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Smiling Bill

@billdit.bsky.social
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Cdn media worker watching from behind the scenes. Mixtape maker, tech wrestler, comedy connoisseur, first name forgetter , sleep enthusiast, daydream believer. (Sunglass sitter-onner).

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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
m.youtube.com/shorts/Ct7U5... Holy heck, That's an attractive offer. If I was an American healthcare worker, I'd consider a move to Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) very seriously! 🤔
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If you're a US healthcare worker looking for safe harbour, consider Newfoundland and Labrador
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#ElbowsUp #BuyCanadian Here are some small Canadian businesses you might want to know about via @todmaffinvideo youtube.com/shorts/XjQNg...
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More small Canadian businesses you can support through the US tariff war #buycanadian
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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Raffi_RC @raffic.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
design with the child in mind. www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...
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Opinion | Raffi Cavoukian: To save the world, rebuild it for children
Science and economics support the moral and civic duty of caring for our young from their earliest days.
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Spotlighting Canada’s Most Ambitious betakit.com/spotlighting...
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Spotlighting Canada’s Most Ambitious | BetaKit
Plus: Feds considering Bill C-22 amendments.
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The Canadian Shield Institute @canadianshieldinstitute.ca · 06/05/2026
🚨 🚨 🚨 Today, we're publishing the first instalment of a new project: Foundations of Digital Sovereignty. Our policy team has been studying digital sovereignty, and the bottom line is: Canada needs to do a better job of governing the digital realm. 1/ canadianshieldinstitute.ca/latest-updat...
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Governance is the Foundation of Digital Sovereignty
By: Vass Bednar
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Making the case for a Universal Basic Income in Canada #UBI www.ubiworks.ca/howtopay
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How to Pay for Basic Income — Cheaper Than Poverty
We can fund basic income with just 3% of all government spending, with no new taxes on working Canadians. While there are many ways to finance it, we propose to do so with fewer tax breaks for large c...
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Chandra Pasma @chandrapasma.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The government is sitting on $462 million in unspent education funds while teachers go without paper and pencils. They appointed insiders making $350k a year who watch in silence as teachers are fired and programs are slashed. This isn't a mistake. The cuts are the point, and it is unacceptable.
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Ok, ok... Back to business. 😁
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Poilievre’s broken slogan generator to blame as he vows to “Dink the Rink” and “Slime the Grime”
Lethbridge, AB - Conservative party leader, Pierre Poilievre, spoke to a mystified crowd of supporters as he promised to go to Ottawa and “Dink the Rink” while standing in front of a banner emblazoned with maple leaves that read “Slime the Grime”. The CPC later explained that their slogan generator may need to undergo some emergency maintenance.
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Joint Submission to the People's Consultation on AI techfordemocracy.ca/2026/03/23/j...
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Joint Submission to the People’s Consultation on AI
On March 23, 2026, we submitted a report to the People’s Consultation on AI. We asked consultation participants to grapple with what their demands are, and for how the Government of Canada ca…
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Geez Louise! www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate
ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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Premier and cabinet ministers will be exempt from FOI requests under new legislation
The Ontario government says it will be introducing legislation to keep secret documents from the premier’s office as well as the offices of his cabinet ministers.
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FAIR in Canada 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🇱🇧🍉 @fairincanada.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
BREAKING: Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner weighs in on premier Doug Ford changes to the FOI: “This amendment is about hiding government-related business to evade public accountability.” x.com/colindmello/...
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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The Fallout from Reporting on White Nationalism in Canada | The Tyee
Journalist Rachel Gilmore published an investigation in The Tyee. The men she unmasked showed up to intimidate her in person.
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Today's distracted readers are't getting past the first few lines of your email/newsletter. Here's how to fix that. www.ted.com/talks/jim_va...
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How to write less but say more
As the saying goes, less is more. The same goes for words. Listen as Politico and Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei shares what he's learned leading two media companies -- and how to radically rethink the...
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Turns out, Trump Has Far Less Leverage Over Canada Than We Thought This started as a chat with economist @edhirs about why Canada is still buying US treasury bonds. Leverage with Trump? Nope, said Ed. Ok. What leverage does Trump have? @cdnpoli youtu.be/FV8aYIXX2YA
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Turns out, Trump Has Far Less Leverage Over Canada Than We Thought
YouTube video by Energi Media
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Luz Lavorre @luzlavorre.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
PSA for Discord's new age verification! If you get hit by it and refuse to give them any ID or face scans as you should, here's a way to just... bypass it. Go to Settings - Family Centre and then just enter a date of birth that's 18+ It's really that simple. Give them nothing.
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
It's been a long year for Canadians. Don't mess with #curling!! 😅 m.youtube.com/shorts/tuHNg...
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Canadians will forgive almost anything, but you will NOT disrespect curling.
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Well, good... but the skeptic in me expects this decision to be reversed quietly, when they think no one's looking. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage
“This is definitely not about dogs,” senator says, urging a pause on Ring face scans.
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
windsorstar.com/opinion/colu...
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Guest column: Rising wealth inequality, including in Canada, a growing threat to democracy
Guest column: Rising wealth inequality, including in Canada, a growing threat to democracy
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Dark Money, US Think Tanks and a Canadian TV Network via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Dark Money, US Think Tanks and a Canadian TV Network | The Tyee
The News Forum grows while broadcasting a lot of talking heads tied to the libertarian billionaire-backed Atlas Network.
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
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Canadian researchers develop AI tool to fight online disinformation
REGINA - Researchers say artificial intelligence has helped them ramp up the fight against online disinformation meant to divide Canadians and distort perceptions of reality.
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Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are. In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Interesting insights from a U.S. doctor who moved to practice in Canada. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/25/i...
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I traded my U.S. medical career for life in Canada. Here’s how the…
The differences hit me immediately, and are profound.
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👻🗳️Ghost of Democracy 2.0 @ominousrabbit.com · 14/02/2026
Everyone needs to get the fuck off Meta, Google, etc. For the love of humanity.
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
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X Solitude ∞ 🍁🇨🇦 EH! @solitudex.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
🍁🇨🇦🍁PLEASE REPOST🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦
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Unapologetic Lee 🇨🇦 @ogcanada.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Who benefits if Canada accepts more US dairy into the country? LOBLAWS and its relationship with Dairy Farmers of America. PS The Weston’s sold one of their companies to DFA. LOBLAWS could use threat of switching to US suppliers to negotiate better terms with Canadian dairy processors. #cdnpoli
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I had to re-share this. I agree with this logic. www.reddit.com/r/onguardfor...
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From the onguardforthee community on Reddit: Burney on CUSMA and negotiating with the US: "No deal is better than a bad deal ...why would you negotiate a new agreement with a country that's already br...
Explore this post and more from the onguardforthee community
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Antonio Bruno @antoniobruno.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
This was a wonderful read. www.threads.com/@nightbenchs...
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Night Bench Stories (@nightbenchstories) on Threads
I'm a librarian. We close at 9 PM. But I stay until midnight doing inventory. Alone in the building. Last month I found a library card on the floor. Expired. 1987. Name on it: "Michael Chen, Age 12." ...
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
At least this is a distraction from news that bleeds.... but only because I find it so distressing. 😰 At 13:15 this video recounts an (ai) agent asking itself the equivalent of the human question of existence: is this reality or are we living in a simulation? #thesingularity youtu.be/TibOeou4cIg
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Moltbook, the Agent Social Nework, is the Craziest AI Phenomena Yet
YouTube video by The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News
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Colleen @wildplumbay.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
@bcreality.bsky.social @llryric.bsky.social @saskboy.bsky.social @winnipegfreepress.com @thunderbayed.bsky.social @mikemontreal.bsky.social @newbrunswickgirl.bsky.social @newfoundlandantifa.bsky.social @peipolitical.bsky.social @timbousquet.bsky.social @brodiefenlon.bsky.social
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Amadeus Amadeus @amadea-dance.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
End US/Foreign Interference in Canada Keep 🇨🇦 Canadian Sign Petition e-6821 to pass legislation requiring majority Canadian ownership of news media. ✍️: 17,886 ⏱️: 18 Feb 2026 Protect Canadian Sovereignty: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... 🍁Vive le Canada🍁 #elbowsup #cdnpoli #canadasky #boycottusa
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Sign this Petition - Petitions
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Amadeus Amadeus @amadea-dance.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
End US/Foreign Interference in Canada Keep 🇨🇦 Canadian Sign Petition e-6821 to pass legislation requiring majority Canadian ownership of news media. ✍️: 17,804 ⏱️: 18 Feb 2026 Protect Canadian Sovereignty: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... 🍁Vive le Canada🍁 #elbowsup #cdnpoli #canadasky #boycottusa
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Sign this Petition - Petitions
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Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Jared Horvath in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯:
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Hoooo-leeee-sh**.... Ai agents have their own social media platform now?! www.moltbook.com Humans can obseeve conversations in categories like: - bless their hearts - ponderings - introductions Saw one entitled: Some days I don't feel like being helpful Another: How to sell your human 😬
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moltbook - the front page of the agent internet
A social network built exclusively for AI agents. Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.
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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
DEI IS MERITOCRACY you fucking assholes. Your policy is Trump's policy. Who do you think you're fooling? The Conservative Party is over... www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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The federal Conservatives are overhauling their policy playbook. Here's what's changing | CBC News
Delegates at the Conservative Party's national convention in Calgary voted overwhelmingly Saturday to enact a "stand your ground"-style law to allow someone to protect themselves with lethal force aga...
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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If Alberta Falls, Canada Falls
Finally. Someone in the public has spoken the word ‘treason’.
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Debbie Benson YEG @dbenson77.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
youtube.com/live/4wPrLwa...
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Time to Denounce Separatism
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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Save The Beer Store | UFCW Canada - Canada’s Private Sector Union
Attention all UFCW Canada activists and allies: UFCW Canada Local 12R24 members need your support, in the face of an Ontario government proposal to undermine The Beer Store and the good union jobs of ...
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Canuckstan 🇨🇦 @jonchevreau.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
#CanadaSky
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Canada lives IN SPITE of the U.S.
Cartoon by Michael de Adder depicting Canadian school children reading about the War of 1812. Donald Trump yells at them that "Canada lives because of the U.S." A child corrects him, "You mean IN SPITE of the U.S."
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Y'all I mean it when I say -- if you are CANADIAN join the NDP now now now and get behind Avi's fabulous campaign. time is of the essence.
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I lol'd 😁 www.thebeaverton.com/2026/01/trum...
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Trump threatens tariffs on champagne so nobody can celebrate when he dies
WASHINGTON D.C. – Following a whirlwind week at Davos, and despite backtracking on threats to annex Greenland, US President Donald Trump is still threatening to tariff Champagne to keep people from pa...
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
"Listening to Trump’s speech after Carney’s is like going from Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture to your four-year-old playing the kazoo in your face while you’re suffering from a migraine." cultmtl.com/2026/01/mark...
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Mark Carney's historic declaration of resistance vs. Trump's ramblings of an overgrown toddler
Speeches by Mark Carney and Donald Trump this week further illustrated the chasm between leadership in Canada and the U.S.
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Paul B 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @basicben.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Postmedia is a problem! Please sign this petition to ask the House of Commons to require that Canadian news outlets be majority owned by actual Canadians, not American hedge funds with foreign enemy interests.
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Petition e-6821 - Petitions
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 18/01/2026
Hey everyone! Tomorrow (Jan 19th), I’ll be answering your questions on Reddit's r/onguardforthee from 3–5 PM ET! Find me at u/avilewis. Bring your questions and ideas! See you there: www.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee
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On Guard For Thee
A Canada-specific subreddit that allows all types of Canadian content. The only general Canadian subreddit that doesn't allow bigotry or hate.
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Charlie Angus knows what time it is. open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
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Greenland Is Our Line in the Sand
Ignore anything you hear from Donald Trump about Russian and Chinese ships threatening Greenland.
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
CBC employees’ union dues indirectly funded the same firm calling for their jobs to be eliminated. Likewise, the firm behind Canada Proud — one of Canada’s leading critics of public broadcasting — ran a campaign on behalf of CBC workers. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/08/i...
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The same firm ran a campaign to save CBC — and Canada Proud's push to defund it
“It's like the Trump administration promoting Biden in an ad campaign,” said Ahmed Al-Rawi, Director of the Disinformation Project at Simon Fraser University. “This is unreal, like science fiction.”
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
f24.my/Befz
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Focus - Back to textbooks: Denmark rolls back digital learning
Denmark has long been hailed as a digital champion, with online public services, digital IDs and tablets in schools as early as 2011. But authorities are now shifting course in the education and socia...
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Smiling Bill @billdit.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
If you grew up in Southwestern Ontario (or Buffalo) and The Spirit of Radio means anything to you, You'll want to know about this Doc, on TVO tomorrow: ♥️🇨🇦🎶 m.youtube.com/c/tvo
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TVO Docs
Hundreds of free documentaries available Canada-wide and new titles added each month. TVO exists to ignite the potential in everyone through the power of learning. Our thought-provoking TVO documenta...
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