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Geneviève Couture
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Archiviste politique à Bibliothèque et Archives Canada.
Political archivist at Library and Archives Canada.
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IDEA: A Hallmark Christmas movie about an Alberta premier who refuses to be photographed with Santa unless he's seated, titled 'Notwithstanding Claus'.
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Le degré de nullité d'une ministre pas FOUTUE de prévoir LE ONZE NOVEMBRE un message où la France n'a pas deux Bretagne et dont le Poilu ne porte pas un casque allemand.
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Encore une fois, pas un bon temps pour être fonctionnaire fédérale au Canada.

J'ai pu garder ma job en 2012, on verra cette fois...
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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So former PM Justin Trudeau went as Left Shark for Halloween? Interesting... #sharksnearme cc: @whysharksmatter.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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L’historien en chef du Musée canadien de la guerre, Tim Cook, est décédé
L’historien en chef du Musée canadien de la guerre, Tim Cook, est décédé
Le Musée canadien de la guerre a annoncé dimanche le décès de son historien en chef et directeur de la recherche.
www.ledroit.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Dryden
Serge Lemoyne
1975
September 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Connu comme l’un des principaux spécialistes de l’histoire intellectuelle du Québec francophone, Yvan Lamonde est décédé mardi à l’âge de 81 ans.
Décès d’Yvan Lamonde, historien de la culture et des idées
www.ledevoir.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
@infomantv.bsky.social À vendre à Gatineau !
August 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
In the next #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds episode, Captain Pike's looks seems inspired by former Canadian ambassador to Iran, Ken Taylor's ?!?!? #CanadianCaper
trekmovie.com/2025/07/28/p...
July 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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A piece I wrote last year on the size of the federal government.

Did the federal government get "bigger" under Trudeau? Yes.

But it was also *historically small* when he came to office.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
ANALYSIS | The federal government under Trudeau is bigger — but not as big as it used to be | CBC News
On the eve of the Liberal government’s eighth budget, and with the size and shape of the federal government becoming a focus of political debate, it's worth taking stock of what has changed during the...
www.cbc.ca
July 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Mon papa, parti il y a 10 ans aujourd'hui.
June 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Our democracy distorting first-past-the-post system fuels the polarisation driving separatist movements.

@mark-carney.bsky.social, you can end this and bring in proportional representation—uniting Canadians with a truly representative democracy.

What are we waiting for?

#cdnpoli
May 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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I say, "is that real?" about a million times a day now.
May 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Original 1945 postcard from my collection.
And it's true.
Much of the Netherlands was liberated by Canadian troops and we fell for them hard and a special relationship with Canada was born... and so were a lot of babies ;)

Anyway, hello Canadians ;) 👋😘
May 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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