When tech execs bend the ear, do the feds bend the knee?

The concern here is not necessarily about views expressed by people like Tobias Lütke, but rather how much power they have to turn those views into public policy.
According to lobbying records, Shopify executives have been hosted regularly by the Carney government. Pexels photograph by Mikhail Nilov 
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BY ERICA IFILL
July 29, 2026

OTTAWA—Who does the Carney government listen to?

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