Stephen Lake

working on electrifying our homes to curb emissions. formerly co-founder/CEO of North (acquired by Google in 2020)

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

VERY excited today to announce that North is joining @Google after 8 years pioneering new human-computer-interfaces. More at https://t.co/tHbzMONqP7 and from @rosterloh here: https://t.co/HI2DHawsqN

Proud of our team and looking forward to the next phase with Google!

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

@NVanCaroline Here’s the full agreement: https://t.co/qXlqWJ1BVR

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

This 100%. I couldn’t believe how limited Figma AI is today. There are some workaround options like the Claude-talk-to-Figma-MCP project but I think Figma has limited time left to reverse course and go all in on AI-led design

[Preston @metapreston]

Figma is dead not because of Claude Code, but because they refused to build a "Claude Code for Design" out of fear of backlash

Employee and user capture. 💀

[Yuri Fulmer @yuri_fulmer]

I’m running to be the next Premier of British Columbia because our province deserves real leadership and a chance to be the envy of Canada once again.

David Eby and the NDP cannot be allowed to continue to mismanage the economy with a spiralling deficit while the cost of living skyrockets, criminals go unpunished, the healthcare system crumbles, and tens of thousands of people flee the province.

The Conservative Party of BC needs a leader who is not just effective in opposition, but who can also tackle the big issues and get our province back on track as the next Premier of B.C.

If you believe our province can once again be a place where people thrive, communities feel safe, and hard work leads to opportunity, then join our growing movement to build the strongest possible @Conservative_BC to restore hope, create opportunity, and ensure everyone can dream and succeed right here in B.C.

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

Today Meta launched North Focals + Thalmic Myo complete with the same pitch and great glasses first we walked Mark through in 2020. At the time they were all in on this immersive-first approach with a bulky wide FOV product with a neck battery.

https://t.co/A4T564d3z5

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

@hbarra @ahimel It’s Focals + Myo 5 years later :). Glad they finally went for the form factor over immersion.

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

This is wild - as was the recent @bchydro call for power that doesn’t allow any company not having a minimum of 25% First Nations ownership to even bid

[Caroline Elliott @NVanCaroline]

A 🚨bombshell judgement 🚨was released yesterday by BC’s Supreme Court, declaring Aboriginal title over land in Richmond, including private property.

If this stands, it has massive implications for private property across BC.

Read the highlighted sections for yourself:

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

@ericmigi 100% @ericmigi 👍

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

@_jamesoloughlin @ericmigi I’ll take dog fooding over “user research” 99 times out of 100 for consumer products, at least they way we did uxr at Google.

[Kevin Vuong 🇨🇦 @KevinVuongxMP]

🇨🇦 lost a decade because we had a government prioritizing optics over substance.

We need more steak & less sizzle, but instead of focusing on the substance of @build_canada policies, @the_logic focuses on the gender of authors.

I will not be renewing my subscription next month.

[Harley Finkelstein @harleyf]

No matter what your politics are…this is the right energy and direction for 🇨🇦

Time. To. Build. @build_canada 🚀

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

Mind boggling number from @DanEbs’s post on public sector reform in 🇨🇦:

0.03% involuntary attrition.

That’s 20x lower than the private sector. There is zero chance of having a high-performing culture with near zero involuntary attrition.

[Build Canada @build_canada]

The federal workforce has grown to an all-time high while delivering diminishing results. Since 2008, Canadian public sector productivity has flatlined, despite growing the number of workers. Citizen satisfaction is at an all-time low with only 16% of people saying they receive good value from government services.

This is not only inefficient, it is a discredit to the actual talented, hardworking members of our public sector.

We can do better. It is possible to have better services at lower costs.

In fact, we did it before. In 1993, facing a large deficit and ballooning debt, the Liberal government under Jean Chretien pushed to restore fiscal discipline. Every government service was subjected to rigorous evaluation based on "six tests" to determine if the service was necessary and how it could be delivered more efficiently.

The result? Federal spending as a share of GDP fell from 22% to 17% and the budget was balanced in just 3 years.

Let's take a similar approach and reform our public services to create a leaner, more accountable and results-driven civil service:

- Set ambitious targets: Introduce a performance and results system to set and cascade clear, ambitious, aligned, and measurable targets for service levels and costs in all departments.

- Improve Accountability: Currently, only executives are judged based on service performance, and >97% meet their expectations and are given their full bonuses or more. Enhance the current performance system to include all civil service employees.

- Review Our Services: Create a tough review process to ask if a program serves the necessary public interest, was affordable, and fits the federal mandate. If the answer is no, eliminate the program.

- Reset to a New Baseline: Rapidly return to a reasonable size for the civil service through a combination of a hiring freeze, buyouts, early retirement, and transition support to encourage voluntary departures following the approach that Jean Chrétien used in the 1990s.

- Streamline Dismissals: Amend the Financial Administration Act to allow termination after two consecutive quarters of unsatisfactory performance.

By rewarding performance, cutting waste, and increasing accountability, taxpayers will save billions, businesses will thrive under a more responsive system, and we will develop a government that prizes excellence and works for Canadians.

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

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[tobi lutke @tobi]

This would be a disaster.

Canada wins by helping America win. The tariffs are avoidable. Secure the boarder and do a better job on cracking down on drugs.

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

Chrétien's op ed is excellent and more compelling than anything we've heard from our current generation of 🇨🇦 political leaders

https://t.co/yjI1L9fRz0

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

@PierrePoilievre can you fire everyone involved in this and maybe hire, say, a few pilots instead?

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

USA 🇺🇸: Hey, we might invade you Canada.

Canadian Air Force 🇨🇦: We’ll be hosting the following struggle sessions over the next 6 months as we work on an apology for being Canadian.

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

this

[daniel debow @ddebow]

@hunkybill we have lots of super smart, hard working, ambitious people with great ideas. unleash them. they are our biggest asset.

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

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[Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms @JCCFCanada]

BREAKING NEWS

Today, two Canadians have asked the Federal Court to declare that Prime Minister Trudeau's decision to prorogue Parliament is unreasonable and must be set aside. 

With help from the Justice Centre, applicants David MacKinnon and Aris Lavranos contend that a prorogued Parliament services the interests of the Liberal Party of Canada @liberal_party and not the interests of Canadians to whom they are responsible.

A prorogued Parliament suspends all parliamentary activity and shields the government from democratic accountability. 

Lawyer James Manson @JamesManson6263 stated that this decision "violates the constitutional principles of Parliamentary sovereignty and accountability." Applicant David MacKinnon likened this decision to tyranny and the withering of our constitutional heritage. 

Read the fully story here: https://t.co/VHIMU8rihn

For media inquiries, please contact [email protected].

Photo Credit: The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

[Kaz Nejatian @nejatian]

When the protesters tore down statute of Sir John A in Montreal, my wife and I offered to pay for it to be put back up.

We caught a lot of flack for it back then. We lost friends because the mainstream media kept repeating lies about our country and its history.

Canada is a wonderful country with a proud history. It is worth fighting for. All of it. Its history. Its leaders. Its ideals.

Canada is not just a slightly colder version of California. It has a distinct and unique place in the world. It has been a shining light to the idea of ordered liberty.

As Wilfred Laurier used to say, Canada is free and freedom is its nationality.

Let’s reclaim this history. Let’s put up more statues celebrating this history. Let’s make Canada the most free country in the world again.

[Stephen Lake @srlake]

In the middle of LA burning hardly seems the ideal time to call the “end” of climate investment.

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

It's over.

[tobi lutke @tobi]

Can we now have this Canada back? https://t.co/g2iTk9NIc5