Basically, there's a set of amendments to existing legislation that would allow federal cabinet ministers to exempt any entity from any law, except the Criminal Code, for the purposes of “competitiveness or economic growth”.

This is very suspicious indeed. The abuse or lack thereof depends on a recedningly small set of people's beliefs. In a best case scenario, it could enable much faster than normal economic growth. In a less than good scenario.. yeah.

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes, and the CCLA's brief on this is well worth reading. It looks far more closely at the lack of parliamentary oversight and vague wording (direct link to pdf) https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/451/FINA/Brief/BR13838502/br-external/CanadianCivilLibertiesAssociation-e.pdf

And as I say, I'm not opposed to a thriving economy, but we have rules and regulations for a reason: to try to make sure that this "thriving" doesn't come at someone else's expense. And as we tumble further into climate catastrophe, "growth" often becomes one of those double-edged swords.

That aside though, sounds like we agree that this concentration of power is really concerning.

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks for reading! Unfortunately the WEF took down the pages that showed the 2026 event schedule so that link (in the section about Larry Fink) goes to what is effectively a blank page. archive.is only has the Jan 22nd schedule and not Jan 20th. If anyone knows of another site that lists the full schedule, I'd be extremely grateful!

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Anyway for anyone wondering if this is really a big deal, check out Palantir's operations in the UK and consider the fact that Carney is doing much the same as Starmer in other aspects of governance.

https://www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-technologies-uk-government-contracts-size-nuclear-deterrent-atomic-peter-thiel-louis-mosley