Claire Trottier 🇨🇦
@doctrott.bsky.social
🗒️Chair of Euphrosine Foundation, chair of @patmillscanada.bsky.social , co-founder of @wecobien.bsky.social, Board of Trottier Family Foundation
📚 Co-owner of @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social
📢 Views are my own
📚 Co-owner of @joiedelivresmtl.bsky.social
📢 Views are my own
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Trump’s love of ‘broligarchs’ is seeping into Canada. Do our leaders have the courage to take on the ultra-rich?
Delay in capital gains tax reform is a capitulation to the wealthy, writes Claire Trottier. Do we really want to live in a country where the monied get preferential treatment
www.thestar.com
My oped in @thestar.com today:
Do we want a Canada where tech billionaires sell out their country for a tax break, or one where our government fights back against the oligarchy with creative ideas to tax extreme wealth?
www.thestar.com/business/opi...
Do we want a Canada where tech billionaires sell out their country for a tax break, or one where our government fights back against the oligarchy with creative ideas to tax extreme wealth?
www.thestar.com/business/opi...
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Plus de 450 chercheurs universitaires demandent à Mark Carney de faire du climat «une priorité». La lutte contre la crise climatique est essentielle pour l’avenir du Canada, affirment-ils dans une lettre. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
Plus de 450 chercheurs universitaires demandent à Mark Carney de faire du climat «une priorité»
La lutte contre la crise climatique est essentielle pour l’avenir du Canada, affirment-ils dans une lettre.
www.ledevoir.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Plus de 450 chercheurs universitaires demandent à Mark Carney de faire du climat «une priorité». La lutte contre la crise climatique est essentielle pour l’avenir du Canada, affirment-ils dans une lettre. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...
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NYT had details of Trump's engagement with Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking and *hid it for him*, at the same time it was crucifying Clinton as untrustworthy due to her document retention & security.
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
NYT had details of Trump's engagement with Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking and *hid it for him*, at the same time it was crucifying Clinton as untrustworthy due to her document retention & security.
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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I feel like the business community in Canada is just not getting the message - there is no miracle deal with Trump and any arrangement we make will be immediately upended when he somehow takes offence at some trivial thing.
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I feel like the business community in Canada is just not getting the message - there is no miracle deal with Trump and any arrangement we make will be immediately upended when he somehow takes offence at some trivial thing.
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"And while the value of crypto and tech stocks bob up and down, one thing is certain: the rich keep getting richer."
The combined net worth of the 10 wealthiest 🍁 people on the @macleans.bsky.social rich list is $310 billion, a nearly 20 per cent increase over last year.
#WealthInequality #CdnPoli
The combined net worth of the 10 wealthiest 🍁 people on the @macleans.bsky.social rich list is $310 billion, a nearly 20 per cent increase over last year.
#WealthInequality #CdnPoli
The Rich List - Macleans.ca
There's a new billionaire topping our list this year. Here are Canada's 40 wealthiest people—and how they made their money.
macleans.ca
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"And while the value of crypto and tech stocks bob up and down, one thing is certain: the rich keep getting richer."
The combined net worth of the 10 wealthiest 🍁 people on the @macleans.bsky.social rich list is $310 billion, a nearly 20 per cent increase over last year.
#WealthInequality #CdnPoli
The combined net worth of the 10 wealthiest 🍁 people on the @macleans.bsky.social rich list is $310 billion, a nearly 20 per cent increase over last year.
#WealthInequality #CdnPoli
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Vancouver has spent decades building up a now well-earned reputation for leadership on environmental sustainability.
Apparently, the mayor and ABC majority don't see the value in it.
Hard to imagine a better way to damage the city's brand.
Apparently, the mayor and ABC majority don't see the value in it.
Hard to imagine a better way to damage the city's brand.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Vancouver has spent decades building up a now well-earned reputation for leadership on environmental sustainability.
Apparently, the mayor and ABC majority don't see the value in it.
Hard to imagine a better way to damage the city's brand.
Apparently, the mayor and ABC majority don't see the value in it.
Hard to imagine a better way to damage the city's brand.
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Legault qui voudrait plus de milliardaires!
"En présentant son plan économique, le PM semblait contrarié par le fait «qu’il n’y a pas 10 Québécois capables de faire un chèque d’un milliard de dollars ». Il nous trouve « riche en pauvres et pauvre en riches»."
www.lapresse.ca/affaires/chr...
"En présentant son plan économique, le PM semblait contrarié par le fait «qu’il n’y a pas 10 Québécois capables de faire un chèque d’un milliard de dollars ». Il nous trouve « riche en pauvres et pauvre en riches»."
www.lapresse.ca/affaires/chr...
Entrevue avec François Legault | Surprise : notre pouvoir d’achat augmente encore
Novembre, le ciel gris, la neige, le froid. On cherche les bonnes nouvelles économiques et un peu de lumière à travers les nuages. Ça tombe bien, des données positives viennent d’être publiées. Certai...
www.lapresse.ca
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Legault qui voudrait plus de milliardaires!
"En présentant son plan économique, le PM semblait contrarié par le fait «qu’il n’y a pas 10 Québécois capables de faire un chèque d’un milliard de dollars ». Il nous trouve « riche en pauvres et pauvre en riches»."
www.lapresse.ca/affaires/chr...
"En présentant son plan économique, le PM semblait contrarié par le fait «qu’il n’y a pas 10 Québécois capables de faire un chèque d’un milliard de dollars ». Il nous trouve « riche en pauvres et pauvre en riches»."
www.lapresse.ca/affaires/chr...
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Corporate Canada got the budget it wanted. Now they need to deliver.
Economic growth, on its own, is not enough. It must also reverse growing economic inequality.
Working people and young people need to see some of the upside, not just investors.
socialcapitalpartners.ca/reflections-...
Economic growth, on its own, is not enough. It must also reverse growing economic inequality.
Working people and young people need to see some of the upside, not just investors.
socialcapitalpartners.ca/reflections-...
Reflections on Budget 2025: Economic growth alone won’t save us
Budget 2025 includes hopeful initiatives that will deliver real benefits to working Canadians at this time. In this reflection, SCP CEO Matthew Mendelsohn explains that, strategically, we really like ...
socialcapitalpartners.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Corporate Canada got the budget it wanted. Now they need to deliver.
Economic growth, on its own, is not enough. It must also reverse growing economic inequality.
Working people and young people need to see some of the upside, not just investors.
socialcapitalpartners.ca/reflections-...
Economic growth, on its own, is not enough. It must also reverse growing economic inequality.
Working people and young people need to see some of the upside, not just investors.
socialcapitalpartners.ca/reflections-...
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GIFT LINK - My Toronto Star op-ed on the federal budget, and the failure to account for provincial action on post-secondary education. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Mark Carney’s budget is blind to the real causes of Canada’s problems
The prime minister's first budget emphasizes infrastructure and resource extraction but fails to leverage our most significant economic drivers.
www.thestar.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
GIFT LINK - My Toronto Star op-ed on the federal budget, and the failure to account for provincial action on post-secondary education. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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« On assiste à une accumulation de richesse et de pouvoir absolument hors de contrôle en ce moment. »
Et ça finit rarement bien.
www.lapresse.ca/contexte/202...
Et ça finit rarement bien.
www.lapresse.ca/contexte/202...
Un café avec… Claire Trottier | L’ultrariche la plus atypique du Québec
Membre du 1 % des plus riches au Québec, Claire Trottier milite pour payer plus d’impôt parce qu’on assiste, déplore-t-elle, à une « accumulation de richesse et de pouvoir absolument hors contrôle ». ...
www.lapresse.ca
November 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
« On assiste à une accumulation de richesse et de pouvoir absolument hors de contrôle en ce moment. »
Et ça finit rarement bien.
www.lapresse.ca/contexte/202...
Et ça finit rarement bien.
www.lapresse.ca/contexte/202...
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I’m a huge fan of @doctrott.bsky.social, a member of the 1% calling for higher taxes on the ultra rich & deploring the “accumulation of wealth and power as completely out of control.” And she is the real deal as a major philanthropist supporting social justice & climate action! 💪
Un café avec… Claire Trottier | L’ultrariche la plus atypique du Québec
Membre du 1 % des plus riches au Québec, Claire Trottier milite pour payer plus d’impôt parce qu’on assiste, déplore-t-elle, à une « accumulation de richesse et de pouvoir absolument hors contrôle ». ...
www.lapresse.ca
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I’m a huge fan of @doctrott.bsky.social, a member of the 1% calling for higher taxes on the ultra rich & deploring the “accumulation of wealth and power as completely out of control.” And she is the real deal as a major philanthropist supporting social justice & climate action! 💪
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Un article à propos de moi dans La Presse aujourd’hui ⬇️
C’est comme si, une fois que tu es suffisamment riche, on te dit: «Félicitations! Vous avez gagné au capitalisme. En échange, on vous donne des cadeaux fiscaux. Vous n’avez plus besoin de payer d’impôts sur 50 % de votre revenu.» C’est complètement ridicule
www.lapresse.ca/contexte/202...
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Un café avec… Claire Trottier | L’ultrariche la plus atypique du Québec
Membre du 1 % des plus riches au Québec, Claire Trottier milite pour payer plus d’impôt parce qu’on assiste, déplore-t-elle, à une « accumulation de richesse et de pouvoir absolument hors contrôle ». ...
www.lapresse.ca
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Un article à propos de moi dans La Presse aujourd’hui ⬇️
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A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
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Our President, Erica Payne, spoke with Fast Company, and shared our super simple message for the FAA during the shutdown:
“If you need a 10% reduction [in flights], you can get 100% of your reduction from the private planes.”
www.fastcompany.com/91437451/faa...
“If you need a 10% reduction [in flights], you can get 100% of your reduction from the private planes.”
www.fastcompany.com/91437451/faa...
These millionaires have a suggestion for the FAA: Cancel all private jet flights during the shutdown
Private jets make up one in six flights handled by the FAA, and taxpayers already foot the bill for their 'jet setting,' says Patriotic Millionaires.
www.fastcompany.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Our President, Erica Payne, spoke with Fast Company, and shared our super simple message for the FAA during the shutdown:
“If you need a 10% reduction [in flights], you can get 100% of your reduction from the private planes.”
www.fastcompany.com/91437451/faa...
“If you need a 10% reduction [in flights], you can get 100% of your reduction from the private planes.”
www.fastcompany.com/91437451/faa...
I want to print out this piece and frame it.
“We need greater structural limits on the extractive power of essential businesses – to allow others to thrive. What is needed can best be termed an architecture of equality.”
“We need greater structural limits on the extractive power of essential businesses – to allow others to thrive. What is needed can best be termed an architecture of equality.”
“Legislation should prevent discrimination and self-preferencing, and put a price on data extraction-and in some cases cap excessive fees.” The legendary thinker + doer Tim Wu www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Can we go back to the optimism of the 1990s, before the extraction economy took over?
Our economic system benefits only those at the very top – but it’s not too late for change
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I want to print out this piece and frame it.
“We need greater structural limits on the extractive power of essential businesses – to allow others to thrive. What is needed can best be termed an architecture of equality.”
“We need greater structural limits on the extractive power of essential businesses – to allow others to thrive. What is needed can best be termed an architecture of equality.”
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OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
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Incredibly weak statement from Canada at COP30. It says “effective action starts with detailed planning” and points to this week’s climate competitiveness plan as proof of Canada’s efforts. Weird given that plan has no target, no GHG modelling, dismantles policies policies and calls LNG low carbon.
Canada delivers its national statement at COP30 - Canada.ca
Canada delivers its national statement at COP30
www.canada.ca
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Incredibly weak statement from Canada at COP30. It says “effective action starts with detailed planning” and points to this week’s climate competitiveness plan as proof of Canada’s efforts. Weird given that plan has no target, no GHG modelling, dismantles policies policies and calls LNG low carbon.
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Billionaires (and wannabe billionaires) spend more on campaign donations than they would on wealth taxes. Because what they care about most isn't money. It's the ability to exchange money for power.
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Billionaires (and wannabe billionaires) spend more on campaign donations than they would on wealth taxes. Because what they care about most isn't money. It's the ability to exchange money for power.
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Sudan is experiencing the largest humanitarian crisis ever recorded.
12 million people have been displaced — that is the population of the state of Georgia. And more than 635,000 people are facing famine.
We must push for an arms embargo on Sudan and get aid in immediately.
12 million people have been displaced — that is the population of the state of Georgia. And more than 635,000 people are facing famine.
We must push for an arms embargo on Sudan and get aid in immediately.
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Sudan is experiencing the largest humanitarian crisis ever recorded.
12 million people have been displaced — that is the population of the state of Georgia. And more than 635,000 people are facing famine.
We must push for an arms embargo on Sudan and get aid in immediately.
12 million people have been displaced — that is the population of the state of Georgia. And more than 635,000 people are facing famine.
We must push for an arms embargo on Sudan and get aid in immediately.
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LETTER: “Youth climate activist urges leaders to prioritize science over politics.” So proud of @sophiamathur.bsky.social for speaking truth to power. We made a pinky promise 8 yrs ago to do our part to tackle the climate crisis & she lives up to it every day! www.baytoday.ca/letters-to-t...
LETTER: Youth climate activist urges leaders to prioritize science over politics
'Climate change is here, it is deadly, and it is stealing the dreams of young people like me'
www.baytoday.ca
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
LETTER: “Youth climate activist urges leaders to prioritize science over politics.” So proud of @sophiamathur.bsky.social for speaking truth to power. We made a pinky promise 8 yrs ago to do our part to tackle the climate crisis & she lives up to it every day! www.baytoday.ca/letters-to-t...
If at least 26 billionaires can waste at least $27 million trying to defeat Zohran Mamdani, then those same billionaires can afford to pay an extra 2% on their income over $1 million to make New York a better, thriving city for everyone — including themselves.
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Gee. I wonder why they fired all the political reporters at Teen Vogue this week…
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Gee. I wonder why they fired all the political reporters at Teen Vogue this week…
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"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.