Policy Director at the @consumerchoicec, former Research Assistant to Canada Research Chair in Human Rights. Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose
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Apr 28
🧵Did you know that as a taxpayer, whether you like it or not, you are funding charities and NGOs that lobby the government?
Anti-pipeline activism? You paid for it
Anti-vaping activism? You paid for it
Anti-housing activism? You paid for it
Anti-alcohol activism? You paid for it
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I support greater individual property rights over excessive central planning and degrowtherism.
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I’m going to tweet this every time I’m published on any major North American paper, starting with my most recent piece in @WinnipegNews. Thank you to @andrewaperez for the kind words. Much appreciated winnipegfreepress.com/opinio…
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Jun 9
Yup, FIFA got their pricing strategy wrong and that is becoming evident just a few days from the first game. My comments featured here on CBC's The National
Jun 8
Some numbers on FIFA World Cup 2026 ticket fiasco:
▫️first year FIFA fully controlled ticket sales
▫️ticket prices are 2x Qatar 2022 and 4x USA 1994 (adj. for inflation)
▫️cheapest group stage is $200 and cheapest final is $2,030
▫️FIFA official ticketing site does dynamic pricing (95 of 104 matches saw price hikes; average hike of 35%) and also takes a 15% cut on resales (from the buyer and the seller)
▫️plans to make $3B from tickets in 2026 vs. $1B in Qatar 2022
▫️$3B on tickets equal to Qatar 2022’s revenue from broadcast rights (these rights are the tournament’s cash cow; $4B expected in 2026)
▫️ from 2022 to 2026, projected ticket revenue is up 3x while broadcast rights only up 1.3x
▫️total revenue for World Cup 2026 projected at $11B vs. $8B for Qatar 2022
▫️ticket-revenue maxxxing plan also benefits from FIFA expanding to 48 teams and 104 matches (Qatar had 32 teams and 64 matches)
In the past, FIFA was fine to underprice ticketing because it only contributed 10-15% of total revenue (rest was broadcast, marketing and licensing).
In 2026, clearly wanted to milk the juicy North American live events market (see: Knicks vs. Spurs Game 3) and ticketing is projected to make up 27% of total revenue (with 75% of 104 games in US).
FIFA says its approach is to fight bots and scalpers. The website is opaque, glitchy AF and sucks, though.
Great strategy to annoy fans. Meanwhile, NY/NJ hit FIFA with subpoena to reveal mechanics behind its ticketing process.
Ton of group stage games with unsold inventory. Unless FIFA wants empty swathes of seats in stadium, forced to dump tix on SeatGeek or StubHub (both deny having a direct relationship with FIFA).
Resale market prices tanking, which is pissing off fans that paid full upfront (a lot already decided not to go due to initial sticker shock and FIFA creating artificial scarcity months ago).
Most expensive team to follow is Brazil: estimated $3,800 to see all 3 group stage games (followed by Portugal, Scotland, USA and Argentina).
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Charts via The Economist: economist.com/graphic-detail…
Timeline of FIFA ticketing: nytimes.com/athletic/7341387…
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Jun 13
What are basic liberal values and what does this vague post about @EricDLombardi accomplish? What does it actually mean to be an OLP member? What are those values? Is one of those values “not pissing off the party brass”?
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Jun 13
Can anyone link me to the latest release of "Liberal values"?
Jun 13
It’s really not a good look that many conservatives, and even far right influencers, on this platform are fawning over one particular candidate in the @OntLiberal race.
Even more problematic, many claim to be joining the party to support said candidate.
Let me be clear: we will only rebuild @OntLiberal through attracting tens of thousands of new members to our party — including new members from different political parties with conflicting views because that’s how you build a big tent and genuinely rebuild a party in clear need of renewal.
Yet new members to our party must endorse basic liberal/Liberal values. Unfortunately, many of these supposed new members don’t meet this basic test — and I find this deeply concerning. #cdnpoli #onpoli
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Jun 13
“Trust me” government never works. Canadians don’t want to see legislation passed, only to find out what’s truly in the legislation later.
My latest in the @calgarysun for the @ConsumerChoiceC 👇
Jun 13
JAY GOLDBERG: Carney tables social media ban for teens, relies on 'trust me' government calgarysun.com/opinion/colum…
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Jun 12
Yup. Everyone is blind until they point out the horror that is supply management
I will believe that a Canadian politican or a Canadian pundit is serious about how monopolies make food prices higher than they should be the minute they start pointing their fingers at the Dairy Cartel as the absolute worst example.
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Jun 12
Delaying the opening of the Gordie Howe bridge does nothing but exacerbate the bottleneck at the Ambassador bridge. Every day it doesn’t open is one day further from the U.S. getting their share of revenue. It’s nonsense. My thoughts here on @ForumDailyNews 👇
Jun 12
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Jun 12
Just for context, Amazon's GLOBAL data center water use is amounts to:
0.08% of watering U.S. lawns
0.5% of golf course irrigation
0.21% of U.S. toilet flushing
0.17% of California almond farming
0.25% of water wasted by household leaks
Jun 12
Amazon said its data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water worldwide last year, or about 5% of the amount metro Seattle consumes annually
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Jun 12
Hopefully other provinces do not follow suit. The ban is wildly inconsistent and largely ignores the coroner’s report on the death that sparked the ban
Jun 11
BREAKING NEWS: Quebec has officially passed legislation today banning the sale of energy drinks to anyone under 16 years old.
Quebec becomes the first province in Canada to implement such a restriction.
Will other provinces follow?
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David Clement 🌐 retweeted
Globe editorial: Unions need to let the sunshine in
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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Jun 12
Plus the Canadian Open at TPC and the Jays hosting the Yankees. Pray for Toronto rightn now
Jun 11
Canada's world cup game AND Taste of Little Italy tomorrow, Toronto boutta become ungovernable.
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Jun 12
An Australia-style ban has proven to be ineffective, farms out the role of parenting to the state, and can actually harm teens.
Read more here: calgarysun.com/opinion/colum…
Jun 11
We're making sure our kids are safe online.
ALT Screenshot of an article from CBC News. The headline reads: Ottawa moves to restrict social media for kids under 16.
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I wish Scotland was playing in Toronto
Jun 11
The Scots have arrived in Massachusetts for World Cup and they are playing bagpipes at 6:30 am to get ready
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David Clement 🌐 retweeted
Jun 11
Our dairy and poultry prices certainly reflect that.
Jun 11
Le Canada est l’un des plus grands producteurs d’aliments au monde, mais nos prix à l’épicerie ne le démontrent pas.
La nouvelle Stratégie nationale de sécurité alimentaire du Canada permettra d’augmenter la production et la transformation des aliments au pays et d’intensifier la concurrence entre les détaillants, ce qui fera baisser le montant de votre facture d’épicerie.
Plus de contrôle. Plus de choix. Plus de Canada.
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Jun 11
Just a reminder that Australia passed the first under-16 social media ban, and it’s been a total failure
consumerchoicecenter.org/ban…
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Jun 12
I think this video could strike a different tone with one minor change.
“Families cheer for their past, as they cheer for their future. One foot in the homeland, the other in the new world”
Changed to this
“Families once cheered for their past, now they should cheer for their present. No longer one foot in the homeland. Two feet, planted firmly and proudly in the true north strong and free”
Jun 11
A video about how Canada is basically just a global economic zone with no real distinct or defined characteristics.
This is of course, presented as a good thing that we should be proud of.
Cherry on top? It’s narrated by a “Canadian” who has lived in LA for several decades now.
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David Clement 🌐 retweeted
Jun 12
C’est quoi les risques et les effets nocifs? On fait la même chose pour le café?
Les québécois ne veulent plus d’État nounou.
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