Senator Colin Deacon πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ (@colindeacon) 's Twitter Profile
Senator Colin Deacon πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

@colindeacon

Independent πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Senator (CSG) representing Nova Scotia β€” focused on climate, inclusion, innovation, entrepreneurs, privacy & monopolies. Check LinkedIn & bsky

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Entrepreneurs can lead our fight to reverse the climate crisis! Watching the news lately makes it very clear that the economic, social and environmental costs of the #ClimateCrisis are increasing rapidly. Delays in climate policy action only increase the economic impacts and

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…and nothing is impossible. Wow. Determination, focus, hard work and the ability to tell those who say it can’t be done to get the f#*k out of the way of those who are doing it… well, clearly anything is possible. Thank you Sheetal Devi for the inspiration you deliver.

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If Canadians don’t invest in our economy, who will? The answer is, well, just about everybody else. As a result, our most promising businesses continue to leave. I don’t think we can blame those businesses β€” we’re better off focusing on our regulatory regimes (federal and

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Canada’s deteriorating labour stability comes at a high cost. A shutdown of Air Canada’s services would be another serious blow. The federal government must act quickly to protect the public interest if the parties can’t reach a negotiated settlement. theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Canada’s deteriorating labour stability comes at a high cost. A shutdown of Air Canada’s services would be another serious blow. The federal government must act quickly to protect the public interest if the parties can’t reach a negotiated settlement. theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
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You can’t keep handing out slices of pie unless you bake more pies. That’s not what’s been happening. Our continued prosperity has been taken for granted. The result? Real GDP per capita in Canada is lower today than it was in 2014. β€œWithout improved productivity growth, workers

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At a medical appointment this morning & really troubled to see the number of #NoShows. The staff say it’s happening across the healthcare system. When so many have no family doc & limited access? Deeply troubling & incredibly disrespectful. ⁦Health & Wellness⁩ ⁦Tim Houston⁩

At a medical appointment this morning &amp; really troubled to see the number of #NoShows. The staff say it’s happening across the healthcare system. When so many have no family doc &amp; limited access? Deeply troubling &amp; incredibly disrespectful. ⁦<a href="/nshealth/">Health & Wellness</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="/TimHoustonNS/">Tim Houston</a>⁩
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We are getting poorer & this puts every social program at risk. Real GDP/person in πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ is lower than in 2014. Regardless of whether you only care about social programs or economic well being, protecting our prosperity needs to become a #1 priority rather than something we take for

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I learned a ton by moderating a panel about how marketplaces are changing due to rapid advances in AI. Thanks to the Competition Bureau Canada, Robin Shaban, Ben Bergen, Prof Jennifer Quaid and Queen's University’s Prof Robert Clark for helping all of us to learn, and consider the policy implications

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NEWS: The Justice Dept is overhauling its review of bank mergers, Jonathan Kanter, the agency’s top antitrust cop, tells me. Focus on branch overlap and deposits ignores the rise of fintech, private equity, etc. New rules could come as soon as tomorrow. semafor.com/article/09/16/…

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I had the honour of being an election observer in polls east of Kyiv during πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦β€™s 1st presidential election of 2019 (the 2nd was a runoff between incumbent Poroshenko & challenger Zelenskyy). We all know who won. The first ballot was 44 names long. I never thought πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ would exceed

I had the honour of being an election observer in polls east of Kyiv during πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦β€™s 1st presidential election of 2019 (the 2nd was a runoff between incumbent Poroshenko &amp; challenger Zelenskyy). We all know who won. The first ballot was 44 names long. I never thought πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ would exceed
Senator Colin Deacon πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ (@colindeacon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today, I had the great pleasure of engaging with Canada’s forestry leaders thanks to FPAC (this is something that I want to post on separately because there was no shortage of discussion of the enormous opportunities, and the barriers that we can and must overcome). But

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I had the honour of being one of the countless teenagers (and many others) that fell in love with Maggie Smith in the 1970s. It never waned… but she did seem to hit a perfectly perfect stride on Downton!

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I don’t think Breznitz Dan’s no-holds-barred view of πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦β€™s governance & results over 2Β½ decades is unfairly dark β€” and it is followed by hope. I totally loved the humorous insight at the outset, almost involuntarily vaporizing my morning coffee! theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…

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Businesses, large & small, need accurate and easy-to-use carbon accounting tools to to quantify their carbon emissions & track their progress towards #NetZero. I cited Calgary’s Arbor as a great example of an effective software tool that already exists in the market.

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β€œTD Bank created an environment that allowed financial crime to flourish. By making its services convenient to criminals, it became one.” β€œTD Bank chose profits over compliance in order to keep its costs down. That decision is now costing the Bank billions of dollars.” Those