Jon Shell

Politics, entrepreneurship, economic justice and the Toronto Blue Jays

[Jon Shell @jonrshell]

In a world that seems on the edge, it's great to remember how beautiful and wonderful people can be. I found this note under our windshield wiper when I came to get the carseat for our newborn baby and now I'm crying in a parking lot. Whoever you are, I love you.

[John Ivison @IvisonJ]

What a massive own goal by Google and Apple to bend the knee to Trump on Lake Ontario. The world is watching and the lesson is: get off US tech. This episode of Gloves Off is good on the dangers to personal and national security - and possible solutions.
https://t.co/rr3t0cdol5

[Matina Stevis-Gridneff @MatinaStevis]

I learned a lot from these conversations.

[Vass Bednar @VassB]

📺Episode 2 of the YouTube exclusive Gloves Off companion show Cross Check is out today. 🏒

I bring Flintstone-esque fashion to the conversation that digs into How Canada Wins at Alliances with @StephenMarche + @jonrshell.

https://t.co/VhIL1YTQ9C

[Jon Shell @jonrshell]

We mapped the agreements Canada has signed since @MarkJCarney took office. It's interactive and will be updated as new ones come in. Check it out. https://t.co/R6eFFhSDQs

[Jon Shell @jonrshell]

@DavidPOLeary Thanks David!

[Jon Shell @jonrshell]

Canada Day launch! I've been working on a podcast - the new season of Gloves Off with @StephenMarche. It's a clear-eyed examination of what it will take for Canada not just to survive but to win in this new global disorder.
https://t.co/TEgiuqBKch

[Jon Shell @jonrshell]

Canada has strengthened an important new succession option for business owners that keeps companies Canadian-owned, protects local jobs, delivers wealth for workers, and is proven to boost growth and productivity. A huge win for the Canadian economy - well done @FP_Champagne.

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Tax break to help business owners sell to employees to be made permanent https://t.co/LQSSrljGGm

[Dan Kelly @CFIB]

Tax break to help business owners sell to employees to be made permanent https://t.co/jBgWw6ZYcD

[Jon Shell @jonrshell]

Yesterday was a big day for employee ownership in Canada, and @CFIB has been a huge supporter of this effort for years. Thanks to you Dan and your team.

[Dan Kelly @CFIB]

CFIB thanks Finance Minister @FP_Champagne for listening to small firms and making Employee Ownership Trusts a permanent feature to encourage successful successions. This is an important long term move.

[Dan Kelly @CFIB]

CFIB thanks Finance Minister @FP_Champagne for listening to small firms and making Employee Ownership Trusts a permanent feature to encourage successful successions. This is an important long term move.

[Sean Mullin @MullinSean]

Nice to see the Employee Ownership Trust tax exemption be made permanent in today's Spring Update .

[Brendan Samek @brendan_samek]

I'm excited that the Employee Ownership Trust tax exemption is being made permanent.

We should make it easy for companies to transfer to an employee ownership as a way to help their founders retire.

[Jon Shell @jonrshell]

@jaysonst @jaysonst separate topic: the first five innings of the Jays game 2 against the Yankees were the best five inning stretch for any team, ever. True? No hitter, scoring 12 runs, not to mention the context.

[Jon Shell @jonrshell]

Build, baby. build? or Sell, baby, sell?

Sunoco's acquisition of Parkland is a bad deal for Canada and should be rejected.

https://t.co/acrKOOqKUi

[Jon Shell @jonrshell]

Yesterday, America had their “Liberation Day.” Now it’s time for the rest of us to plan our own. The world needs a new Alliance, independent of the US or China. Here's one way to do it. It's wrong and incomplete. But maybe it gets the ball rolling.
https://t.co/33YzfHQyz8

[Community Wealth Candidates @CWCandidates]

"'We’ll help make you owners' is a hell of a rallying cry.
With Canada’s sovereignty at stake, we must invest in every approach to keeping Canadian businesses in Canadian hands...Employee ownership was a great idea in 2024. It has become an essential idea for Canada in 2025."
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[Jon Shell @jonrshell]

I almost never ask for a share, but if you're an employee ownership supporter please share the linked article and let's try and pressure our politicians to act quickly to mobilize these trusts in the fight to protect our sovereignty. #employeeownership

[Jon Shell @jonrshell]

Employee Ownership can be an important tool in the fight for Canadian sovereignty. Current policy isn't up to the task. @mike_ras and my view in today's @calgaryherald. It's time to move this issue into the front and centre of the Canadian economic agenda.
https://t.co/eMYKzDykbY

[Jon Shell @jonrshell]

With an election upcoming, and with both the Conservatives and Liberals laser-focused on Canadian workers, employee ownership should be front and centre.
@PierrePoilievre
@MarkJCarney