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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦
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Just in case you haven't seen this yet...
Here is the project which consumed MONTHS of my life and involved HUNDREDS of local #Nanaimo residents, each sworn to secrecy.

✅ If you're an American healthcare worker considering Canada, WATCH THIS. ❤️
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I Am the Very Model of a Modern-Day Canadian
WATCH NEXT: The Making of This Video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivBBQ5625lw Correction: The Degrassi co-creator's name is Linda Schuyler, not Lydia Sch...
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🛑 STOP • USING • GOOGLE!! 🛑
Google’s “AI summary” is frequently wrong, often dangerously so.

I use Kagi.com (not sponsored) and even pay for it. Results are better, there’s no automatic AI, and your searches are not reported to the U.S. government.
December 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Are you a writer/journalist with video experience?

I'm looking for an associate producer to cover Steph's mat leave.

See details below and go to ap.todmaffin.com for more details and to apply. (Do not DM or email to apply.)

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December 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Canada runs one of the largest holiday traditions on Earth.
It’s not a parade. It’s not a TV special.
It’s a mailroom that answers every letter to Santa.

Learn all about it in my special Christmas Day issue.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Would you like to work with me? I have a job opening! 🙂 If not you, perhaps send to someone who might be interested!
December 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🔴 NEW VIDEO
I made a lot of videos this year, but the work I’m most proud of this year wasn’t always on screen. Here’s what I want to build next.
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I made a lot of videos this year, but the work I’m most proud of this year wasn’t always on screen
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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December 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
We turned a bigot into a fundraiser.
December 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Reposted by Tod Maffin 🇨🇦
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Reposted by Tod Maffin 🇨🇦
An absolutely magnificent Freudian slip! 🤌🏼
December 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
In the 1930s, the U.S. tried to bully the world. Here’s the story of how Canada resisted… by simply being boring. #cdnpoli #tariffs

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The Case for Boring
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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December 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
You’ve heard a thousand takes on Canada.
This one starts with a TV show about a dog.

My keynote speech on Canadian identity, quiet courage, and why Canada survives by sticking together.

It ends with a direct challenge for you:
“Which one will you be?”

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Relentless Decency: Tod Maffin Keynote Speech
You’ve heard Canadians described a thousand ways, usually by people trying to sell us something. This talk starts... with a dog. With a show that broke every TV rule, and somehow still explains what…
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December 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In tomorrow's members-only newsletter:

A province tried to bully the press in 1937. Canada’s system shut it down. Here’s how.

✅ Want to read it? Join 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗱 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗱 tier now at newsletter.todmaffin.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The 16th Healthcare Infusion chapter just came online tonight! It’s in #Peace#River, #ALBERTA.

It’s run by Annette. A farmer. An immigrant. Someone who chose Peace River place more than 20 years ago, and chose it again by staying, building, and helping.

Check it out at healthcareinfusion.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The 15th Healthcare Infusion chapter is now online in... #Kamloops BC!

✅ See them all, or start a chapter for YOUR community, at healthcareinfusion.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
ALL OF THEM.
All their doctors.
Their nurses.
Electricians
Welders
Network architects
Plumbers
Urban planners
Research assistants
Cybersecurity experts
Architects
Respiratory therapists
Geologists
Construction managers
Food safety inspectors
Carpenters
If the U.S. won’t respect them, Canada will. 🇨🇦
December 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM
It’s not a boycott.
It’s muscle memory.
And it’s working.
#cdnpoli

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Muscle Memory
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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December 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
So, the Canadian ambassador to the U.S. is stepping down.
OMG LET ME DO IT OMG LET ME DO IT OMG LET ME DO IT OMG LET ME DO IT OMG LET ME DO IT OMG LET ME DO IT OMG LET ME DO IT OMG LET ME DO IT OMG LET ME DO IT OMG LET ME DO IT OMG LET ME DO IT OMG LET ME DO IT OMG

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Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s longtime ambassador to the U.S., is stepping down | CBC News
Kirsten Hillman, Canada's longtime ambassador to the United States, is leaving her post in the new year — marking a key shakeup amid tense trade relations with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Why Canada's Parliament is flying two flags today. Or, you know, maybe isn't. #fallout
December 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Constitution left us a safeguard for moments when premiers push too far.

The question is: Does the federal government have the courage to use it?

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Section 90: Canada‘s Moral Reset Button
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Communities across this country are ready to welcome you, your family, and the hopes you thought were lost in the noise.
December 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Some of you asked for a clear shot of the letter I received from the Prime Minister* that I used in yesterday's video about potash, so here it is.

🏆 Bonus points if you can figure out who Nathan Poe is!

By the way, there is at least one easter egg like this in every video I do!

*fake letter obvs
December 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Please somebody sell me tickets to the next meeting of Google’s p.r. team!!! 🍿
December 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
An announcement from Tod.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The REAL cost of letting private health care into Canada's public system.
Plus: A profile of a Canadian wellness brand.

That's tomorrow's bonus issue for Premium members of my newsletter.

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December 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Donald Trump does not understand that America’s food system hangs on a single mineral in Saskatchewan.
#potash #tariffs #cdnpoli #farming #agbiz

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The Dirty Politics of Donald Trump's Potash Tariffs
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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December 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM