William Jegher

Partner at EY. I'm Passionate about Montreal, the businesses of sports and entertainment, corporate finance and of course real estate. Opinions are mine.

[William Jegher @wjegher]

@DavidPSamson So sorry to hear this, sincerest condolences. May her memory be a blessing.

[Harley Finkelstein @harleyf]

You don’t have to love Elon Musk to recognize what this headline says about us.

A country that spends more time criticizing wealth creation than encouraging it sends a clear message to builders: your success is tolerated, not celebrated.

Canada should be the best place in the world to build ambitious companies. Headlines like this make us look like we’re not quite ready for that.

[Toronto Blue Jays @BlueJays]

8 Years Ago Today
Vladdy at Olympic Stadium

In honour of Rodger Brulotte 💙🕊️

[ESPN @espn]

Welles Crowther, a former Boston College lacrosse player who had a trademark red bandana, was working in New York on Sept. 11, 2001.

This is the story of how he led people to safety after terrorists struck the World Trade Center.

[Olivia Reingold @Olivia_Reingold]

About a week ago, @TheFP ran a piece by me and @TanyaLukyanova_ that caused a wildfire. Tweets went viral calling for us to be tried at The Hague. Podcasters called us “disgusting” and “sociopathic.” But you’ll notice something about the backlash: no one said we were wrong.

They said it was improper for us to point out that twelve of the most viral images depicting an alleged famine in Gaza were of children actually suffering with other illnesses—but no one said our reporting was factually incorrect. Just uncouth.

We’ve been here before. Journalists who reported accurately on Black Lives Matter, Covid-19, and trans athletes were also smeared. But the truth always prevails.

[Olivia Reingold @Olivia_Reingold]

Read @TheFP’s full editorial in defense of our reporting: https://t.co/zJRTAX35qB

[Tristin Hopper @TristinHopper]

What I wouldn't give to be able to give my children the Canada I knew at their age.

[William Jegher @wjegher]

@eliasmakos I was literally thinking exact same thing.

[William Jegher @wjegher]

@shabelson @dannogallagher7 @MatthewEvolves @Montreal_Expos @ExposFest No.

[William Jegher @wjegher]

@Aizenberg55 @HillelNeuer @laurajulie @LP_LaPresse

[Sunny @sunnyright]

When I want to build a peaceful nuclear energy program, I always build it deep below the surface where it requires 30,000-pound bunker busters to access it, while pledging to die rather than surrender it.

Because you see, I'm really passionate about clean energy.

[William Jegher @wjegher]

@AviMayer Will foreigners who are stuck in Israel be able to leave to these cities as well? When the planes drop off Israelis I assume they won’t fly back empty?

[Dan Senor @dansenor]

This statement is difficult to take, really — two days after Carney was not the least bit unnerved by Hamas applause for him in its ‘Thank You, Prime Minister’ statement.

[Emily Damari @EmilyDamari1]

Dear Members of the @PulitzerPrizes board,

My name is Emily Damari. I was held hostage in Gaza for over 500 days.

On the morning of October 7, I was at home in my small studio apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas terrorists burst in, shot me and dragged me across the border into Gaza. I was one of 251 men, women, children, and elderly people kidnapped that day from their beds, their homes, and a music festival.

For almost 500 days I lived in terror. I was starved, abused, and treated like I was less than human. I watched friends suffer. I watched hope dim. And even now, after returning home, I carry that darkness with me - because my best friends, Gali and Ziv Berman are still being held in the Hamas terror tunnels.

So imagine my shock and pain when I saw that you awarded a Pulitzer Prize to Mosab Abu Toha.

This is a man who, in January, questioned the very fact of my captivity. He posted about me on Facebook and asked, “How on earth is this girl called a hostage?” He has denied the murder of the Bibas family. He has questioned whether Agam Berger was truly a hostage. These are not word games - they are outright denials of documented atrocities.

You claim to honor journalism that upholds truth, democracy, and human dignity. And yet you have chosen to elevate a voice that denies truth, erases victims, and desecrates the memory of the murdered.

Do you not see what this means? Mosab Abu Toha is not a courageous writer. He is the modern-day equivalent of a Holocaust denier. And by honoring him, you have joined him in the shadows of denial.

This is not a question of politics. This is a question of humanity. And today, you have failed it.

[The Free Press @TheFP]

Since October 7, 2023, antisemitism in Canada has surged 670%. Synagogues have been firebombed and Jewish schools have been shot at. These aren’t protests. Intimidating Jews is the goal, writes @DrCaseyBabb.

[Tristin Hopper @TristinHopper]

I've never felt more banana republic than I do right now. A longtime expat flies back, *immediately* becomes prime minister and begins trying to woo the electorate using crude and outdated national stereotypes.

[Pierre Poilievre @PierrePoilievre]

Last night, President Donald Trump endorsed Mark Carney.

Why? Because, as Trump said, he’s “easier” to deal with, and knows that I will be a tough negotiator and always put Canada First. Carney is weak and would cave to Trump’s demands, just like he did when he moved his company headquarters from Canada to New York City.

Canadians don’t want a weak and conflicted leader. They want a strong Prime Minister who will put Canada First.

[William Jegher @wjegher]

@nat_fitz1 @markmulroney @bruceanderson @harleyf I think you’d agree that a chart from July of 2024 that presents growth projections is not one that we should be taking too seriously at this point, let alone any chart that is projecting anything and doesn’t take into account the Trump effect.

[William Jegher @wjegher]

@nat_fitz1 @markmulroney @bruceanderson @harleyf

[William Jegher @wjegher]

@bruceanderson But why are you pretending that Mark Carney just showed up last Friday for the first time with fresh and great ideas, when in reality he’s been driving policy for the government for the last 10 years and put us in the mess we are in?