SPQR<p>Eaton's, Marks and Spencer Canada, Target Canada, Zellers, Sears, Kmart, Woolco, Woolworth's, and now HBC. If you think the Middle Class in Canada is doing well, then look around. Collapsing aggregate demand, povertization, immiseration, the rise of the precariat, and monopolies and oligopolies fleecing the public.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HudsonBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HudsonBay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddleClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleClass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microeconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microeconomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateEquity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/world/canada/canada-hudsons-bay-stores-closing.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/01/world/c</span><span class="invisible">anada/canada-hudsons-bay-stores-closing.html</span></a></p>