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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦

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Born and, one way or another, will die 🇨🇦 Canadians are born all over the world, it just sometimes takes them a bit of time to get here All opinions my own

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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Yup. Fine the assholes, but then we should also charge them for the cost of fixing the damage. Enough messing around: you want to commit arson by setting fire to the brush, you should cover the cost the public incurs to ameliorate the damage you caused www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Man charged with arson, fined $150K for allegedly setting brush fires in St. John's | CBC News
A 20-year-old man has been fined $150,000 and charged with arson following a string of brush fires in downtown St. John's on Tuesday night.
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The front page of cbc.ca this morning. Two separate stories highlighted in the MOST PERFECT WAY POSSIBLE. Well played, CBC! Well played
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
But even on the content, it's incredibly interesting to begin to grasp how this element of society views the world. There's a LOT to unpack. But I think the single most important thing anyone who cares about stopping these people can do, is understand where they're coming from
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I HIGHLY recommend listening to this conversation. Both for the content - which can be hard to listen to - and for the tactics Klein uses to dissect the ideology I'd call this a master class in giving the other guys as much rope as they need to hang themselves. music.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa_P...
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The Man Driving the Nationalist Revival on the Right | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The USAers aren't okay. Leaving aside that the NSA has no role in auditing elections, and that the CIA is a foreign intelligence agency rather than a domestic one, we now live in a world where USAers believe any election that wasn't won by their team was stolen. I want off this rollercoaster
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Well that's quite something. Honestly, I wasn't sure I'd live to see it Now comes the hard part: what does a Palestinian state actually look like? What will our stance be on the status of Jerusalem? And how much does any of this matter without Israel at the table? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canada plans to recognize Palestinian state in September, Carney says | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September if the West Bank's governing body agrees to certain conditions.
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Alright Alberta! Time to show us what you've got. If this referendum actually happens, and passes, I promise to never again make jokes about Alberta being the bastard child of Texas and Florida www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Petition for referendum to ensure Alberta remains in Canada approved by Elections Alberta | CBC News
On Wednesday, Chief Electoral Officer Gordon McClure announced that Albertans can now begin signing the petition for the 'Alberta Forever Canada' citizen initiative.
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I'm struggling with this one. On the one hand, good that the bike lanes stay. On the other, if it's unconstitutional to remove bike lanes, which municipality is ever again going to approve building them to begin with? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ontario court strikes down Ford government's plan to remove Toronto bike lanes | CBC News
An Ontario court has deemed the province's plan to remove three major Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional.
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Prime Ministers seeking out advice from their predecessors - ALL of them - should become the norm I'm about as far from a fan of Harper as one can get, but more of this can only be healthy for our democracy and our society writ large
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Any CPC scrutineer who would allow those through is someone I'd definitely want to have a beer with 😂
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Me and my inner dialogue every time I play any Paradox game ever lmao You want me to play EU IV and just... run the risk of NOT getting the Burgundian inheritance??? Wild
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Or maybe there are other ways to do it through the AFN? Maybe we need to bring them into our political system and allocate House or Senate seats? Idk, but the current "system of consultation" is both wholly inadequate and also not at all a "system" so like something has to change
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Like "meaningful consultation" CANNOT mean the Government has to speak to every individual member of every individual band. There needs to be governance mechanisms for consultation that everyone agrees are legitimate, and I'm wondering if there are like Premier-equivalents who should be at the CoF?
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
They definitely need a seat; the question is who, and at what table? We've put a lot of words into "meaningful consultation", but there's been very little political attention paid to building the MECHANISMS to actually do it. And I think that's a First Nations issue just as much as ours tbh
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Funny enough, as long as a poll worker can reasonably interpret "Piarre Polyvaire" as "Pierre Poilievre", and the scrutineers agree, the ballot will still count. Discernable intent is the legal name of our ballot-counting game
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Hopefully they do this every time the Longest Ballot Committee decides to rear its silly little head. I'm all for this one www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Write-in ballots to be used in Alberta byelection due to record number of candidates | CBC News
Elections Canada says voters will need to write in their desired candidate during the upcoming byelection in Alberta's Battle River-Crowfoot to avoid a massive ballot with more than 200 names.
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
This woman is simply incredible www.cbc.ca/sports/world...
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Summer McIntosh beats Katie Ledecky to claim world title in women's 400m freestyle | CBC Sports
Canadian swimming phenom Summer McIntosh beat American star Katie Ledecky to win gold in the women's 400-metre freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Sunday.
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Idk, I'd bet the Americans would help after they finally also come to the conclusion that refusing would be unthinkable. Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Not surprised. Since the beginning, I had a hard time believing their actions rose to the level of a criminal offense. That said, it's still disgusting behaviour and I truly hope the fact of the trial alone dissuades other high-level athletes from doing the same things www.cbc.ca/9.6842381
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All 5 former Hockey Canada players found not guilty of sexual assault | CBC
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
A good read. It also has me wondering - and it's likely ignorance on my end - if FNIM want a seat at the Council of the Federation, which isn't a bad idea at all, who would even be a Premier-equivalent? Does a legitimate socio-political equivalent exist? www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c180df1...
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Premiers say buy-in needed from Indigenous leaders on major projects
First Nations leaders split on support for resource development in their communities; call for meeting with premiers and Prime Minister
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
What a brilliant way to make sure absolutely no vulnerable person ever gets to rent again. Brilliant move Ontario. Just brilliant. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ontario wants to make landlords liable for preventing drug activity on their property | CBC News
Supportive housing providers say a new Ontario law that would make landlords responsible for preventing certain kinds of drug-related activity in their units could threaten their ability to house thos...
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
There are still rules. The very fact Russia hasn't used a nuclear weapon means some rules still very much do apply
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Some days everyone just needs the reminder
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
To be fair, it's hard to take someone's opinion seriously when their handle is something like "yourmom42069" But yeah in general I'd agree with you
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
I already miss the few months of relative maturity in political discourse we've had while this guy in what looks like an oversized knockoff Stetson was off licking his electoral wounds Here we go again 🙄
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Never once seen this term used to describe the Republican party in non-US news that isn't like a personal blog or Substack. Sources please?
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
On the one hand, yeah. Yeah absolutely slave labour should not be normalized. On the other, it's a bit rich coming from the country that already uses what amounts to slave labour from private prisons for everything from licence plate manufacturing to farm labour.
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Tbh I think it's intended to be "A Modest Proposal" style satire but like... Some jokes should stay in the group chat y'know?
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Agreed, I'm sure that's the intent. I also think it's irresponsible to make that kind of sarcastic proposal mainstream though. The odds of people taking it seriously are too high imo - not enough people understand "A Modest Proposal"
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Probably the Lobbying Commissioner: share.google/CVGYMGYCt2f0...
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Home - Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada
The Commissioner of Lobbying is an independent Agent of Parliament responsible for regulating federal lobbying activities. The Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying ensures transparent and ethical lo...
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I'm sorry, what the actual fuck???
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
The article speaks for itself. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canadians in ICE detention centres left in legal limbo as families try to secure release | CBC News
Relatives of Canadians detained by ICE in the U.S. say they're furious and frustrated by the treatment of their loved ones and the battles they're having to fight for even the most basic information.
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Ahh yes of course. We HATE the Trump mass deportations so we MUST push back by... ...Checks notes... ...CALLING FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE DEPORTED What the fuck.
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
It's also disturbing that the people who claim to be so opposed to Trump's deportation schemes are pushing back by... Calling for people to be deported? I swear we've entered the twilight zone
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
The international community didn't sanction the US over Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, or any of the other concentration camps your government has operated since 2001. Why would this be any different? It's just more of the same shit your country has been doing for the last two decades
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
The same Marshalls who work for Donald Trump's Department of Justice?
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Well this is disappointing. At least we still have McIntosh! www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
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Penny Oleksiak withdraws from swimming worlds citing whereabouts case with World Aquatics | CBC Sports
Canada's Penny Oleksiak has withdrawn from the world aquatics championships due to being in a whereabouts case with World Aquatics, she announced on social media Friday.
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
What the actual fuck have they done... www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c180df1...
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U.S. Congress passes Trump’s sprawling domestic policy bill
U.S. President is expected to sign the package of tax breaks and spending cuts into law on Friday, meeting his self-imposed Fourth of July deadline
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Sigh. Dachau is in Bavaria, Germany. It's literally a half-hour drive from Munich. A single Google search or a cursory glance at a map or globe could have told you that.
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Yay for my extra $7ish/wk allowance I guess?? Gotta be honest I'd rather the government didn't decrease its own revenue through a tax cut and then decrease it again by getting rid of the DST in the MIDDLE OF A TRADE WAR where government aid is likely going to be necessary, but I guess c'est la vie
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
In all fairness to the government, the OECD has been building a collective DST for several years now. The Canadian-made version was only ever intended as a stopgap until the broader OECD model could be implemented. Still sucks, but there's at least some strategy to the suck
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Jason Van Taco @jasonvantaco.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Empathy? Is this the Darth Vader turn away from the dark side we've been waiting for?
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Hey, if the richest man in the world wants to play ally to the forces of anti-fascism for a while more power to him Doesn't mean anyone has to trust him any farther than they can throw him. Just use him for his money and influence while it lasts
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Oh THIS is sexy. This is the biggest Alberta W since getting rid of rats
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Since when exactly has the Federal Reserve been privately owned?? It's OPERATED at arm's length from the government but I'm pretty damn sure it's publicly owned.
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Thanks for the article! It says absolutely nothing about judges being forbidden from challenging the admin though. The bill is unconscionably bad on its own merits. Making up things about the bill to be mad about is irresponsible and silly
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The burden of proof is on the one making the claim. And this claim appears to be a complete fabrication
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Nathan Venema 🇨🇦 @nathanvenema.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
In that case, as an outsider I don't think I'm qualified to really opine Except to say that from the outside looking in, I don't think you're as integrated as you seem to believe and the argument about whether you are fifty mini-countries or one big one doesn't seem to have ever been resolved
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