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Shopify’s Leaders Are Pushing Right-Wing Politics in Canada w/ Rachel Gilmore

Shopify’s Leaders Are Pushing Right-Wing Politics in Canada w/ Rachel Gilmore

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Canada has tech bros too, like Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke who has a new idea to link voting rights to how much income tax you paid. Rachel Gilmore joins Paris Marx to discuss how Canadian tech companies like Shopify are pushing terrible right-wing policy ideas while influencing Mark Carney’s agenda.

Rachel Gilmore is an award-winning independent journalist and creator of the Bubble Pop newsletter.

The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson. Support the show on Patreon.

Also mentioned in this episode:

  • Click here to get your first month of Proton Mail for just $1.
  • You can now pre-order Paris’s new book Hyperscale.
  • Rachel has written about Tobi Lütke’s most recent awful ideas, including why it matters what the Canadian tech elite say.
  • Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney appears to be implementing policies for tech oligarchs.
  • Press Progress has done reporting on conservative media outlets platforming white nationalists.
  • Check out the recent episode Paris did with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood for a deeper dive on Canada’s AI policies.

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