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Rob Germain

@robgermain.bsky.social

CEO (Chief Employee-Owner) CHEK Media. @cheknews.ca

99 Followers  |  120 Following  |  13 Posts  |  Joined: 01.12.2024
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Canada is facing a $2-trillion business handoff. What if employees owned more of it?

#EmployeeOwnership #SmallBusiness #FutureofWork #CdnPoli #CanadaSky #BusinessSuccession #CdnEcon

20.02.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion: Remembrance Day is a time to remember ordinary families doing extraordinaryΒ things Remembrance Day is not an abstract ceremony but deeply personal for many families, writes Ian Haysom.

Remembrance Day is not an abstract ceremony but deeply personal for many families, writes Ian Haysom.

10.11.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Through years of coalition building and political advocacy, we helped bring #EmployeeOwnershipTrusts to Canada.

EOTs are poised to explode in popularity in Canada – securing entrepreneurs’ legacies, preserving local jobs and keeping companies Canadian-owned.

#OwnOrBeOwned #Never51 #EconSky

16.06.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"The world needs more Canada", - Bono. "Alabama... What's going wrong?" - Neil Young

25.04.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The stubby inspired beer can.

The stubby inspired beer can.

Canada. Makers of beer & aluminum, but not aluminum beer cans. We import cans from the US, and their tariffs on our aluminum could raise prices by $1 a 6-pack. Solution: bring back the once ubiquitous "stubby" bottle, or even better - cans made-in-Canada shaped like the stubby. Cheers!πŸ»πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

04.04.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lennon wrote the anthems of a generation: All You Need Is Love, Revolution, Give Peace A Chance, Imagine.

With A Little Help From My Friends may also be considered an anthem. It was co-written L&M.

02.04.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Image of prototype EV made with all Canadian parts.

Image of prototype EV made with all Canadian parts.

It's time to start producing this all Canadian EV. #projectarrow
www.projectarrow.ca

28.03.2025 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We used to worry about Canada becoming a "branch plant economy." Now foreign private equity firms are taking over many Canadian companies. Incentivising employee ownership can help reverse this trendβ€”benefiting workers, communities, and protecting Canadian sovereignty.
#employeeownership

16.03.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Are Canadian

11.03.2025 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 7
Our Brands | Postmedia Keeping Canadians in the know with ambitious, trusted and high-quality journalism. Delivering high-value and data-driven marketing solutions to businesses and advertisers.

Post Media does not own or control any TV or Radio stations. It has 130+ print and digital publications, which are not subject to regulations such as the requirement to be Canadian owned.

Here's a list of Post Media brands. www.postmedia.com/brands/

15.02.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Post Media is not a licensed broadcaster. Post Media would be ineligible given it is majority owned by a US hedge fund.

14.02.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

FYI, all licensed broadcasters in Canada - television and radio - must be Canadian owned and controlled. They must also follow journalistic codes of ethics and advertising standards. CHEK Media in BC, where I work, is not only Canadian, it's independent and employee-owned as well. #CdnMedia

14.02.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Album of the Year: The Cure’sΒ 'Songs of a Lost World' - SPIN How does The Cure always know what we’re feeling, even before we do? It would be euphemistic to say that 2024 was transformative: war, death, struggle,

Aptly titled, Songs of a Lost World is topping many lists for album of 2024, and for good reason. It is a masterwork.

www.spin.com/2024/12/albu...

28.12.2024 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CHEK will be broadcasting and streaming the ceremony live.

04.12.2024 04:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Algorithms are shaping society. Our youth. Our politics. Ourselves.

An algorithm determined whether you saw this message.

bsky.app/profile/tizi...

03.12.2024 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1) Fairytale of New York - The Pogues 2) River - Joni Mitchell 3)Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy - David Bowie, Bing Crosby.

02.12.2024 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ownership matters:

X - Elon Musk
Threads - Mark Zuckerberg
Truth Social - Trump

Bluesky - employee-owned

Bluesky is also a Public Benefit Corporation, and it's built on an open framework, meaning you can keep your followers if you move on.

Sounds different. Refreshing.

02.12.2024 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0