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- Last night, voters across Ontario broadly voted to keep their incumbent mayors. 🗳️ In 122 cities, incumbent mayors won new terms while being voted out in only 83.
0681.2K - Build CanadaRT @build_toronto: With 98.4% of polls reporting as of 10:15pm, #OliviaChow wins the #TorontoElection. 🗳️ 🔵 Olivia Chow: 54.1% 🟠 Brad Bradford: 41.2%0760122
- Build CanadaRT @canada_spends: Elections can be costly. Literally. 💸 And they’re getting (understandably) more expensive as time goes on. Here are the most expensive Canadian elections of the last 10 years (plus tonight’s Toronto election). 🗳️05095
- In British Columbia's provincial election, voter turnout fell sharply. Pending the counting of mail-in ballots, turnout was down by at least 5 points in every riding.
11101.2K - Posts @buildcanadaIn 2024, ballots counted after election night, mostly mail-in, added roughly 1.8 percentage points. Mail-in ballots for 2026 are counted Nov. 6, but they’re unlikely to change the fact that turnout fell in every riding. The smallest drop was 5.2 points, in Cariboo-Chilcotin.003468
- All in all, this latest investment push for some of Canada's most promising startups sounds good. But stacked up against our peers, it's not as huge as it sounds.
Build Canada @buildcanada🇨🇦 just launched a $1.75B VC push via BDC. Split across 2 programs & 5 streams, it's been years in the making (and is likely still a few from actual investment). Funds will flow through private fund managers, & only the $700M fund-of-funds stream is open for applications. 🧵34171.9K - In 2025, Canada had only 1.2 IPOs per 10M people. Among the G7, Canada accounted for just 1.5% of IPOs in 2025.
Build Canada @buildcanadaIt’s true. Canada is facing an IPO drought.07212.4K - It’s true. Canada is facing an IPO drought.
Bloomberg @businessCanada will struggle to find another stock-market success story like Shopify as the country grapples with a public-listing drought and a delisting trend, according to Daniel Nowlan at National Bank Capital Markets587564263.9K - How much are Canadians left with in their pockets after taxes and essentials? 💸 Among major North American cities, Canada’s largest sit near the bottom of the pack for the % of median income left over for median earners. The highest Canadian city is Ottawa in 24th place.
61612915.3K - Build CanadaRT @lucyhargreaves4: “We have been conditioned, for decades now, to flinch at identity talk and to sneer at those who raise it as a live question or problem to be resolved. But it is vital to understand that the state capacity problems that Canada has, the reason why nothing ever gets built, why the federal government is perpetually overpromising and underdelivering, why this blessed country is not nearly as prosperous as it ought to be, all have their origins in the weakness of our national identity. Without a story we can tell one another about our collective ambition, about the many on behalf of whom the few are asked to make sacrifices, all we are left with is the buying off of one province or region or another in order to keep the peace.”0120113
- Build CanadaRT @_benjaminparry: Andrew Potter is one of the clearest voices in Canada. I look forward to reading him every single week.Build Canada @buildcanadaIf Canada has a problem getting things built, a big part of the reason can be traced to our refusal to talk about our national identity. Here's why the ‘who are we?’ question won’t go away, from Andrew Potter.0160125
- If Canada has a problem getting things built, a big part of the reason can be traced to our refusal to talk about our national identity. Here's why the ‘who are we?’ question won’t go away, from Andrew Potter.5136814K
- Build CanadaRT @nationalpost: U.S. is taking in a lot of Canadians, with immigration numbers up 142%. Build Canada group says brain drain is a real issue, but it has some 'bold policy choices' that it says could help0750124
Canada will struggle to find another stock-market success story like Shopify as the country grapples with a public-listing drought and a delisting trend, according to Daniel Nowlan at National Bank Capital Markets3270578306K- Posts @buildcanadaAs proportion of GDP, 2025’s Canadian IPOs only raised about 0.045%. That number pales in comparison to Sweden, India, and even Japan’s figures.
20171.8K - Posts @buildcanadaA lack of IPOs doesn’t intrinsically mean that Canadian companies aren’t raising money or aren’t IPO’ing on other exchanges. But when a company like @Shopify grows 178x to-date since it’s IPO, every day Canadians get an opportunity to get in on that growth.
01161.3K - Build CanadaRT @canada_spends: Among G7 countries, Canada has the highest share of venture capital tied to government. In 2025, 36% of the money raised by Canadian VC funds went to funds backed by federal programs, compared to 23% in France, 8% in the UK and about 4% in the US.Canada Spends @canada_spendsThe @bdc_ca allows the federal government to back Canadian entrepreneurs and fill gaps left by private lenders and investors, including by backing startups directly. In 2025, it was the source of 3.5% of Canadian VC investment. Across companies like @XanaduAI, @NasdaqVerafin, and @dwavequantum, the BDC's biggest wins have netted upwards of $10B USD in investor gains.047095
- Build CanadaRT @build_toronto: In the last municipal election, less than 30% of eligible voters cast a ballot. Democracy works when everyone makes their voice heard. 🗣️ Tell a friend, tell a neighbour, tell your family: Vote! 🗳️040126
- Build CanadaRT @canada_spends: The @bdc_ca allows the federal government to back Canadian entrepreneurs and fill gaps left by private lenders and investors, including by backing startups directly. In 2025, it was the source of 3.5% of Canadian VC investment. Across companies like @XanaduAI, @NasdaqVerafin, and @dwavequantum, the BDC's biggest wins have netted upwards of $10B USD in investor gains.050103
- Build CanadaRT @buildcanada: 🇨🇦 just launched a $1.75B VC push via BDC. Split across 2 programs & 5 streams, it's been years in the making (and is likely still a few from actual investment). Funds will flow through private fund managers, & only the $700M fund-of-funds stream is open for applications. 🧵The Globe and Mail @globeandmailOttawa kicks off process to give $1.75-billion boost to venture capital sector014015.3K
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