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Joan Lowe-Bartley

@bartley-lowe.bsky.social
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Mom, gramma, retired educator; not tired of learning and teaching. Passions: climate action, community, music, art, cooking, outdoors, Pilates, travel, and a bit of politics, too. Proudly 🇨🇦

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
October Gold Franklin Carmichael 1922
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 08/10/2026
Canadian writer Anne Carson awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in literature
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Canadian writer Anne Carson awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in literature
The Canadian writer received the Swedish Academy's highest honor on Thursday, October 8. A master of textual deviation, Carson, who began as a classical philologist, blends poetry and popular culture, prose and verse, with both humor and erudition.
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 07/10/2026
Opinion: A livable guaranteed basic income would be a nation-building project that cares for Canadians, providing income security and autonomy for those who need it, when they need it, write Senator Kim Pate and Trish Altass. www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/07/t...
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Two projects on the front lines of income security discourse in Canada - The Hill Times
A guaranteed basic income would ensure that individuals and families are able to live healthier and safer lives while infusing money into local economies.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Once again, for the politicians, business leaders, and journalists still actively posting on X/Twitter: why? You're using a platform that's owned by someone who's trying to break up your country. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Slow and Steady Wins the Race Lee Claremont ~ Mohawk n.d.
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Joan Lowe-Bartley @bartley-lowe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Holy cow "government’s huge subsidization of this project – up to 90 per cent of a $40-billion pipeline with ownership split evenly between Ottawa and Edmonton – ....." What kind of a deal is that? esp cuz we're subsidizing the past world of energy markets www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: Is it really a good idea for the government to subsidize a pipeline?
Designating the West Coast pipeline as a project of national interest exposes a global reality: Fossil fuels haven’t just lost to clean energy – they’ve already lost
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On the "Pacific Link" pipeline, the ball is now squarely in the oil and gas industry's court. If the project fails, they won't be able to blame Ottawa for their own refusal to fill it. I suspect that was the prime minister's plan all along. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/02/o...
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Canada’s pipeline politicking is about to collide with economic reality
The ball for the west coast oil pipeline — sorry, the "Pacific Link" — is now fully in the oil and gas industry's court. One big question remains: are they actually willing to fill it?
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Joan Lowe-Bartley @bartley-lowe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Protect and preserve” our islands’ natural environment and rural character. #ClimateActionNow c.org/tHgtw2xSRC
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Sign the Petition
Protect the BC Islands Trust Islands
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 30/09/2026
“My grandfather knew the importance of making sure I understood what had been passed down to him. He believed that one day Canada would recognize what our people have always known.” Gitanyow Hereditary Chief Simoo’gyet Malii, Glen Williams, writes thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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You Can’t Beat the Truth | The Tyee
A Hereditary Chief shares what his grandfather taught him about reconciliation.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So Trump told reporters in the White House today that “Canada are going to come in and say, ‘Sir, we are sorry’…” Trump is managed to do something I didn’t think was possible — guarantee that Canadians will never say “sorry.”
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Matt Goerzen 🇨🇦 @mattgoerzen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The morning sunrise casts a red glow on Clark Hall’s historic bell tower at Brandon University, as a setting full moon rests atop a campus fir tree on Sunday morning. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun) #harvestmoon
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Brent Bellamy @brentbellamy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m honoured to be one of four columnists in a Free Press feature today about Winnipeg’s upcoming municipal election. I argue that we have a responsibility to think beyond our own priorities and consider what kind of city our children will want to live in. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Max Fawcett's Memo to Business Leaders: The Old America Isn’t Coming Back Stop appeasing Trump, says @maxfawcett.bsky.social. The bully will keep coming back for your lunch money. Defend Canadian sovereignty even if it hurts business. #cdnpoli youtu.be/_c1KIMWtnT0
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Max Fawcett's Memo to Business Leaders: The Old America Isn’t Coming Back
YouTube video by Energi Media
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My favourite event of #ClimateWeekNYC: Women Leading on Climate! So many awesome women globally who are fearlessly speaking up, stepping up and leading climate action! 💪🏼💪🏿💪🏽💪🏻💪🏾
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This entire slide deck from @ember-energy.org on "the Age of Power" is fascinating. Every policy maker and politician in Canada should be forced to read it over, and over, and over. #cdnpoli Share your favourite slide in the comments! ember-energy.org/app/uploads/...
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Forests Forever @forestsforever.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic. Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. Exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity. Includes a quote by @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social
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The nature cure: how time outdoors transforms our memory, imagination and logic
Without engaging with natural environments, our brains cease to work well. As the new field of environmental neuroscience proves, exposure to nature isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity
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Joan Lowe-Bartley @bartley-lowe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Submit your comment: A risky pipeline & tanker project is not in the national interest
The Alberta and federal governments are proposing a costly new west coast pipeline and tanker project – funded by taxpayers – crossing BC and terminating on the south coast at Roberts Bank. The federa...
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sweet Zod, how I feel this deep in my bones. I was lucky to grow up surrounded by book people who enjoyed literature and poetry. Later, I would meet people who didn't, and I would struggle to understand why they seemed so shallow and uninteresting.
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Canada's climate report tells us what many expected: Canada is amongst THE WORST AFFECTED nations on the planet by #ClimateChange. That is why we need to LEAD on reducing emissions. Not later. NOW. If we fail to lead, we bleed. No pipelines. No expanded tar sands. 🇨🇦 www.canada.ca/content/dam/...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/09/2026
China's net greenhouse gas emissions *fell* this past quarter. Why? Because rapidly expanding electric vehicle use is putting a serious dent in oil demand. We could do that too. But we're not. We have the slowest EV update in the developed world, thanks to Trump.
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Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions fall in Q2 2026 due to plummeting oil use - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the strait of Hormuz crisis.
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 03/09/2026
Scott Taylor: Let's truly stop buying weapon systems from the one and only country that repeatedly threatens us with annexation. www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/02/o...
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Our most potent weapon in the trade war with the U.S. - The Hill Times
Let's truly stop buying weapon systems from the one and only country that repeatedly threatens us with annexation.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣)
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#Winnipeg business that dropped U.S. shipping, suppliers 'cold turkey' last year relieved to dodge tariffs Farmer's Son Co. overhauled business model when levies were 1st threatened www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Winnipeg business that dropped U.S. shipping, suppliers 'cold turkey' last year relieved to dodge tariffs | CBC News
A candle and home goods company in Winnipeg hopes to navigate the latest storm of U.S. tariffs largely unscathed because it dramatically overhauled its business model after levies were threatened near...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is the right move for Canada following several wrong moves by the US.
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Joan Lowe-Bartley @bartley-lowe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The gift of reading…
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Bartley Kives @bkives.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Analysis, and a very cold take at that: Canadian political leaders and the populace at large have caught up in August 2026 to the political reality of January 2025.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This is very important for every Canadian and American to watch and understand. What’s really going on.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22/08/2026
Donald Trump may lose his trade war with Canada for the same reason he lost the Iran war, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues.
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How to Lose a Trade War
Trump’s bullying of Canada is failing.
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David Eby @davidebybc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
We have a plan to stand on our own two feet, find new trade partners and protect this beautiful country.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 22/08/2026
Art Of The Deal author fails to secure deal with friendliest nation on planet
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Art Of The Deal author fails to secure deal with friendliest nation on planet
WASHINGTON D.C. - President Trump, a man who was elected based on his self-proclaimed "deal-making genius", has failed to secure a trade deal with Canada, a nation most known for maple syrup and neigh...
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Joan Lowe-Bartley @bartley-lowe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Joan Lowe-Bartley @bartley-lowe.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is why I love our Saturday Market.
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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
#Poetry #Painting #EverdayMagic Nature is not stingy with her miracles We simply forget to look - Sara Sarna 🎨 Phil Epp
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
In advance of the latest round of trade talks the US side is getting more belligerent while Canadian media voices are pleading for us to be nice. My thoughts on why signing a trade deal under these terms is bad news for Canada and the PM's credibility. #nocusmanoboozma youtu.be/VfRHur9o_zM?...
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STUFF YOUR TARIFFS - THE MESSAGE FROM CANADA
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Read and share this. “The devastating impacts of #ClimateChange —impacts that major fossil fuel companies foresaw more than 60 years ago—will unfold for untold generations. These very companies have poured millions of dollars into covering up what they knew and when they knew it.” Via @ucs.org
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The Damning Records the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want You to See
Fossil fuel companies foresaw the devastating impacts of climate change more than 60 years ago.
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Joan Lowe-Bartley @bartley-lowe.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
💯‼️ #ClimateActioNow No more pipelines @mark-carney.bsky.social
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Boo 🇨🇦 @just-call-me-boo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#Canada #CanadaStrong #ViveLeCanada #MarkCarney vs #PierrePoilievre. #NeverPoilievre would have sunk 🇨🇦 so fast. #PMMC is using his connections around the world to make 🇨🇦 profitable. #NeverPoilievre
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Joan Lowe-Bartley @bartley-lowe.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Beautifully tenacious!
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Joan Lowe-Bartley @bartley-lowe.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Real #ClimateAction !
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 27/07/2026
Carbon capture, utilization and storage, or CCUS, is turning out to be a perfect example of what the social critic Jacques Ellul called the “technological bluff.” Andrew Nikiforuk explains.
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Calling Carney’s Carbon Capture Bluff | The Tyee
He pretends the technology is a serious response to the climate crisis. Here’s the reality.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Skip the armchair psychology on Trump's brain. Look at the incentives: the 10% global tariff truce expires this week, a new round is coming, and Canada's just small enough to rough up first as a warning shot.⁣ ⁣ newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 24/07/2026
I mean, we knew this. A *majority* of Canadians benefitted from the federal carbon pricing scheme due to how the rebates were structured. Mark Carney didn't just hurt the climate fight, he took your money.
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
American ticks are invading Canada including the lone star tick causing people to become allergic to red meat. These are Trump's ticks. He's not doing enough to keep them from crossing our border. Until he fixes this problem it's time for BIG tariffs on American products. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Scientists are warning Canadians to get ready for a U.S. tick invasion this year | CBC News
Scientists say new species of ticks carrying troubling pathogens travelling our way from the northern United States at a rate of about 50 kilometres per year, including the lone star tick which can le...
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
As Trump returns to tariffs, it's worth checking out what we've gotten from the trade war so far.
Line chart titled "The United States currently has the highest inflation in the G7" showing year-ended consumer price inflation rates across G7 countries. The United States leads at 3.5%, followed by Italy at 3.0%, Canada at 2.8%, Great Britain at 2.6%, Germany at 2.4%, France at 2.0%, and Japan at 1.5%. The US inflation rate is more than double Japan's and stands as the only G7 country exceeding 3.0%.
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Scott Forbes🇨🇦 @theecologyprof.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Hope those who spread misinformation about the consumer carbon tax are proud. It worked, had almost almost ZERO effect on inflation and the rebates left MOST Manitobans better off. #Kinew #Smith #Moe #Poilievre #FossilFools www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
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End of carbon tax rebates a financial hit for Canada’s poorest, research shows
Rebates were tax-free payments that compensated consumers for the cost of carbon taxes
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The absolute motherfucking gall of the premiers. So those tax-point transfers in the seventies no longer count. Now they want those tax points plus the feds to pay fifty percent of healthcare costs (when every single time the federal government sends more money, they spend it on other things).
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Premiers call on Ottawa to return to paying 50% of health-care costs
The 50/50 formula stood until the '70s when it was lowered for tax points and block funding. Ottawa's share of funding is roughly 22% now.
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Jenn @ Charge To The Parks 🔌🔋🛻 @chargetotheparks.com · 22/07/2026
Dwindling reservoirs aren't the result of "bad weather" or "natural cycles". They're a choice our society made. Growing thirsty crops like alfalfa and pecans in the desert is a choice. Refusing to reduce CO2 emissions is a choice. Refusing to change the water laws as reality changes is a choice.
A buoy and its anchor sitting on dry ground.An aerial view of the dwindling reservoir. A second aerial view taken with a long lens. You can see a small forest fire in the distant mountains.A view from the marina, where you can see the "bathtub rings" of previous water levels high above.
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