Stephen Lake

Figma is dead not because of Claude Code, but because they refused to build a "Claude Code for Design" out of fear of backlash Employee and user capture. 💀

A 🚨bombshell judgement 🚨was released yesterday by BC’s Supreme Court, declaring Aboriginal title over land in Richmond, including private property. If this stands, it has massive implications for private property across BC. Read the highlighted sections for yourself:

The federal workforce has grown to an all-time high while delivering diminishing results. Since 2008, Canadian public sector productivity has flatlined, despite growing the number of workers. Citizen satisfaction is at an all-time low with only 16% of people saying they receive good value from government services. This is not only inefficient, it is a discredit to the actual talented, hardworking members of our public sector. We can do better. It is possible to have better services at lower costs. In fact, we did it before. In 1993, facing a large deficit and ballooning debt, the Liberal government under Jean Chretien pushed to restore fiscal discipline. Every government service was subjected to rigorous evaluation based on "six tests" to determine if the service was necessary and how it could be delivered more efficiently. The result? Federal spending as a share of GDP fell from 22% to 17% and the budget was balanced in just 3 years. Let's take a similar approach and reform our public services to create a leaner, more accountable and results-driven civil service: - Set ambitious targets: Introduce a performance and results system to set and cascade clear, ambitious, aligned, and measurable targets for service levels and costs in all departments. - Improve Accountability: Currently, only executives are judged based on service performance, and >97% meet their expectations and are given their full bonuses or more. Enhance the current performance system to include all civil service employees. - Review Our Services: Create a tough review process to ask if a program serves the necessary public interest, was affordable, and fits the federal mandate. If the answer is no, eliminate the program. - Reset to a New Baseline: Rapidly return to a reasonable size for the civil service through a combination of a hiring freeze, buyouts, early retirement, and transition support to encourage voluntary departures following the approach that Jean Chrétien used in the 1990s. - Streamline Dismissals: Amend the Financial Administration Act to allow termination after two consecutive quarters of unsatisfactory performance. By rewarding performance, cutting waste, and increasing accountability, taxpayers will save billions, businesses will thrive under a more responsive system, and we will develop a government that prizes excellence and works for Canadians.

This would be a disaster. Canada wins by helping America win. The tariffs are avoidable. Secure the boarder and do a better job on cracking down on drugs.

we have lots of super smart, hard working, ambitious people with great ideas. unleash them. they are our biggest asset.

BREAKING NEWS Today, two Canadians have asked the Federal Court to declare that Prime Minister Trudeau's decision to prorogue Parliament is unreasonable and must be set aside.  With help from the Justice Centre, applicants David MacKinnon and Aris Lavranos contend that a prorogued Parliament services the interests of the Liberal Party of Canada @liberal_party and not the interests of Canadians to whom they are responsible. A prorogued Parliament suspends all parliamentary activity and shields the government from democratic accountability.  Lawyer James Manson @JamesManson6263 stated that this decision "violates the constitutional principles of Parliamentary sovereignty and accountability." Applicant David MacKinnon likened this decision to tyranny and the withering of our constitutional heritage.  Read the fully story here: jccf.ca/canadians-challenge-… For media inquiries, please contact [email protected]. Photo Credit: The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

It's over.

🇨🇦 Canada proposes a $25,000 penalty plus a 2x exit tax to citizens who leave the country I've been warning you: modern feudalism is coming to Western countries

Startup vs Big Company Dynamics Startup • Observation: Users want a new feature. • Designer (60 min later): Here are some figma prototypes. • Engineer: We can ship this by the end of the week. Big Company: • Observation: Let’s discuss our observations when Suzy’s back; targeting end of month. End of Month: Bob should really be in this meeting, let’s reschedule. • Meeting: Users want this feature. We’ll need Jessica's buy-in. • Jessica Meeting: Presented six weeks of research for the new feature. • Jessica: This can fit into our H2 planning. • H2 Kickoff: Remember users want this feature? • Product Manager: Will draft a product brief that will be ready for H2's second cycle. • Designer: Drafted designs in Figma, ready for the next review. • Design Review: Why this feature? Should we prioritize X instead? • Outcome: Feature sidelined. Cycle repeats. **Note** This isn’t subtweeting but the reality of software development at scale. Whether you're a startup or a big company, it’s crucial to streamline to avoid this. Success breeds complexity, but no startup is immune.

The government of Canada has unfortunately completely lost their plot on innovation & entrepreneurship: - trying to pick winners (eg superclusters) - proposing very rigid AI regulation - dramatic increase of # of public sector employees - increasing capital gain rate

Overwhelmed by the wonderful response to our new vehicles: R2, R3 and R3X. In less than 24 hours, we’ve taken more than 68,000 R2 reservations. We are thrilled to see this vehicle resonate so strongly with our community!