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Sabine Benoit

@sabineec.bsky.social
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Liberty lover who loves books, dogs, and reality TV. Foodie and traveller. Immigration policy. Canadian politics.

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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Ottawans too!
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Peter Jaworski @peterjaworski.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
We’ve relied on U.S. paid plasma for over three decades Our first real boost in self-sufficiency was thanks to commercial plasma We will not be the first country in the world to be self-sufficient without paying donors We’ll just be hypocrites again
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I'm super proud of this very thorough Deep Dive that we worked very hard on for @thehubcanada.bsky.social on housing. The CCC worked tirelessly to crunch the numbers in a way that Canadians can better understand the hurdles they truly face, and what we found was truly depressing.
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
@ricksteves.bsky.social is one of the coolest dudes on TV, anti fascist and pro legalization while being the best travel guy around. We’re watching him again while we plan our honeymoon trip!
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Check out the trailer for CCC's Fun Police Season 3, where I make an appearance. It was great speaking with Bill about Canadian alcohol history and policy in this podcast, episodes start streaming March 5!
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Season 3 trailer
Fun Police · Episode
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Imagine the CRA asking you trust it with auto-filing your taxes as a low-income person after watching it fine people $70,000 fits own autofill mistakes, getting majorly hacked several times, and knowing this system has failed in the UK. www.westernstandard.news/opinion/clem...
westernstandard.news
CLEMENT/EL-CHIDIAC: Be wary of the CRA autofiling for taxes
"Two complaints are most common among Canadians during tax time: taxes are too high, and filing taxes is too complicated."
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The most important thing you will read today and probably for a while. I’m so proud of my friends @janetbufton.ca and @tomgpalmer.bsky.social for working so incredibly hard and being so through with this.
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
If you want to see very real example of how much things will cost if a tariff is imposed, take a look at the much everything might cost: www.freetrade4us.org/trade-war-st...
freetrade4us.org
Trade War Store — For Free Trade – A Consumer Choice Center Project
When a trade war commences, tariffs are slapped on products, barriers to imports and exports are implemented, and costs rise for ordinary consumers. Use the Consumer Choice Center’s Trade War Store to...
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Great, the 43 lbs of fentanyl that the US seized from the Canadian border of the 21,889 lbs total seized won't stand a chance
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Christine Van Geyn of the Canadian Constitution Foundation and I are in The Hamilton Spectator talking about how important it is for provinces to immediately get serious about breaking down provincial trade barriers the more they realize that the USA is not a reliable trade partner.
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The time to tear down internal trade barriers is now
Provinces could choose to enact freer trade, which would unite us as a country during this time of deep economic uncertainty.
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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This is the most inspiring thing happening in Canada right now. I used to be able to see this land from my office. Hard to imagine the transformation. youtu.be/zGJD9V10esQ?...
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Squamish Nation says first Sen̓áḵw units available to rent this year as towers start to soar
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
@janetbufton.ca and I once wrote a little something on this fantastic woman. Check it out: oll.libertyfund.org/publications...
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Black History Beyond Borders: Heroines in Canadian History | Online Library of Liberty
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
What has happened to my friends @jkuznicki.bsky.social and @andycraig.bsky.social is unacceptable. These two people are some of the most intelligent out there, we need their voices. A campaign to try and invoke fear in those who speak their mind is truly a sign of moral failure and reprehensibility
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Folks, if you haven't subscribed to @heardtell.bsky.social Substack yet please do, I'd appreciate it. This week, Good Talks w/DC reporter @ericmgarcia.bsky.social & on Canada tariffs/Trump/Trudeau w/ @sabineec.bsky.social plus conspiracy theories, my media appearances, & more heardtell.substack.com
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Heard Tell | Andrew Donaldson | Substack
Heard Tell: Covering culture and politics, but without all the caterwauling. Writing & media from Andrew Donaldson. Click to read Heard Tell, by Andrew Donaldson, a Substack publication with hundreds ...
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Talking bout Canada @heardtell.bsky.social w/Canadian policy expert & Canadian @sabineec.bsky.social on tariffs, Trump, Trudeau & political/economic context iTunes podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify youtu.be/-NUzdNnZCq0 YouTube youtu.be/-NUzdNnZCq0 Substack open.substack.com/pub/heardtel...
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Ohhhh Canada @heardtell.bsky.social w/Canadian policy expert @sabineec.bsky.social on tariffs, Trump, Trudeau, & political/economic context beyond headlines iTunes podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify youtu.be/-NUzdNnZCq0 YouTube youtu.be/-NUzdNnZCq0 Substack open.substack.com/pub/heardtel...
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Andrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Canada is all over the news with everyone talking ABOUT Canada @heardtell.bsky.social turns down the noise on tariffs, Trump, Trudeau, & the Canadian politics and economic context we need by talking TO /CCC's Canadian policy maven @sabineec.bsky.social Subscribe👇 open.substack.com/pub/heardtel...
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Had such a great time speaking with @heardtell.bsky.social about Trump and tariffs yesterday!
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
media.tenor.com
a car is driving down a dirt road next to a pile of dirt and mountains .
ALT: a car is driving down a dirt road next to a pile of dirt and mountains .
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
It is laughable that QC's latest bill is meant to show women are equal when they dont let women have the same rights by banning religious symbols, namely the headscarf, from those who work in government service. If men can wear whatever they choose, women should be able to as well. That's equality.
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I'm hearing a lot of voices in Canada saying that it is patriotic to show Trump that we will go dollar to dollar and hit the USA with tariffs. The Team Canada approach should rather be one that would not make Canadians suffer more than they already are with affordability.
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
In case you missed it yesterday (spoiler alert, they did not)
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
NorthBayNipissing talks about our Trade War Store and quotes me saying Trump “is repeating disproven myths about tariffs ‘revitalizing’ old industries, balancing deficits, and paying off out-of-control government debt.” Check it out below.
northbaynipissing.com
Did Trump issue tariffs against Canada today? Incoming president pledges to ‘tariff and tax foreign countries to enrich our citizens’
Addressing a slew of executive orders, Trump confirmed his plans to establish the ‘External Revenue Service’ he said will collect tariffs, duties and revenues from foreign sources
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Want to know if tariffs have ever worked before for the United States? Let's take a walk down memory lane in this thread 🧵
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
How do tariffs hurt consumers in both the USA and Canada? Well, here's a thread 🧵
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Janet Bufton 🍁🌻 @janetbufton.ca · 20/01/2025
@sabineec.bsky.social making the arguments that need to be hammered constantly to shore up opposition to tariffs and trade wars. NatCons won't be moved on these issues—they're not the target. Send this to people you know who care about the cost of living and access to the consumer goods they want.
thehill.com
Day 1 tariffs are bad for everyone — including President Trump
President Trump should not pursue rash Day 1 tariffs after his inauguration is over. The market shock will be severe.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
New at The Hill from my friend @sabineec.bsky.social thehill.com/opinion/fina...
thehill.com
Day 1 tariffs are bad for everyone — including President Trump
President Trump should not pursue rash Day 1 tariffs after his inauguration is over. The market shock will be severe.
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I am willing to bet that every man on X who complains that makeup is ruining women and they only look beautiful natural is following at least five insta models and liking all their posts. Cringe behaviour.
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
It's 2005 in Scarborough. You're riding in your friend's car with the windows down. Flow 93.5 is playing. Everything is perfect.
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Millennium Hip-Hop/R&B: Canada
Playlist · Spotify · 60 items · 12.4K saves
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
My interview on the dark history of the LCBO particularly in the case of Indigenous Ontarians and women and people of colour, the current failures of the alcohol retail system, and some potential alternatives to the archaic system Ontarians still have to put up with. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-af...
youtube.com
Interview with Sabine el-Chidiac on LCBO and its Ugly & Paternalistic History
YouTube video by Consumer Choice Center
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
My blog for the CCC on why Ontarians shouldn’t get complacent with the liberalization of alcohol. For one, the LCBO should not be the only place you can buy vodka, gin, and whiskey. Ontarians should also rethink the LCBO as a retailer all together. Read more: consumerchoicecenter.org/ontarians-ca...
consumerchoicecenter.org
Ontarians can’t get complacent about the liberalization of alcohol
Many Ontarians are celebrating the new rules that allow them to buy alcohol at big box stores like Costco and at their local convenience store, a practice other provinces and other countries have had
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Nathan Goodman @nathanpgoodman.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I also discussed this point with @sabineec.bsky.social on an episode of The Curious Task. thecurioustask.podbean.com/e/ep-243-nat...
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Nathan Goodman - How Can Border Control Affect Domestic Life? | The Curious Task
Sabine speaks with Nathan Goodman about the complexities of border control and domestic policy, focusing on how these issues intersect with libertarian philosophy, the economic implications of immigra...
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
The Hamilton Spectator published my piece on the LCBO and its ugly history of racism, sexism, and paternalism. I focus primarily on the way Indigenous Ontarians were treated up until 1959 and beyond. www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
thespec.com
The LCBO is an archaic system with an ugly history
It is a mystery why Ontarians continue to put up with this system.
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
One of the only things worth reading today
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
My toxic trait is buying the 48 pack of pretty highlighters from Costco and then two years later finding out I’ve only used two
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
This is honestly so terrible. These workers were put in dangerous situations and threatened because they are trying to make a living.
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Janet Bufton 🍁🌻 @janetbufton.ca · 23/10/2024
A late drop at @theunpopulist.net: part one (of two). I'll have more to say after a night's sleep but am sharing for late night and further-west readers.
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Your Comprehensive Guide to the Far Right: Part I
Understanding this rising threat to liberalism across the world is the first step to defeating it
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
New from @jbufton.bsky.social Janet Bufton and Tom Palmer at @theunpopulist.net www.theunpopulist.net/p/your-compr...
theunpopulist.net
Your Comprehensive Guide to the Far Right: Part I
Understanding this rising threat to liberalism across the world is the first step to defeating it
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
An important read from @jbufton.bsky.social and Tom Palmer, two people whom I consider to have greatly shaped my own ideas on liberalism. www.theunpopulist.net/p/your-compr...
theunpopulist.net
Your Comprehensive Guide to the Far Right: Part I
Understanding this rising threat to liberalism across the world is the first step to defeating it
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
I talked to OMNI about politicians scapegoating immigrants rather than actually fixing the housing crisis. Govt needs to deal with issues like zoning and red tape rather than just blaming newcomers and washing their hands of the problem. #cdnpoli
toronto.citynews.ca
Majority of immigrants feel unfairly blamed for housing crisis
A new poll finds majority of immigrants feel they are being unfairly blamed for Canada's housing ad affordability crisis.
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 12/07/2024
Excellent morning panel headed up by @jacobtlevy.bsky.social on postliberal critiques at #libcon24! #InstitutefortheStudyofModernAuthoritarianism
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Jonathan Blanks @blanksslate.bsky.social · 19/06/2024
I sat down with @sabineec.bsky.social on the Curious Task podcast to talk about systemic racism and how it operates in the criminal system thecurioustask.podbean.com/e/ep-234-jon...
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Ep. 234: Jonathan Blanks - What Is Systemic Racism? | The Curious Task
Sabine speaks with Jonathan Blanks about why and how systemic racism exists in society, and what can potentially be done to curb it in various aspects of institutional life.  Episode Notes: - The Foun...
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 18/06/2024
Leb girl advice: don’t buy fattoush chips for 5.99 a bag from the store. Just by the $1.20 pita bread, pull the pita apart into two sides and then toast both sides in the oven. Break them up when done. Poof, fresh and tasty and many dollars less. #themoreyouknow
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
I remember when people on the right used to be appalled with people displaying upside down flags, making arguments like soldiers died for this flag so it must be respected, so it is very strange for me that this has completely flipped now. When did it become permissible for people on the right?
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Sabine Benoit @sabineec.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
Hey I’m back on Bluesky! @jbufton.bsky.social got me interested in coming back. So what’s been going on while I was away?
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Christy Lynn @christylh.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
I wrote about why should listen to @sabineec.bsky.social's podcast and maybe, if you want to (but no one is going to force, we're not like that!), read some Shakespeare. Then reread some Shakespeare. And come talk with us about it.
oll.libertyfund.org
Folks is Folks | Online Library of Liberty
Sarah Skwire doesn’t say YOU MUST READ SHAKESPEARE…but if you do, you’ll probably learn from him. And then you can reread him later to learn more and different things. In this hour-long conversa...
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
There's this old book, Making of Star Trek, which was basically your entire source of info about the show if you were a geek kid in 1970 or so, and I was looking through it out of curiosity/nostalgia and anyway this is an ... interesting encapsulation of @georgetakei.bsky.social's childhood
"George was born in the Boyle Heights district of Los Angeles and lived there until world War II, when his family moved to Arkansas."

Takei spent his childhood in an internment camp.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
My Templeton Tercentenary Fellow Lecture video is now available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdXi...
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The pride of man, the vanity of the philosopher, the misfortune of the king
Professor Jacob T Levy (McGill University) was at King’s College London on 12 October, 2023, for a lecture on the founder of modern economics, Adam Smith, du...
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