Notices by Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 (tod@hci.social)

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.
✅ Sign up at newsletter.todmaffin.com

ALL OF THEM.
All their doctors.
Their nurses.
Electricians
Clinical trial coordinators
Environmental scientists
Psychologists
Welders
Network architects
Public health officers
Plumbers
Biomedical engineers
Supply chain analysts
Radiologists
Urban planners
Research assistants
Agronomists
Mechanical engineers
Quality assurance specialists
Speech pathologists
Heavy equipment operators
Cybersecurity experts
Architects
Respiratory therapists
Nurses
If the U.S. won’t respect them, Canada will. 🇨🇦 ❤️

More proof that the province of BC is doing AMAZING work when it comes to recruiting American healthcare workers... a member of our Healthcare Infusion community sent me this...
B.C. literally bought THE ENTIRE FRONT COVER of the U.S. nurses' main monthly magazine.
🤣 OMG I LOVE IT

Cowichan Valley, meet one of your new nurses and his family! 🎉

Congratulations to the recruiters, Island Health teams, HealthMatch staff, the BCCNM people, the health ministry, and all the people who are making such a huge difference.

IT IS WORKING. We are stronger together.

BIG NEWS! The first Healthcare Infusion in ONTARIO has launched! It's for Ottawa — https://ottawa.healthcareinfusion.org.

Do you want need doctors and nurses in YOUR community? You can get them, and Jocelyn and I can help!

Join the volunteer-run national movement: https://healthcareinfusion.org

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. ❤️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k7OUowPPMQ

Hi Mastodon friends!
A quick heads up...

The tool I use to auto-post my videos here keeps breaking, and I’ve spent more time fixing it than actually making things.

So, for now, my new videos will only be on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@todmaffinvideo?sub_confirmation=1

I'm not leaving Mastodon. I was one of the first here when Elon took over Twitter, and I’ll still be here with the usual shitposts and questionable late-night thoughts.

But if you're looking for my videos on Canadian identity, they'll be on YouTube. ❤️

THE VIDEO IS OUT! Enjoy! 😁
https://youtu.be/9k7OUowPPMQ

Kirk was asked a question about transgender mass shooters when he was killed.

He didn’t answer it, so I will.

From 2013 to today, of the more than 5,700 mass shootings in America (4+ shot and killed), exactly FIVE shooters were trans (source: Gun Violence Archive)

That’s less that 1/10th of 1%.

CORRECTED VERSION:
I am my niece's uncle.
My niece is the daughter of my wife's brother.
What would MY MOM be to my niece?

This got buried under other stories this week, but if you're LGBTQ or an ally, remember at election time that Carney stepped up when it came to protecting the queer community.

$1.5M to help Pride organizers address the rising cost of safety and insurance for Pride events.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-pride-backlash-1.7557360

Happy Pride month! 🏳️🌈
What’s one moment, one person, or one story that made you proud to be queer—and Canadian?
Let’s flood this thread with joy ⬇️

If you're a 🇺🇸US healthcare worker and you're thinking about moving to 🇨🇦Canada...

Me and some friends have assembled a web site about coming to practice on Vancouver Island — the most beautiful place on Earth.

✅ Visit https://NanaimoInfusion.ca

Come spend your days doing medicine, not insurance paperwork.

⚠️ I post more on Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/todmaffin.com
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Hi! I’m Tod. My wife and I live on Vancouver Island, Canada.

1️⃣ I own and run a social media engagement agency — http://engageQ.com

3️⃣ I’m a game livestreamer — https://twitch.tv/LowEffortDad

I was one of the world's first podcasters, spent 20 years as a keynote speaker, and was a national CBC Radio host

Are you a 🇺🇸US healthcare worker (RN, Dr, OT, NP, Pharm., etc.) and want to move to 🇨🇦Canada?

MY PROVINCE HAS A TEAM THAT WILL FAST-TRACK YOUR PERMANENT RESIDENCY.

My Discord has these people ready to answer your questions now:
- 2 Island Health recruiters
- a reg’d immigration consultant
- 2 ex-pat HCWs who made the move

✅ JOIN FREE: https://discord.gg/G8NVmQDc
(This link expires in 1 week)

American produce once filled Canadian grocery stores.

Now, item by item, we’re replacing U.S. goods with global options—sometimes local, sometimes imported, but always better.

#cdnpoli #canada #usa #ustrade #tradewar #tariffs

https://youtube.com/shorts/2L_X3mZjDWs

The "Notwithstanding Clause" was Canada's constitutional compromise.

Intended as a rare exception, it's becoming dangerously routine.

And Pierre Poilievre's threat to invoke it raises troubling questions. #cdnpoli #canada

✅ WATCH MY VIDEO:
https://youtu.be/2HKeysUYrTI&list=PLn7Vq9LlLhI75BYd5zlPS_qjDTolEJ1YS

We heard anecdotally that Canadians weren’t visiting the states, now we have the data. A massive, shocking drop.

It is no longer safe for Canadians (or people of any nationality) to enter the United States.

Border guards are seizing phones, and going through your emails looking for messages saying you don’t like Trump.

They will turn you away, or send you to a “facility.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/us/politics/trump-immigration-visa-crackdown.html?rsrc=ss&unlocked_article_code=1.5k4.07Wr.hHAQqfLPKOEX&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

338Canada is now forecasting a Liberal minority government as the most likely outcome.

DO NOT GET COMPLACENT. Remember, the polls looked good for Kamala too.