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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Adjusting back into Australian society very well, thank you very much, why do you ask?

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Wildfires have been burning in the region surrounding Kenora due to heat and strong winds. Today, it's snowing.

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Spotted between Manitoulin Island and Sault Ste. Marie today (I was not ready with the camera, hence the very zoomed in shot through the back window)

A building plastered with Canadian flags and the words 'CANADA IS NOT FOR SALE!! HELL NO FU TRUMP'

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Ottawa serving up an absolute passport-shredder of a day on my last weekend here.

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Quite possible that Australia's Dickson has pulled the same thing Canada's Carleton did earlier this week: defeating an opposition leader in their own seat. #auspol #cdnpoli

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Spending the hour ahead of the Newfoundland polls closing focused on something completely different

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

And some wags in the comments are getting in on it.

Comment: Surely there is a Canadian Island in the middle of nowhere inhabited by penguins that we can slap a 10% tariff on!

Comment: I'm a Canadian by birth but I have been in Australia since 1971 and I still hate that axle grease stuff you Aussies love! I also have Australian citizenship but Elbows Up!

Comment: This calls for a protest and the mass dumping of Maple Syrup into the harbour at Circular Quay

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

How I expect this news will go down in the motherland: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Before CN Tower stair climb/after CN Tower climb. Observation deck was surrounded by cloud when I arrived, but it didn't matter. Big proponent of escalators and lifts now.

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Luv 2 get crypto scams pretending to be CBC posted as ads on my Facebook feed, months after the CBC told Meta this was an issue www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

An ad on Facebook from a page called "Canada Votes," claiming to link to a CBC article titled "Canada's new PM Mark Carney infuriated Trump today by announcing a historic new deal for Canadians." As with other such posts, this no doubt leads to a crypto scam.

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Anything exciting happening in Ottawa this weekend?

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

You know it's going well when ads for hotels in Florida targeting Canadians in late winter have mostly laugh or angry reactions, and the advertiser has turned the comments off.

Canadian Facebook Marriott Bonvoy ad for Florida hotel stays. Of the 2.3K reactions, most are laughing or angry. Marriott Bonvoy has turned off the comments.

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum, may need to update this graphic after last week (pic taken last year)

A graphic with the Canadian flag nothing "3 Fathers of the Canadian Confederation" and "4 Canadian Prime Minister's" were Irish

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Gatineau erasure in the SMH travel quiz

A quiz question asking "If you were to visit Canada’s impressively Gothic Parliament building and get an education at the Canadian Museum of History, what city would you be in?" The options are Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, and Toronto.

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

GrogWatch addendum: A note at the bottom of BC Liquor's website says some U.S. products are currently unavailable. British Columbia is stopping the sale of alcohol from Republican-controlled states.

BC Liquor's homepage, with a note at the bottom that "Some U.S.-made products are currently unavailable due to the U.S. tariffs placed on Canadian products."

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

There is now a note on the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation's website that it'll stop selling U.S. products. PEI, Quebec and Manitoba have done the same, but there's nothing on their homepages at the moment.

A note stating "Removal of U.S. Products from the NSLC
Following the Province’s announcement on Tuesday, March 4, the NSLC will stop selling U.S. products.

Impacted products will be removed from our shelves in-store and their online listings will be removed from our website.

U.S. products are those that are made, manufactured, and/or produced in the U.S., regardless of where the product is shipped from.

For example, this would include a wine made in California and labelled "Product of USA/California," regardless of whether it ships to the NSLC directly from the U.S. or a location within Canada. Products made in Canada will not be removed.

If you are wondering whether a specific product is impacted, please refer to the criteria above and continue to check our website for the latest information."

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Here are a couple of shopfronts in Ottawa, the pics taken between the February tariff backdown and the implementation this morning. Canadians are angry, and are taking more action than just booing the U.S. anthem at hockey games.

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Newfoundland and Labrador's liquor board's website notes that all American products will not be available until further notice. Ontario's liquor board's site is down as it removes "while we remove U.S. products in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods."

The Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation website, with a banner noting that "AS OF MARCH 4, ALL PRODUCTS PRODUCED IN THE U.S. WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE IN NLC LIQUOR STORES AND LIQUOR EXPRESS LOCATIONS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE."

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario's website, stating in English and French: "Service Unavailable
Our site is temporarily unavailable while we remove U.S. products in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods.
Our in-store customer service remains unaffected.
Thank you for your patience and understanding."

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Voted in my first Canadian election! No Democracy Sausage, so had to improvise with Democracy Chook

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Got out before the snow started.

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Personal brag: for the first time, I did a return trip on the full 7.8 km of the Rideau Canal Skateway yesterday. Given I could barely stand on skates last time it was fully open, I was pretty happy! A great distraction from The Horrors™

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

At its warmest, the Canadian capital has been 3 degrees colder than DC when they decided it was too chilly for the inauguration to be held outside. Hasn't stopped people from showing up in Ottawa to skate and examine ice sculptures

People at a rest stop on the Rideau Canal.

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

With the exception of the government officials, public servants, reporters and industry groups forced to respond to the United States' economic attack on Canada, Ottawa is quite cheerful this weekend. Heaps of people out and about for the Winterlude festival.

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Guy I passed shouted enthusiastically, "Great work, buddy! You're doing so much better!" Assume it was directed at me and not the small child he was skating with.

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Liberal Party is an important institution, he says. Next leader will carry ideals and values to next election

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a press conference.

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

My phone says it's -13 in Ottawa, feels like -20.

Media waiting outside Rideau Cottage for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

And here we are. PM due to speak in ~21 minutes

Media outside Rideau Cottage, the residence of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Since coming back from 🇦🇺, I've been able to access the Insta posts of news orgs I follow, like @brisbanetimes.bsky.social and The Canberra Times. BUT, the same pages on Facebook are blocked.

A Canberra Times Instagram post, visible in Canada.

A Brisbane Times Instagram post, visible in Canada.

Brisbane Times' Facebook page, blocked in Canada.

The Canberra Times' Facebook page, blocked in Canada.

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Some personal news: today I officially became ineligible to run as an Australian federal parliamentarian under Section 44(i) of the constitution!

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Stephen Jeffery @stephenej.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I was at university/interning last time I signed up to a new social media platform (Yammer doesn't count) so feeling a little 'how do you do, fellow kids' today.

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