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Darren Schemmer

@darrenschemmer.bsky.social
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Re-re-re-retired teacher, international development worker, diplomat, university executive. Life-long Canadian. 🇨🇦

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Canada announces plan to make major tourist destinations in Canada free to all Canadians. Including rail passes for children and transportation access. #cdnpoli
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
🔥🔥🔥"But that's pretty ironic, given that, despite not getting re-elected, Mr. Speaker, Pierre Poilievre continues to live in taxpayer-funded government housing." #cdnpoli
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NPR @npr.org · 07/06/2025
The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.
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A new satellite TV channel allows Alexei Navalny's videos to reach Russian audiences
The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Aircraft carriers of the world USA UK France Ukraine
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The loonie at a 7 month high. A 6.6% drop in exports to the USA compensated by a 24% increase in exports to other markets. A respectful introductory meeting at the White House. A good day for #Canada
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I'm amazed by the near disappearance of pro-Poilievre pro-Trump commentors from the Globe now that the election is over. It's as if all the accounts named App_12344 before were Russian trolls or something.
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
A lot of media chatter about how the Tories got more pop vote than any time since 1988, but are still opposition. Less talk about Liberal pop vote being higher than any since 1968! Also, the NDP's pop vote was even lower in 1993 than now. #cdnpoli www.sfu.ca/~aheard/elec...
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Canadian Election Results: 1867-2021
Information on Canadian federal election results from 1867-2021, with party seats, percent of vote, number of candidates, and voter turnout for each election.
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
At 67.4% this election had the highest voter turnout since 1993. #cdnpoli #canada
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
My applause for all the candidates, even the ones I didn't agree with. It takes courage to submit oneself to the judgment of the general public. That they have done so to offer to improve our community is all the more admirable. #cdnpoli #election2025
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Wow! The Jamil Javani interview on CBC. It's civil war among Tories in Ontario. #cdnpoli #Ontpoli #Ontario
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I disagree with Pierre Poilievre on most things, but I am grateful that he has destroyed the People's Party. And that was a good concession speech. #cdnpoli #canada #election2025
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
The only reversal of fortune The Economist could find that's anywhere close to the rapid rise of Liberal fortunes in Canada is the Freedom Movement in Slovenia in 2022. This is a near- unprecedented success for Liberals #cdnpoli #canada #election2025
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Whoohoo! Charles Tupper's record is safe. 🤣
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
#values
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
How Canada went from preachy to pragmatic www.economist.com/leaders/2025... From The Economist
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How Canada went from preachy to pragmatic
On the eve of an election, its political transformation is stunning
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
If you are in Vancouver and able to donate blood, please do. At least 28 people with severe injuries from Saturday's terrifying events are in 9 hospitals across the region. Canadian Blood Services has three locations in the city.
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Time to shovel our "snow" in #Vancouver
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
What stood out for me is how many times he voted against housing initiatives. That's the problem with hyper-partisan politics and almost no life experience outside of it. Even if he agrees with the policy (even if it copies his own idea) he votes against because it's proposed by another party.
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Misty #Vancouver morning #Canada
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
You can still vote today for one more hour and, after 7.3 million voted on Easter weekend, there's still a line to vote. Canadians want the campsigns over and a new government at work ASAP.
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Steve Valeriote @stevev68.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Carney ripping Poilievre's priorities with a fantastic zinger on plastic straws "thank god". Great sound bite. #cdnpoli
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Speaks for itself.
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
The Debate Commission is obviously incompetent, but the debates themselves were good. Patrice Roy and Steve Paikin are excellent. The party leaders were forthcoming and, for the most part, civil. Advance polls open today #cdapoli #vote
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Guess which ones are tourists #Japan
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🎶 I Will Choose Freewill 🇨🇦 @torontokate.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Biggest truth of the night: "The Charter of Rights exists to protect Cdns from people like us, (here) on the stage, politicians" - Mark Carney #cdnpoli #CanadaDebate #englishdebate
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
DT 2.0 approval falling faster than any president since tracking began. Even 1 im 5 people who voted for him think he is mismanaging the economy. This is not politically or economically sustainable. First, he will try to blame others (e.g. Powell), but eventually, policies will have to change.
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Sou Fujimoto's 2km ring around Expo 2025 is a masterpiece. Hard to believe they plan to tear it down to make way for a casino when the fair is over. #architecture #expo2025 #japan #osaka
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Je dois admettre que j'étais surpris par la vulgarité de M. Blanchet lors du débat des chefs. #cdnpoli #Québec
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Canada has a fun, interactive pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan #Canada #Expo2025
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Expo 2025 is open! #expo2025 #Japan #Osaka
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
“It is deeply hypocritical that Poilievre has vilified migrants, blamed them for the housing and affordability crisis, and said he wants to deport undocumented people who are in the same situation his own family seemed to be in,” said Syed Hussan
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
SNL White POTUS Nails it! #SNL #WhiteLotus m.youtube.com/watch?v=o_1G...
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The White Potus - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Antonine Maillet a rempli notre imaginaire. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Funeral held for Antonine Maillet, renowned Acadian author who died in February
MONCTON - A funeral was held Saturday for Antonine Maillet, with songs and theatrical performances highlighting a celebration of the life of the renowned Acadian playwright and author.
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Canadians boycotting travel to the USA is real. Many still have to go for family or business reasons, but optional travel is declining rapidly.
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Anothercreason for Canadians to reconsider holidays on American cruise lines.
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 11/04/2025
Canadian politicians are bad at counting things. www.cbc.ca/news/cana...
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Liberals and Conservatives said their rallies drew thousands. We decided to count | CBC News
Crowd sizes have become a discussion point in this election. The CBC News’s visual investigation unit looks at some of the images from those rallies to try to determine whether the reality fits with the campaigns' claims.
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Two things have kept me happy during this appalling first 100 days of MAGA madness and the drama of a Canadian election - it's cherry blossom time in Korea, and the great political pdcast The Curse of Politics. Check it out if you're Canadian and haven't heard it yet #Cdnpoli #Korea #spring
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
It's not just Canadians who have stopped traveling to the USA. Stats from US Customs and Border Protection #elbowsup
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Feb. 9 Reuters: "Pres. Donald Trump said Sunday his administration was examining Treasury debt payments for possible fraud and suggested that the country's debt might not be that high - REMARKS THAT MAY UNSETTLE INVESTORS WHO REGARD THE U.S... DEBT AS A SAFE ASSET." www.reuters.com/markets/us/w...
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US Treasuries: Who owns US debt?
The U.S. government has nearly $36 trillion of debt on issue and its bonds are the bedrock of the global financial system.
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Aid Works 🍁🌏 @btobcanada.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
For every dollar you pay in taxes, just 2 cents go to global aid. But those 2 cents 🪙🪙 save lives—and make Canada safer. #AidWorks 🍁🌏
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Do I understand this right? Peter Navarro has convinced the aged president to make Americans pay more for inferior goods so that their children can work at the jobs their great grandparents had in the 1950's? That's the grand strategic plan?
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The CN Tower is 50 years old this year. 🥳 #Canada #Toronto #ambition
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
“Napoleon and Hitler made the mistake of blithely marching into another cold-weather nation,” Carter said in an interview with POLITICO Magazine. “You don’t get through those brutal winters without building up a sturdy resilience. And Canadians can fight and skate at the same time.”
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Not getting much play in English, but Carney did well on Radio Canada's "5 chefs, une élection" where journalists interviewed 5 party leaders one by one. No complaints about his French. It won't happen on CBC because Poilievre refuses to speak to CBC. #cdnpoli
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Reposting this because American corporate media has been slow to show the massive protests taking place in the USA. We Canadians were mystified by the weak attempts to stop Presidential abuse of power. Now millions of Americans are now fighting back to defend democracy. youtube.com/watch?v=6bXM...
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Trump in PANIC as protests ERUPT across America
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
ABC Vancouver tried to suppress the vote, but still lost. We are fed up with our frat bro mayor and the antics of his councillors. #Vanpoli #Vancouver www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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‘It’s a voter deterrent’: Vancouver byelection voters face long lineups to cast their ballots
Some voters in Vancouver faced long lines as they waited to cast their ballots in the municipal byelection Saturday morning.
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Darren Schemmer @darrenschemmer.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
On a day when millions, possibly tens of millions, of Americans are in the streets protesting Trump/Musk wrecking their country, these were CNN'screens for Top Stories and US Politics. Nothing. I had to scroll down twice to find one anodine story about the protests. #USA #Democracy
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