Nate Erskine-Smith
@beynate.bsky.social
MP for Beaches-East York | Host of uncommons.ca podcast
Lest we forget. Thankful to all who have served and sacrificed.
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Lest we forget. Thankful to all who have served and sacrificed.
RSVP for our next Uncommons Live with award-winning journalist and author Tanya Talaga, November 19 at Beach United.
Lots to talk about and her latest book The Knowing was a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize.
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/63jvbfxz
Lots to talk about and her latest book The Knowing was a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize.
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/63jvbfxz
November 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
RSVP for our next Uncommons Live with award-winning journalist and author Tanya Talaga, November 19 at Beach United.
Lots to talk about and her latest book The Knowing was a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize.
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/63jvbfxz
Lots to talk about and her latest book The Knowing was a finalist for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize.
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/63jvbfxz
Happy Halloween from the K-Pop Demon Hunters crew
October 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Happy Halloween from the K-Pop Demon Hunters crew
My office has been ready for tonight for many years now.
October 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
My office has been ready for tonight for many years now.
After taking public money and with commitments to protect Canadian jobs, Stellantis is shifting production from Brampton to Illinois. Incredibly, the company’s president told us that Canada “is more than a market, it’s a home” at the same time as it abandons our workers and undermines the sector.
October 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
After taking public money and with commitments to protect Canadian jobs, Stellantis is shifting production from Brampton to Illinois. Incredibly, the company’s president told us that Canada “is more than a market, it’s a home” at the same time as it abandons our workers and undermines the sector.
Phil Demers, Marineland trainer turned whistleblower, joins me for an #uncommonspod recorded outside Marineland’s gates. We talk about different solutions to save the remaining whales and other animals, and why governments should lead on this instead of playing a reactive role.
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Phil Demers, Marineland trainer turned whistleblower, joins me for an #uncommonspod recorded outside Marineland’s gates. We talk about different solutions to save the remaining whales and other animals, and why governments should lead on this instead of playing a reactive role.
Last World Series game I was at, I was 9 years old watching Joe touch them all. Now I’m here with my 9 year old watching Carter throw out the first pitch. #WANTITALL
October 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Last World Series game I was at, I was 9 years old watching Joe touch them all. Now I’m here with my 9 year old watching Carter throw out the first pitch. #WANTITALL
Joeyband is a great example of Canadian ingenuity and entrepreneurship, a data-driven device used by hospitals around the world that supports safe skin to skin contact and bonding for thousands of newborns.
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Joeyband is a great example of Canadian ingenuity and entrepreneurship, a data-driven device used by hospitals around the world that supports safe skin to skin contact and bonding for thousands of newborns.
Unreal. What a game. What a team.
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Unreal. What a game. What a team.
On a personal note, I like to think my approach hasn’t changed over the years. I promised to bring a more principled and independent voice to the House and to work hard for the only community I’ve ever really known.
Thanks to everyone who has been a part of this wild journey over the years.
Thanks to everyone who has been a part of this wild journey over the years.
October 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
On a personal note, I like to think my approach hasn’t changed over the years. I promised to bring a more principled and independent voice to the House and to work hard for the only community I’ve ever really known.
Thanks to everyone who has been a part of this wild journey over the years.
Thanks to everyone who has been a part of this wild journey over the years.
Kids out of poverty, affordable childcare, public dental, serious climate action, advanced reconciliation, and forceful responses to a pandemic and Trump thrown in for good measure.
October 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Kids out of poverty, affordable childcare, public dental, serious climate action, advanced reconciliation, and forceful responses to a pandemic and Trump thrown in for good measure.
In the beginning.
And yes, a lot of progress since.
And yes, a lot of progress since.
October 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
In the beginning.
And yes, a lot of progress since.
And yes, a lot of progress since.
7 years later now and it's hard to believe we ever criminalized cannabis at all.
October 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
7 years later now and it's hard to believe we ever criminalized cannabis at all.
Nothing quite like a long weekend on the farm
October 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Nothing quite like a long weekend on the farm
Thankful for family, good health, and the Brigden Fair. #HappyThanksgiving
October 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thankful for family, good health, and the Brigden Fair. #HappyThanksgiving
Back at Malvern to make the case for why politics matters and to answer wide-ranging questions. This kind of engagement really does inform my advocacy. And apart from class visits, our youth council is a good outlet for getting involved.
Join: beynate.ca/youthcouncil
Join: beynate.ca/youthcouncil
October 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Back at Malvern to make the case for why politics matters and to answer wide-ranging questions. This kind of engagement really does inform my advocacy. And apart from class visits, our youth council is a good outlet for getting involved.
Join: beynate.ca/youthcouncil
Join: beynate.ca/youthcouncil
Chapters:
00:00 Intro & Run Like a Girl
05:32 Lessons from politics
08:52 “Climate Barbie”
16:28 Running in Ottawa Centre
23:05 Team player vs truth
27:19 Leaving politics
38:52 Climate “grand bargains”
52:56 Carbon pricing
57:55 Gender & feminism
00:00 Intro & Run Like a Girl
05:32 Lessons from politics
08:52 “Climate Barbie”
16:28 Running in Ottawa Centre
23:05 Team player vs truth
27:19 Leaving politics
38:52 Climate “grand bargains”
52:56 Carbon pricing
57:55 Gender & feminism
October 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Chapters:
00:00 Intro & Run Like a Girl
05:32 Lessons from politics
08:52 “Climate Barbie”
16:28 Running in Ottawa Centre
23:05 Team player vs truth
27:19 Leaving politics
38:52 Climate “grand bargains”
52:56 Carbon pricing
57:55 Gender & feminism
00:00 Intro & Run Like a Girl
05:32 Lessons from politics
08:52 “Climate Barbie”
16:28 Running in Ottawa Centre
23:05 Team player vs truth
27:19 Leaving politics
38:52 Climate “grand bargains”
52:56 Carbon pricing
57:55 Gender & feminism
Last week, @cathmckenna.bsky.social
joined me for a live #Uncommons recording at the Naval Club of Toronto to discuss Run Like a Girl, lessons from six years in politics, harassment in public life, party loyalty, and “grand bargains” on climate. Listen at uncommons.ca
joined me for a live #Uncommons recording at the Naval Club of Toronto to discuss Run Like a Girl, lessons from six years in politics, harassment in public life, party loyalty, and “grand bargains” on climate. Listen at uncommons.ca
October 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Last week, @cathmckenna.bsky.social
joined me for a live #Uncommons recording at the Naval Club of Toronto to discuss Run Like a Girl, lessons from six years in politics, harassment in public life, party loyalty, and “grand bargains” on climate. Listen at uncommons.ca
joined me for a live #Uncommons recording at the Naval Club of Toronto to discuss Run Like a Girl, lessons from six years in politics, harassment in public life, party loyalty, and “grand bargains” on climate. Listen at uncommons.ca
New Heritage Minute recognizing the amazing Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, the woman who loved giraffes. We had our own minute of history with her years ago.
October 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
New Heritage Minute recognizing the amazing Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, the woman who loved giraffes. We had our own minute of history with her years ago.
Kindness, curiosity, intellect, and humour. A life well lived.
October 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Kindness, curiosity, intellect, and humour. A life well lived.
So much of that work lives on through the Jane Goodall Institute, supporting animals, protecting nature, and empowering women and girls.
October 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
So much of that work lives on through the Jane Goodall Institute, supporting animals, protecting nature, and empowering women and girls.
I was lucky to have had
@janegoodallcan.bsky.social
join me in conversation years ago to talk about her work and to be the House sponsor of legislation in her name.
@janegoodallcan.bsky.social
join me in conversation years ago to talk about her work and to be the House sponsor of legislation in her name.
October 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I was lucky to have had
@janegoodallcan.bsky.social
join me in conversation years ago to talk about her work and to be the House sponsor of legislation in her name.
@janegoodallcan.bsky.social
join me in conversation years ago to talk about her work and to be the House sponsor of legislation in her name.
Remembering the legend that is Dr. Jane Goodall.
She left a lasting legacy as a voice for nature, animals, gender equality, and a better world for all of us. And she inspired so many to do the same.
She left a lasting legacy as a voice for nature, animals, gender equality, and a better world for all of us. And she inspired so many to do the same.
October 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Remembering the legend that is Dr. Jane Goodall.
She left a lasting legacy as a voice for nature, animals, gender equality, and a better world for all of us. And she inspired so many to do the same.
She left a lasting legacy as a voice for nature, animals, gender equality, and a better world for all of us. And she inspired so many to do the same.
Kindness, curiosity, intellect, and humour. A life well lived.
October 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Kindness, curiosity, intellect, and humour. A life well lived.