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Ryan Painter

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Ryan Painter

@ryanlpainter

Principal at Rhino PR & Strategy. Proud British Columbian, proud Canadian. Storyteller and not-for-profit executive.

Victoria, British Columbia

Joined November 2009

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Ryan Painter
@ryanlpainter
May 18
Happy Victoria Day, View Royal! While many of us know Victoria Day as the unofficial start of summer, the holiday also marks the legacy of Queen Victoria, whose reign helped shape early Canada and many of the institutions, traditions, and communities that continue to define our
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Ryan Painter
@ryanlpainter
Apr 19, 2025
Voting record. Federal 2004: 🟧 2006: 🟧 2008: 🟧 2011: 🟧 2015: 🟧 2019: 🟧 2021: 🟧 2025: 🟦 Provincial 2005: 🟧 2009: 🟧 2013: 🟧 2017: 🟧 2020: 🟧 2024: 🟦
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Ryan Painter
@ryanlpainter
Apr 18, 2025
If you're having a bad day, just remember that Jagmeet Singh is having a worse day.
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Ryan Painter
@ryanlpainter
May 5, 2024
In 2003 when I joined the NDP, I never knew I would be indoctrinated into Jew-hate. The virulent stream of antisemitism that is on full display today is a feature, not of bug, of the left and the NDP.. I was antisemitic. I hated Israel. I wondered how Jews in Canada could
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Ryan Painter
@ryanlpainter
Jun 15, 2025
🚨 This one’s spicy: BC Ferries is building four new ships in China. Not in Esquimalt. Not in Vancouver. Not in Nanaimo. China. A massive sellout of BC workers—and David Eby’s credibility. A 🧵...
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Ryan Painter
@ryanlpainter
Dec 8, 2020
I've noticed a shocking increase in the number of people who think they are epidemiologists and being extremely harsh against Dr. Bonnie Henry. Let me help. We're not hear because of her. We're here because people didn't listen to her. There's a world of difference.
Ryan Painter
@ryanlpainter
Oct 28, 2024
I spent some afternoon scrutinizing vote counting in Juan de Fuca - Malahat today. My observations: 1. All the Election Officers took their jobs extremely seriously and understood the importance of their work. 2. The ballot boxes were secure, sealed, and handled carefully
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Ryan Painter
@ryanlpainter
May 28, 2024
Is anybody else mortified that this government could be potentially bringing in refugees associated with Hamas? It can't be just me.
Canada Proud
@WeAreCanProud
May 28, 2024
#REPORT: Liberal immigration minister Marc Miller clarifies that the Trudeau government's Gaza refugee program will apply to 5,000 families, not single individuals.
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Ryan Painter
@ryanlpainter
Apr 8, 2023
Replying to @T_Krawchenko @MedvedevRussiaE and 2 others
Dmitry needs a history lesson. Ukraine as a culture, as a people, as a nation, is older than Russia. In fact, Russia today has its roots in the historic development of Ukraine.
en.wikipedia.org
Kievan Rus' - Wikipedia
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Ryan Painter
@ryanlpainter
Apr 15, 2025
Letter from Victoria BC Rabbi Meir Kaplan about Victoria Liberal Candidate Will Greaves. Wonder if the candidate, @liberal_party, or @MarkJCarney will respond?
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Ryan Painter
@ryanlpainter
Oct 18, 2024
I voted early by mail. It was my very first time voting Conservative after voting for and working for the NDP for over 20 years. We need common sense change in BC!
Conservative Party of BC
@Conservative_BC
Oct 18, 2024
Tomorrow is election day! Help us make history. #bcpoli planyourvote.ca
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Ryan Painter
@ryanlpainter
Jan 19, 2023
Replying to @joncoopertweets
Chris Cornell. I cried for a few weeks and was distraught for at least a month. Every year on the anniversary of his suicide I play his music all day (which is also in constant rotation on Spotify).
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Ryan Painter
@ryanlpainter
Nov 27, 2023
Replying to @JanisIrwin
Janis, I'm so deeply disappointed in this I haven't seen or heard you once condemn Hamas as a terrorist organization or recognize the brutal terror waged on Israelis by Hamas against women and children. Do you condemn Hamas?
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Ryan Painter
@ryanlpainter
Jun 27, 2021
Replying to @21stcentury_ML and @Aidan_Jonah
The irony isn't lost on me that this is exactly the propaganda you'd expect from a socialist/communist/fascist country.