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Ben Woodfinden

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Ben Woodfinden

@BenWoodfinden

Senior Advisor MBPolicy.com | Former Director of Communications to the Leader of the Opposition | Doctoral Candidate @mcgillu |

Joined January 2018

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Ben Woodfinden
@BenWoodfinden
Jun 12
Richard Wagner has spent his time as Chief Justice turning himself into the self-appointed guardian of Canadian democracy: annual press conferences, speeches about the rule of law, warnings about democratic backsliding. The old convention was that judges speak through their
National Post
@nationalpost
Jun 12
Ben Woodfinden: Chief Justice Richard Wagner is disappointed in Canada nationalpost.com/opinion/ben-wo…
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Ben Woodfinden
@BenWoodfinden
Apr 4, 2025
6500 in Oshawa. 5500 in Surrey. 2500 in Fredericton. 1700 in PEI. This is not normal. This is what change looks like.
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Ben Woodfinden
@BenWoodfinden
Jan 8, 2025
“And let your motto be Canada first, Canada last, and Canada always.” -Wilfrid Laurier Words to remember.
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Ben Woodfinden
@BenWoodfinden
Nov 17, 2025
Reminder that no city in Canada does better urbanism than Montreal and it isn't even close.
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brayden petersen ⁂
@bmptrsn
Nov 15, 2025
how it feels to go 100km/h in the Mount-Royal Tunnel on Montreal’s @REMgrandmtl fully automated line 20 stories underground
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Ben Woodfinden
@BenWoodfinden
Sep 9, 2023
"This business of deleting our past must end. And this is a matter on which English Canada must learn from Quebec. Quebecers— I’m saying this in English deliberately—do not apologize for their culture, language or history. They celebrate it. All Canadians should do the same."
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Ben Woodfinden
@BenWoodfinden
Sep 11, 2025
Kinew is easily one of the most impressive and likeable politicians in Canada imo. He's clearly a progressive and unapologetic about it, but he treats everyone from both sides with respect and dignity, and tries to meet people int he middle when he can. More of this.
Wab Kinew
@WabKinew
Sep 11, 2025
The killing of Charlie Kirk is deeply disturbing. Violence has no place in democracies. Our condolences to his wife and children.
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Ben Woodfinden
@BenWoodfinden
Mar 28, 2025
Wow. 5500 people in Surrey tonight to hear @PierrePoilievre:
Matthew Antonitti
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Matthew Antonitti
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Ben Woodfinden
@BenWoodfinden
Apr 8, 2025
Of all the false things people say about @PierrePoilievre, the one that's most infuriating is "he's got no policies." It's not true. Since he became leader and during the campaign, no one has put out more substantive policy in Opposition. A 🧵of just some of these policies:
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Ben Woodfinden
@BenWoodfinden
Oct 28, 2025
Boomers during covid: "I'm spending 75 days at my cottage instead of leaving the country, respect my sacrifice!" Boomers in 2025: "I'm going to Portugal instead of Florida for 75 days; respect my sacrifice!"
Peter Ratcliffe, forever Canadian 🇨🇦
@PeterHRatcliffe
Oct 27, 2025
Looking forward. We have now booked our accommodations and purchased our flights for 75 days in Portugal 2026 instead of our past habitual Florida. Florida’s Governor said in early 2025, while we were there spending, that they didn’t need Canadians, so we listened.
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Ben Woodfinden
@BenWoodfinden
Sep 10, 2025
There is a certain Canadian online influencer, calling her a journalist is far too generous, whom you can simply ignore and let tweet into the void - a day like today is a good example why.
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Ben Woodfinden
@BenWoodfinden
May 23, 2023
So, Trudeau asks a Trudeau Foundation member who asks a Trudeau Foundation mentor who was also involved in the SNC-Lavalin scandal to clear him of a conflict of interest. Laurentianism at its finest. cbc.ca/news/politics/…
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CPAC
@CPAC_TV
May 23, 2023
"I took the trouble of seeking a legal opinion from a retired Supreme Court justice, Justice Frank Iacobucci. He was very clear that there was no conflict of interest with respect to the true obligations," David Johnston says re: questions about his impartiality. #cdnpoli
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Ben Woodfinden
@BenWoodfinden
Jun 15, 2025
If you're in Toronto and participating in a march against Trump over domestic American issues, your mind already exists in the 51st state. Your political consciousness is Americanized.
Siobhan Morris
@siomoCTV
Jun 14, 2025
An anti-Trump march is making its way from the U.S. consulate on University Avenue up to Queen's Park
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Ben Woodfinden
@BenWoodfinden
May 1, 2025
It has been the honour of a lifetime to work for @PierrePoilievre. Not many people get the chance to do what I've spent the last few years doing, and I feel very fortunate to have been given this opportunity. This was my first and only job in partisan politics, so I had no real
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Ben Woodfinden
@BenWoodfinden
Jul 10, 2025
I hope any bureaucrat who gets laid off but voted for Carney to "stop massive Conservative cuts" can at least appreciate the irony of the situation
Toronto Star
@TorontoStar
Jul 9, 2025
Brace for layoffs, budget watchdog says, as Carney government aims to slash spending by $25B trib.al/yVW3LZr
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