Operations research professor, Brock University. I teach quality improvement & game theory. I research business aspects of legal cannabis. Previously studied missile warfare. https://brocku.ca/goodman/faculty-research/faculty-directory/michael-armstrong/https://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mwcnqd3kbc2s"The NSLC says that as of about a month ago, it had only about $1.5 million of American alcohol left in its inventory, or 10 per cent of the stock compared to when it first pulled U.S. products from the shelves. ... and it has no plans to buy more." 🍷🍸 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nslc-american-alcohol-stockpile-first-quarter-results-2026-27-9.735375725 Sep 2026 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwcnqd3kbc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mwb4yiynx22jMy coworker @profsavage.bsky.social wrote an analysis for @ca.theconversation.com of Canada's proposed labor law changes. @brocku.ca @bufa.bsky.social https://theconversation.com/canadas-proposed-labour-reforms-could-shift-power-away-from-workers-in-major-disputes-29244224 Sep 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwb4yiynx22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mw76m7t7lk25On Oct 5 at 19:00, @brocku.ca will host a panel discussion about Ontario's upcoming municipal elections. https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2026/09/public-event-aims-to-inform-niagara-voters-ahead-of-fall-election/23 Sep 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw76m7t7lk25https://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mw6rgkhlic2lToday at 10:50 I'll join Chanine Carr on radio CFKR Kelowna to discuss Canada's booming cannabis export industry. 💲🌿23 Sep 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6rgkhlic2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mw4mzrffrk2n"For the first time in almost a decade, there are believed to be no unlicensed pot shops operating in London following a series of recent police raids on unsanctioned dispensaries." 🚓 https://lfpress.com/news/crime-courts/londons-black-market-pot-shops-on-the-ropes/22 Sep 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4mzrffrk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mw2g7lmric2i"Mr. Trump has promoted tariffs as a way to bolster U.S. manufacturing. Instead, it has driven customers like Mr. Akeroyd to buy Chinese-made goods." 💲🍺 #EconSky https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-how-us-tariffs-are-driving-canadian-brewers-toward-chinese-aluminum/21 Sep 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2g7lmric2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mvzrtlladc2rU.S. diesel fuel prices rose 65% between 23 Feb and 14 Sep 2026. ⛽🚚21 Sep 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzrtlladc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mvmz6fc33k2wOlli Brands is recalling some StikiStix cannabis edible products due to labelling errors. 🌿 https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/olli-brands-inc-recalls-olli-stikistix-multipack-sour-razzy-pink-lemonade-300-cbg-10016 Sep 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmz6fc33k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mvklq35a2s23"The couple came up with a plan to create a natural, science‑backed product that helps people with wine sensitivities enjoy the wines they love without altering its colour, taste or aroma" 🍷🍇 https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2026/09/brock-entrepreneurship-supports-give-wine-startup-a-taste-of-success/15 Sep 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvklq35a2s23https://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mv6gq4zhds24"I ask all Canadian academics to join me and many others to refrain from going to the U.S. for professional reasons until this trade war is over." https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/its-time-to-boycott-u-s-conferences/10 Sep 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6gq4zhds24https://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mv5xdo6sgc2l"The planet we live on is becoming hotter, more polluted, biologically degraded and its surface and underground increasingly reshaped by human activities. Once the stuff of sci-fi, these symptoms are now real" @brocku.ca https://theconversation.com/the-anthropocene-was-rejected-as-a-geological-epoch-but-the-idea-is-still-changing-how-we-see-the-world-29132910 Sep 2026 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5xdo6sgc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mumaiavk322o"Trump’s actions, Haggart says, have shown Canada, and other countries around the world, that U.S. leadership can’t currently be trusted. We can’t sign any agreement with them, because it won’t be worth the paper it’s written on” #LakeOntario https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2026/09/renaming-of-lake-ontario-signals-widening-fracture-in-u-s-canada-relations/03 Sep 2026 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumaiavk322ohttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mueztaof5s2gIn 2025-26, Canadians spent 6.4% ($8.2B) more on travel than the year before. But the share spent on travel to the US fell from 20% to 16%. So, the US lost-out on about $5B, 7 times more than its lost alcohol exports to Canada. 💲✈️🏖️ #EconSky31 Aug 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mueztaof5s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mtwb4pjpxk2c"Canada will match the incoming U.S. Section 338 tariffs – dollar for dollar. These new countermeasures on $27.6 billion in products imported from the U.S. will be effective as of 12:01 a.m., September 8, 2026" 💲 #EconSky https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/programs/international-trade-finance-policy/canadas-response-us-tariffs/complete-list-us-products-subject-to-counter-tariffs.html25 Aug 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwb4pjpxk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mtr7flaa5s2gMy @brocku.ca coworker Ernest Biktimirov wrote an article for @ca.theconversation.com about retirement planning for young adults. 💲 https://theconversation.com/the-best-time-to-think-about-your-pension-is-before-you-need-one-28958423 Aug 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr7flaa5s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mtoa45kz4c2fStudy: Polymarket has about 150 accounts that win bets on military events so consistently that they are likely insiders. The effect is to leak military secrets into the market to make personal profits. 💲🪖🎲 #EconSky https://acdatacollective.org/work/classifying-insider-trading-risk-analyzing-the-longshot-betting-ecosystem-on-polymarket/22 Aug 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoa45kz4c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mtkbpe4yc22o"Don't buy it. Let it sit on the shelf … and buy the Canadian stuff instead ... Let's send a message that … we don't like Donald Trump's approach to trade or his way of treating Canada" 💲🍷🍸 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/kinew-carney-trump-alcohol-9.731413820 Aug 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkbpe4yc22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mtjeiedzsc2hCarney demande aux provinces de cesser de boycotter l'alcool américain. Comme je ai écrit pour @laconversationca.bsky.social, ON et QC devraient écouler leurs stocks existants. Mais ils ne devraient pas en acheter davantage avant la signature de l'accord. https://theconversation.com/alcools-americains-invendus-faut-il-profiter-des-nouveaux-droits-de-douane-de-trump-pour-les-ecouler-28814520 Aug 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjeiedzsc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mtje4yepwk2hCarney is asking provinces to stop boycotting US alcohol. But his deal with Trump is not final, & Trump often changes his demands. So, as I wrote in @ca.theconversation.com , ON & QC should sell their US inventory but not order more until a deal is signed. https://theconversation.com/trumps-new-tariffs-give-ontario-and-quebec-the-perfect-excuse-to-sell-their-unsold-american-booze-28793020 Aug 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtje4yepwk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3mtem6irzd22hCet après-midi, je participerai à l'émission La Croisée de Radio-Canada pour discuter de la proposition de Curaleaf, aux États-Unis, d'acquérir le producteur de cannabis Aurora, en Alberta. 💲🌿18 Aug 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtem6irzd22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3msv674j2qc2iBill C-34 "trusts that tech companies in the United States will act in the public interest, despite having spent decades demonstrating that they are completely unworthy of such trust" By @ntusikov.bsky.social & @bhaggart.bsky.social https://policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/07/bill-c34-big-tech/12 Aug 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv674j2qc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3msl555u42c23In a July survey, 69% of Canadians said they are unlikely to buy U.S. alcohol products if they become available again. Only 10% said they are likely to buy them. 💲🍷🍸 #EconSky https://nanos.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2026-3094-CTV-July-Populated-Report-American-Alcohol.pdf08 Aug 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msl555u42c23https://bsky.app/profile/profmjarmstrong.bsky.social/post/3msg2rymlwk2m"Children and adults cope with extreme heat differently" By @brocku.ca profs Bareket Falk & Toby Mündel. https://theconversation.com/children-and-adults-cope-with-extreme-heat-differently-but-are-kids-really-at-greater-risk-28784506 Aug 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:rcg66tx5e5n3ftph6t7atzqd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msg2rymlwk2m