia Freeland will unveil the 2022 federal budget, the first budget announcement since the 2021 …
4 years, 5 months ago
Temporary workers 👩🔧 — Canada has a new temporary foreign worker program. Amazon is going head to head with SpaceX. And the end may be near for Phoenix.
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Canada’s federal employment ministry has annouced changes to a Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program that will increase the number of TFWs allowed i…
4 years, 6 months ago
Power tweeter 🐦 — Elon buys a big share in Twitter. What are the high paying jobs of the future. And can we beat superbugs?
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Just one week after Elon Musk tweeted about giving “serious thought” to building a new social media company, he has become one of the biggest shareho…
4 years, 6 months ago
Tax hike 🏦 — The feds raised the per tonne carbon tax. Online harm legislation is coming soon. And an Amazon warehouse unionizes.
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The federal government raised its carbon tax yesterday by $10, meaning that large-scale emitters like corporations and the oil and gas sector will ha…
4 years, 6 months ago