[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @Sean_Speer Sean Speer Sean Speer posts on X about canada, tariffs, stellantis, federal government the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1586235684/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX +78% - X Month XXXXXXX -XX% - X Months XXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXXXXXX +62% ### Mentions: X [#](/creator/twitter::1586235684/posts_active)  ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1586235684/followers)  - X Week XXXXXX +0.71% - X Month XXXXXX +2.20% - X Months XXXXXX +12% - X Year XXXXXX +32% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1586235684/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::1586235684/influence) --- **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) XXXXX% [countries](/list/countries) XXXX% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [canada](/topic/canada) #2806, [tariffs](/topic/tariffs) #2386, [stellantis](/topic/stellantis) 12.5%, [federal government](/topic/federal-government) 6.25%, [over the](/topic/over-the) 6.25%, [saving](/topic/saving) 6.25%, [upside](/topic/upside) 6.25%, [finance](/topic/finance) 6.25%, [state of](/topic/state-of) 6.25%, [bad idea](/topic/bad-idea) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@seanspeer](/creator/undefined) [@thehubcanada](/creator/undefined) [@mileslunn](/creator/undefined) [@stenelarry](/creator/undefined) [@accfanto](/creator/undefined) [@fcp1992](/creator/undefined) [@monetarius](/creator/undefined) [@susanqis](/creator/undefined) [@messputt](/creator/undefined) [@camus_absurd](/creator/undefined) [@inexplicablewil](/creator/undefined) [@davidfrum](/creator/undefined) [@natnewswatch](/creator/undefined) [@trevortombe](/creator/undefined) [@davidcoletto](/creator/undefined) [@davidptarrant](/creator/undefined) [@ntiffin](/creator/undefined) [@campzjulie1055](/creator/undefined) [@ginnyrothto](/creator/undefined) [@abtythiessen4](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1586235684/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "One wonders if the proponents of so-called Team Canada in the context of Trumps tariffs and Canadian public policy more generally recognize how Central Canadian-centric it is. Its an expression of Team Canada to transfer scarce public resources to Central Canadian automakers through large-scale federal subsidies. But its not a Team Canada matter to approve a Western Canadian pipeline. Its a Team Canada issue to impose tariffs on Chinese auto imports to protect Central Canadian auto jobs. But its not if Chinese retaliates by harming canola exports from Western Canada. You get the sense that" [X Link](https://x.com/Sean_Speer/status/1978512620006105560) [@Sean_Speer](/creator/x/Sean_Speer) 2025-10-15T17:25Z 11.3K followers, 43.3K engagements "Why is Canada trying to out-Trump Trump The whole Stellantis episode this week neatly captures the main problem with Canadas political economy. Notwithstanding the claim by some that Canadian policy is too laissez-faire what we actually witnessed was a multi-partisan consensus in favour of corporate welfare. The debate hasnt been about whether its appropriate for the federal government to transfer billions of scarce public dollars to one of the worlds largest companies. Its about whether Ottawa should have imposed tougher conditions on the money. The Conservatives the NDP and even the Carney" [X Link](https://x.com/Sean_Speer/status/1979598804383850808) [@Sean_Speer](/creator/x/Sean_Speer) 2025-10-18T17:21Z 11.3K followers, 15.4K engagements "The notion that these subscription numbers are commercially sensitive misunderstands the role of the public broadcaster. It doesnt have commercial interests. Its purpose is to fill market gaps not compete with private broadcasters. One increasingly gets the sense that the CBC has a radical understanding of itself unrooted from any recognizable public policy purpose" [X Link](https://x.com/Sean_Speer/status/1980398698933727515) [@Sean_Speer](/creator/x/Sean_Speer) 2025-10-20T22:20Z 11.3K followers, 26.5K engagements "It seems like virtually everyday now were presented with new evidence of how bad the Trudeau government was and the extent to which the main source of the problem was its ideas. Over the years the government came to be animated by a set of heterodox assumptions about economic efficiency equality and the role of redistributive policies. We now know the costs of this policy experiment. The economy stagnated. Inequality has reached historic highs. And for those in the bottom XX% of the income distribution most of their income growth is due to growing government transfers" [X Link](https://x.com/Sean_Speer/status/1976489451728556360) [@Sean_Speer](/creator/x/Sean_Speer) 2025-10-10T03:26Z 11.3K followers, 15.5K engagements "Removing charitable status from religious institutions would be a terrible mistake One upside of spending a bit of time in Ottawa is that youre exposed to issues that havent quite reached beyond the national capital. One such example in the lead-up to next months budget is an obscure yet outstanding recommendation from the House Finance Committees pre-budget submission to the government that it ought to among other things eliminate the advancement of religion as an eligible charitable activity. This would be a huge deal. In practice such a legislative change to Canadas charitable rules would" [X Link](https://x.com/Sean_Speer/status/1977007268454400081) [@Sean_Speer](/creator/x/Sean_Speer) 2025-10-11T13:43Z 11.3K followers, 13.2K engagements "Its a telling sign of the state of political economy in Canada that every political party agrees that the problem with the Trudeau governments massive subsidies to Stellantis is that they didnt impose enough conditions rather than they were a bad idea in the first place" [X Link](https://x.com/Sean_Speer/status/1978800880960102870) [@Sean_Speer](/creator/x/Sean_Speer) 2025-10-16T12:31Z 11.3K followers, 19.5K engagements "Scapegoating Alberta isnt actually solving any of Canadas problems On a recent trip out West we asked some members of The Hub community why they thought there was such animus in Central Canada toward Alberta in general and its oil and gas sector in particular. We got a lot of different answers: politics climate change culture envy. But one theory that came to me on the flight home was the French thinker Ren Girards idea of the scapegoat. Girard isnt exactly a household name but hes had a surprising comeback in recent years particularly in Silicon Valley circles. Tech types like Peter Thiel" [X Link](https://x.com/Sean_Speer/status/1979553576138465453) [@Sean_Speer](/creator/x/Sean_Speer) 2025-10-18T14:22Z 11.3K followers, 6602 engagements "Im pretty hawkish on China so Im a bit tortured about whether or not to reverse the tariffs in the face of the CCPs provocations. But its worth recognizing that to the extent theres a tradeoff between EVs and canola the current trade is a bad one for Canada. The entire EV industry has been engineered by the government rather than markets. Supply is subsidized by state spending. Demand is manufactured by the federal mandate and consumer subsidies. And prices are inflated by tariffs on Chinese imports. Its not hyperbole to say the whole thingfrom supply to demand to the market conditions" [X Link](https://x.com/Sean_Speer/status/1977392711670837678) [@Sean_Speer](/creator/x/Sean_Speer) 2025-10-12T15:15Z 11.3K followers, 30.5K engagements "Let me emphasize that I like Geoff and the others involved in this project and think their voices on these issues are hugely welcomed. I wish them nothing but the best of luck. Canadian conservatism will be better off for their energy and ideas. That said I think theyre too quick to discard Reaganismby which they ostensibly mean free-market conservatismat the expense of the broader conservative project. First of all I dont see an obvious incompatibility between being concerned with economic freedom and limited government on one hand and fighting the culture war on the other hand. In fact" [X Link](https://x.com/Sean_Speer/status/1979368850220048862) [@Sean_Speer](/creator/x/Sean_Speer) 2025-10-18T02:08Z 11.3K followers, 20.3K engagements ""But if Canadian money so reliably flows south we should ask why. For years direct investment into the U.S. has outpaced American investment here. That imbalance points to a deeper problem: Canada has made it harder not easier to invest at home. Before 2015 investment flows between the two countries were roughly balanced (depending on the year). Since then Canadian policy has increasingly emphasized environmental and social goals over economic competitivenessan area ripe for debate but not without consequences for growth and productivity. Overly stringent regulations especially in" [X Link](https://x.com/Sean_Speer/status/1978845020892389484) [@Sean_Speer](/creator/x/Sean_Speer) 2025-10-16T15:26Z 11.3K followers, 9929 engagements "The Trudeau consensus on deficits is now the new normal The timing was rather auspicious. The 10-year anniversary of Justin Trudeaus 2015 election win was marked by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre with a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney calling on him to limit this years deficit to no more than the $XX billion that had been projected when Trudeau was still in office. Poilievres letter which implicitly defines Trudeau-era deficits as a form of relative fiscal restraint compared to whats now anticipated from the Carney government is itself a testament to the former prime ministers" [X Link](https://x.com/Sean_Speer/status/1980639762898624645) [@Sean_Speer](/creator/x/Sean_Speer) 2025-10-21T14:18Z 11.3K followers, 4008 engagements
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@Sean_Speer Sean Speer
Sean Speer posts on X about canada, tariffs, stellantis, federal government the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
Engagements: XXXXX #
- X Week XXXXXXX +78%
- X Month XXXXXXX -XX%
- X Months XXXXXXXXX -XX%
- X Year XXXXXXXXX +62%
Mentions: X #
Followers: XXXXXX #
- X Week XXXXXX +0.71%
- X Month XXXXXX +2.20%
- X Months XXXXXX +12%
- X Year XXXXXX +32%
CreatorRank: XXXXXXX #
Social Influence #
Social category influence finance XXXXX% countries XXXX% automotive brands XXXX% stocks XXXX%
Social topic influence canada #2806, tariffs #2386, stellantis 12.5%, federal government 6.25%, over the 6.25%, saving 6.25%, upside 6.25%, finance 6.25%, state of 6.25%, bad idea XXXX%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @seanspeer @thehubcanada @mileslunn @stenelarry @accfanto @fcp1992 @monetarius @susanqis @messputt @camus_absurd @inexplicablewil @davidfrum @natnewswatch @trevortombe @davidcoletto @davidptarrant @ntiffin @campzjulie1055 @ginnyrothto @abtythiessen4
Top Social Posts #
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"One wonders if the proponents of so-called Team Canada in the context of Trumps tariffs and Canadian public policy more generally recognize how Central Canadian-centric it is. Its an expression of Team Canada to transfer scarce public resources to Central Canadian automakers through large-scale federal subsidies. But its not a Team Canada matter to approve a Western Canadian pipeline. Its a Team Canada issue to impose tariffs on Chinese auto imports to protect Central Canadian auto jobs. But its not if Chinese retaliates by harming canola exports from Western Canada. You get the sense that"
X Link @Sean_Speer 2025-10-15T17:25Z 11.3K followers, 43.3K engagements
"Why is Canada trying to out-Trump Trump The whole Stellantis episode this week neatly captures the main problem with Canadas political economy. Notwithstanding the claim by some that Canadian policy is too laissez-faire what we actually witnessed was a multi-partisan consensus in favour of corporate welfare. The debate hasnt been about whether its appropriate for the federal government to transfer billions of scarce public dollars to one of the worlds largest companies. Its about whether Ottawa should have imposed tougher conditions on the money. The Conservatives the NDP and even the Carney"
X Link @Sean_Speer 2025-10-18T17:21Z 11.3K followers, 15.4K engagements
"The notion that these subscription numbers are commercially sensitive misunderstands the role of the public broadcaster. It doesnt have commercial interests. Its purpose is to fill market gaps not compete with private broadcasters. One increasingly gets the sense that the CBC has a radical understanding of itself unrooted from any recognizable public policy purpose"
X Link @Sean_Speer 2025-10-20T22:20Z 11.3K followers, 26.5K engagements
"It seems like virtually everyday now were presented with new evidence of how bad the Trudeau government was and the extent to which the main source of the problem was its ideas. Over the years the government came to be animated by a set of heterodox assumptions about economic efficiency equality and the role of redistributive policies. We now know the costs of this policy experiment. The economy stagnated. Inequality has reached historic highs. And for those in the bottom XX% of the income distribution most of their income growth is due to growing government transfers"
X Link @Sean_Speer 2025-10-10T03:26Z 11.3K followers, 15.5K engagements
"Removing charitable status from religious institutions would be a terrible mistake One upside of spending a bit of time in Ottawa is that youre exposed to issues that havent quite reached beyond the national capital. One such example in the lead-up to next months budget is an obscure yet outstanding recommendation from the House Finance Committees pre-budget submission to the government that it ought to among other things eliminate the advancement of religion as an eligible charitable activity. This would be a huge deal. In practice such a legislative change to Canadas charitable rules would"
X Link @Sean_Speer 2025-10-11T13:43Z 11.3K followers, 13.2K engagements
"Its a telling sign of the state of political economy in Canada that every political party agrees that the problem with the Trudeau governments massive subsidies to Stellantis is that they didnt impose enough conditions rather than they were a bad idea in the first place"
X Link @Sean_Speer 2025-10-16T12:31Z 11.3K followers, 19.5K engagements
"Scapegoating Alberta isnt actually solving any of Canadas problems On a recent trip out West we asked some members of The Hub community why they thought there was such animus in Central Canada toward Alberta in general and its oil and gas sector in particular. We got a lot of different answers: politics climate change culture envy. But one theory that came to me on the flight home was the French thinker Ren Girards idea of the scapegoat. Girard isnt exactly a household name but hes had a surprising comeback in recent years particularly in Silicon Valley circles. Tech types like Peter Thiel"
X Link @Sean_Speer 2025-10-18T14:22Z 11.3K followers, 6602 engagements
"Im pretty hawkish on China so Im a bit tortured about whether or not to reverse the tariffs in the face of the CCPs provocations. But its worth recognizing that to the extent theres a tradeoff between EVs and canola the current trade is a bad one for Canada. The entire EV industry has been engineered by the government rather than markets. Supply is subsidized by state spending. Demand is manufactured by the federal mandate and consumer subsidies. And prices are inflated by tariffs on Chinese imports. Its not hyperbole to say the whole thingfrom supply to demand to the market conditions"
X Link @Sean_Speer 2025-10-12T15:15Z 11.3K followers, 30.5K engagements
"Let me emphasize that I like Geoff and the others involved in this project and think their voices on these issues are hugely welcomed. I wish them nothing but the best of luck. Canadian conservatism will be better off for their energy and ideas. That said I think theyre too quick to discard Reaganismby which they ostensibly mean free-market conservatismat the expense of the broader conservative project. First of all I dont see an obvious incompatibility between being concerned with economic freedom and limited government on one hand and fighting the culture war on the other hand. In fact"
X Link @Sean_Speer 2025-10-18T02:08Z 11.3K followers, 20.3K engagements
""But if Canadian money so reliably flows south we should ask why. For years direct investment into the U.S. has outpaced American investment here. That imbalance points to a deeper problem: Canada has made it harder not easier to invest at home. Before 2015 investment flows between the two countries were roughly balanced (depending on the year). Since then Canadian policy has increasingly emphasized environmental and social goals over economic competitivenessan area ripe for debate but not without consequences for growth and productivity. Overly stringent regulations especially in"
X Link @Sean_Speer 2025-10-16T15:26Z 11.3K followers, 9929 engagements
"The Trudeau consensus on deficits is now the new normal The timing was rather auspicious. The 10-year anniversary of Justin Trudeaus 2015 election win was marked by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre with a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney calling on him to limit this years deficit to no more than the $XX billion that had been projected when Trudeau was still in office. Poilievres letter which implicitly defines Trudeau-era deficits as a form of relative fiscal restraint compared to whats now anticipated from the Carney government is itself a testament to the former prime ministers"
X Link @Sean_Speer 2025-10-21T14:18Z 11.3K followers, 4008 engagements