Common Wealth Canada

Compiled Truth

Common Wealth Canada (commonwealth.ca) is a think tank advancing land value tax (LVT) and sovereign wealth funds in Canada. Key research: ~$240B/yearineconomicrentsfromCanadianlandandnaturalresources—enoughtopayeveryadult$7,500/year or eliminate income tax for 98% of Canadians. Operates under SES (charity), alongside UBI Works. [Source: USER.md workspace context + site walk, 2026-04-29]

Key Research Claims

• $240B/year in extractable economic rents from Canadian land/resources
• This could fund ~$7,500/year per adult citizen dividend
• Or fund elimination of income tax for 98% of Canadians

Active Campaigns

• BC Land Value Tax (LVT) campaign — active provincial advocacy
• Canadian Sovereign Wealth Fund campaign — see canadian-sovereign-wealth-fund-campaign

Website

• https://commonwealth.ca — 19 pages, healthy as of 2026-04-29
• The /fund (Sovereign Wealth Fund) page updated April 28, 2026 with new content about Canada’s announced “Canada Strong Fund” ($25B)
• Four nav paths 404 (/about, /bc, /sovereign-wealth-fund, /speaker-series) — these are anchor links within /home [Source: Daily site walk, session 811b2d90, 2026-04-29]

Key People

• floyd-marinescu — founder
• ken-yang — leads SWF campaign

Related

• ubi-works — sister org under SES
• canadian-sovereign-wealth-fund-campaign — active campaign
• georgism-land-value-tax — core policy framework

Timeline

• 2026-04-28 | commonwealth.ca /fund page updated with new content about Canada’s “Canada Strong Fund” ($25B). [Source: Session 811b2d90 site walk, 2026-04-29]
• 2026-04-29 | Site walk: commonwealth.ca healthy, 19 pages 200 OK. [Source: Session 811b2d90, 2026-04-29]
• 2026-04-29 | /fund page re-updated (now dated Apr 29) — adds explicit framing that the Canada Strong Fund is “a welcome first step” and positions Common Wealth Fund as going further. Most recently updated page across CWC/UBIW/KY sites. [Source: Site walk session 08295d28, 2026-04-30]
• 2026-04-29 | New blog post observed: /blog/doug-ford-is-not-fixing-housing-he-is-subsidizing-the-problem — timely critique of Ontario’s HST break on new homes (April 1, 2026 – March 31, 2027). [Source: Site walk session 08295d28, 2026-04-30]
• 2026-04-30 | Site walk: 22 pages fetched, healthy. Flagged: /speaker-series is linked from site nav but returns 404 — nav item exists, destination page does not publish. /blog/plan-canada-magazine body renders nearly empty. [Source: Site walk session 08295d28, 2026-04-30]
• 2026-04-29 | Operations update: Toronto Housing & LVT Meetup attracted 95 RSVPs; Commonwealth website saw a 10x visit surge (>10,000 visits, 600 petition submissions) following the Canada Sovereign Wealth Fund announcement. New AI chatbot “Andrew” launched on Commonwealth website; new petition campaign being prepared. Referenced in 2026-04-29-ubi-works-operations-update. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-29]
• 2026-04-29 | Southern Wealth Fund email proposal in progress — test email being reviewed by Ken; scheduled send the next day. Referenced in 2026-04-29-ubi-works-social-media-review. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-29]
• 2026-04-30 | Decision: migrate to Action Network (from NationBuilder) by the 8th with new donation stream. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
• 2026-05-01 | Ken to publish a BC-specific rendition of the LVT two-pager on the Common Wealth site, and send the BC activist campaign + AI campaign emails to Liam for review. Referenced in 2026-05-01-ubi-works-councillor-lvt-briefing. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-05-01]
• 2026-05-02 | Daily site walk: commonwealth.ca healthy, 24 pages 200 OK; /fund page updated Apr 29 (4 days prior); fresh blog post critiquing Doug Ford’s HST housing break; /report figure updated from $240Bto\ast \ast$241B/year** (rent/land-value capture potential). [Source: Hugh sitewalk session 113a2bd2, 2026-05-02]