Michael Fifield

Part entrepreneur/part accountant. Dad. Blue jays fan.

[Ron Butler @ronmortgageguy]

We Need A House For The Prime Minister: 24 Sussex Dr Is Shut

But let's spend the LEAST MONEY & hurry up

A Year Long Architectural Contest is fucking dumb

Just Reno it quick & spend as little as possible

Christ, why is everything with Government crazy expensive Fuckery

[Dr. Mike P. Moffatt 🇨🇦🏅🏅 @MikePMoffatt]

It's weeks like this where I fear for Canada's future. We have governments putting out housing plans they can't explain, and a media that struggles to report even basic facts, and won't correct their errors.

I'm not sure how Canadians can be expected to trust our institutions.

[Gregor Chisholm @GregorChisholm]

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[Jayson Stark @jaysonst]

New from me:

Nolan Ryan loves the Miz because he has "a gift"

But when I asked about who was the hardest thrower, Ryan wasn't jumping into that little debate.

"That means nothing to me."

Great stuff from Nolan - and free for all to read!

https://t.co/UTg7jYrxYo

[Richard Dias @RichardDias_CFA]

Canada's Payroll Employment (SEPH) fell 31.8k in March. This means that employment growth has virtually stalled over the last 12-months. But not Public Administration, nothing stops that blob.

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

My latest, on the continuing fiasco at the CPP investment fund, which has now spent more than $50 billion over twenty years to lose about $100 billion relative to what it might have earned, for an equal amount of risk, if it had just bought the relevant indexes — or flung darts at the stock listings.
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[Canada Proud @WeAreCanProud]

#REPORT: The Canada Revenue Agency spent $202,000 to conduct a survey asking taxpayers how they like paying taxes.

They concluded that "tax filing was seen as a necessary responsibility rather than an activity [Canadians] look forward to."

[Old Canada Series @oldcanadaseries]

46 years ago today Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope in St John’s, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980. Through his legacy, Terry Fox has raised over $1 billion for cancer research.

[Heather Exner-Pirot @ExnerPirot]

You could almost believe that major projects in this country can't be built without government funding.
They can, and there is a long list of projects that the private sector themselves have proposed, and want to build, and would create better infrastructure in this country, and just need a rational regulatory process to move ahead.
Please, let's start with the projects that taxpayers don't need to pay for first!

[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

Hey guys, it’s Ernie. Before the season starts, I had some thoughts for @BlueJays fans I wanted to share. Thanks for reading https://t.co/aDajNK1kJL

[Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson]

#BlueJays fans will remember Rodger Brulotte's voice from when an 18-year-old Vladdy walked it off in Montreal.

This was a Brulotte trademark, born in 1989 from a Damaso Garcia walk-off. "“Da-ma-so! Da-ma-so! Da-ma-so!”

"Vla-di-mir! Vla-di-mir! Vla-di-mir! “Bonsoir! Bonsoir!”

[Jayson Stark @jaysonst]

"I’ll remember it for the rest of my life”

I'm unlocking today's column on Life After Game 7 for the Blue Jays so it's free for all to read

These guys poured their hearts out, talking about the emotions stirred by that game.

Great to tell their story!
https://t.co/QDb73MPR1C

[Ron Butler @ronmortgageguy]

Olivia Chow Raising Property Tax & Adding Luxury Home Tax & Maybe Taxing All Cars Coming Into Toronto

And don't forget although the Consumer Carbon Tax is gone the Industrial Carbon Tax keeps on GOING UP

Canadians are taxed to Death

But are we getting better Services?

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[Eric Lombardi (EricForOLP.ca) 🇨🇦🚀 @EricDLombardi]

People in Ontario and Toronto feel overtaxed because they are overtaxed.

This is not Scandinavia. We pay a lot, and we are not getting commensurate value in return. That is what the public is telling us.

Our institutions are not delivering outcomes that justify the level of spending they demand.

That is not a conservative argument. It is a normal one. People see roads closed for weeks or months with no visible work. They see delays treated as inevitable and waste treated as a fact of life.

They also see governments lighting money on fire. Ontario Place is a case study. So are slush funds like the so called skills and development fund. In Toronto, residents are told there is nothing left to cut, even as the city pours money into discretionary projects and unaccountable intermediaries who benefit from higher prices and institutional capture.

This is how trust collapses. Not because people reject government, but because government refuses to take responsibility for results.

Restoring faith in public institutions requires doing fewer things and doing them well. It means building good systems and incentives, not layering on more process, micromanagement, and performative bureaucracy.

Progressives in particular should not dismiss public frustration as bad ethics or false consciousness. People are not wrong to expect competence. We live in a society of capable, serious people. They want institutions that reflect that.

When projects take twice as long and cost twice as much as they do elsewhere, dissatisfaction is rational. We have sacrificed outcomes on the altar of process and vibes.

Trust will not be rebuilt through slogans or spending announcements. It will be rebuilt when leaders deliver what they promise, take responsibility for failure, and are willing to stand up for hard reforms instead of easy optics.

[Jesse Barfield @JesseBarfield29]

This version was from the Seattle Mariners TV broadcast of that great catch by Ken Griffey Jr. of what would have been my 200th career HR! It was an incredible catch and my expression says it all!! My wife Marla says when I’m really upset I put both hands on my hips! She’s right!

[Sportsnet @Sportsnet]

Myles Straw reflects on a memorable Blue Jays season 💙

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

BORN READY 🧢 🇨🇦

[MLB @MLB]

PURE POSTSEASON PANDEMONIUM

[Des Sullivan @DesSullivan3]

RESIGNS FROM CHURCHILL FALLS OVERSIGHT PANEL. Mike Wilson stated: "the independence of the Panel became impaired and I no longer believed the Panel’s reports would meet the public’s expectations and need for an independent analysis supported by a full and frank commentary."

[Heather Exner-Pirot @ExnerPirot]

Friendly reminder that the govt could announce they’re repealing the emissions cap, tanker ban and clean electricity regs and amending the IAA today!
Let’s get private capital interested in building things in this country before we resort to spending taxpayer dollars to do so.