Shopify CEO endorses stripping voting rights from poor and pensioners
Enjoy the deal, let people with a stake in the future decide." CBC News reports general and visceral disgust at Lütke's remarks. Lütke, whose Ottawa-based e-commerce platform is worth more than $200 billion, is also involved with Build Canada, an advocacy group including some of Canada's most high-profile tech leaders. In memos on its website, members advocate for cutting federal spending, prioritizing AI and implementing digital ID, among other topics….
- ▪Enjoy the deal, let people with a stake in the future decide." CBC News reports general and visceral disgust at Lütke's remarks.
- ▪Lütke, whose Ottawa-based e-commerce platform is worth more than $200 billion, is also involved with Build Canada, an advocacy group including some of Canada's most high-profile tech leaders.
- ▪In memos on its website, members advocate for cutting federal spending, prioritizing AI and implementing digital ID, among other topics….
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Shopify CEO endorses stripping voting rights from poor and pensioners Rob Beschizza 6:51 pm Tue Jul 28, 2026 Lütke in a recent advertisement Tobi Lütke, CEO of online commerce giant Shopify, endorsed banker Eric Thor's suggestion for a "weighted voting proportional to the amount of income tax you pay." Moreover, he wrote, the poor and pensioners should have their right to vote stripped entirely: "Now you are a dependent and that means no voting, just like dependents under age. Enjoy the deal, let people with a stake in the future decide." CBC News reports general and visceral disgust at Lütke's remarks.
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