Canada's role in the Strait of Hormuz - Crypto donations to political parties - Prediction markets coming to Canada
Mornings with Simi
Mornings with Simi discusses: Canada’s role in the Strait of Hormuz, crypto donations to political parties, and prediction markets coming to Canada with CAMP fellow Rachel Wasserman.
The dangers of prediction-market gambling coming to Canada
CALGARY 770AM
Host Shaye Ganam and Rachel Wasserman who is the founder of Wasserman Business Law and is a fellow at Social Capital Partners and the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project discuss the dangers of prediction-market gambling coming to Canada.
What’s in store for Canada as financial firms bet on prediction markets
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Canadian investors are a step closer to being able to legally bet on real-world events – a controversial type of trading that regulators have long kept at arm’s length. With financial companies such as Wealthsimple Inc. obtaining regulatory approval, Canada is edging into new territory, raising questions about how prediction markets will be regulated and what‘s ahead for everyday investors.
We must stop the scourge of prediction-market gambling coming to Canada
The Globe and Mail
In an opinion piece for the Globe, CAMP fellow Rachel Wasserman discusses stopping the scourge of prediction-market gambling coming to Canada.
Read the full article here.
Why city-run grocery stores may help combat rising food prices
CBC
As food prices continue to rise, one Toronto city councillor is proposing non-profit, city-run grocery stores as a possible solution. CBC’s Alejandrina Alvarez looks at how the pilot program would work.
Inside the ‘Americanization’ of Canada’s national parks: The decade-long battle over control of Banff and Jasper
THE HUB
What started as a plan to build a passenger train connecting Calgary to Banff has turned into something much bigger—and much stranger—involving an oil tycoon, a decade-long odyssey through Canada’s regulatory hurdles, an American tourism giant, and a deeper debate about who benefits from our national parks.