Bryn de Chastelain

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[Eric Lombardi (EricForOLP.ca) 🇨🇦🚀 @EricDLombardi]

Last night, I attended Nate’s farewell to federal politics.

@NateForOntario can really fill a room. His speech was a reminder of his talent, and of why he is so loved in Beaches–East York.

I first met Nate a few years ago, over coffee before the last leadership race. I wanted to talk housing. As an advocate, I was willing to speak with anyone who would take the issue seriously.

That conversation stuck with me.

Nate understood the housing crisis, and its stakes for society, better than almost anyone I had spoken with in politics. He had clearly read, listened, thought about the issue, and approached it with real curiosity.

That mattered to me, because too often politicians speak about housing problems without having truly spent time understanding them, even as it became one of the defining issues facing the country.

Nate was different. On housing, as on so many issues, he grounded his opinions in facts and then his values.

I respect that a lot.

Nate often chose to be authentic, even when it worked against him politically. That is hard to do, and it says something real about his character. Even when we disagreed, I knew it was sincere.

It is why I was so excited when he was appointed housing minister.

A lot of ink has been spilled over the nomination and leadership race. But big picture, I think our party would have benefited from his talent in it.

Thank you for your service, Nate. I hope there is more to come in the future!

Also, always lovely to see @marymargaretbey ☺️

[Harminder Dhillon @DhillonHariGTA]

I admire Guilbeault for his principles. Always will. Someone must hold those in power accountable. Living your principles matter.

[Laura Stone @l_stone]

#BREAKING: In a big boost for Nate Erskine-Smith, Prime Minister Mark Carney sends support in a new video - "It hurts in some respects you're going, but I understand it, bc you're going to be more on the ground - working at the provincial level... I hope, in Scarborough.” #onpoli

[claire @clairelzbeth]

the @OntLiberal Party is one of the most insider-driven political parties Canada. if we’re smart enough to elect Nate we need to clean house and radically change the structure of the party

[Nicholas Aboagye 🇨🇦🇻🇦 @nick_aboagye]

The level of obsession by this Toronto star columnist is genuinely insane.

[Tyler Meredith @tylermeredith]

Nate Erskine Smith’s continued presence in the Liberal caucus - among many free votes MPs have exercised on different bills - for over a decade is in direct contradiction to this academic perspective

[Bryn de Chastelain @BryndeC]

@penottawa Yes - grateful they shared that. Indeed!

[Bryn de Chastelain @BryndeC]

@penottawa This is not true! My grandfather is alive and well :)

[Nate Erskine-Smith @NateForOntario]

Was out canvassing in Scarborough Southwest with the team today. We’re building a team one door knock and phone call at a time.

Join us: https://t.co/Bj6cjVARES

[Ahmad Elbayoumi @ahmadelbayoumi]

BREAKING: Nate Erskine-Smith says he’ll be seeking the Ontario Liberal Party’s nomination to run in the Scarborough Southwest provincial by-election.

“I’ve communicated this to interim leader John Fraser,” he says.

https://t.co/EhN3MlMQOS

[Jeff Costen @jeffcosten]

A great choice — experienced standing up for Canada on the global stage, and working hard at home to make it even better 🇨🇦💪

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

A photo of Prime Minister Carney hugging Bonhomme Carnaval after his speech today outside the Governor General’s residence at the Citadelle in Quebec City.

(Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)

[Robert Fife @RobertFife]

The state of 24 Sussex is an insult to Canada https://t.co/N4DR0GDRWl

[Julie Dabrusin @juliedabrusin]

Today, we remember the fourteen women whose lives were taken at École Polytechnique de Montréal simply because they were women. A solemn reminder of the continued work needed to end gender-based violence and misogyny.

We must never forget their names.

[Kristina Tesser Derksen @KristinaTesserD]

Please see my statement regarding the Air Canada strike.

[Claudia Chender @ChenderClaudia]

Flight attendants should be paid for their entire shift.

But today the Liberal government imposed back to work legislation on a mostly female workforce who are literally forcedto work for free for a part of every single shift.

[Nate Erskine-Smith @NateForOntario]

Some labour disputes are complicated. This one isn’t.

Air Canada should pay and treat its flight attendants fairly.

[Bryn de Chastelain @BryndeC]

Men need to be held to a much higher standard.

I don't care if these men were found innocent, they are terrible human beings - full stop.

[Bryn de Chastelain @BryndeC]

Verdicts are important - but they are not everything.

These men are scum.

I trust women and I firmly believe that where there is smoke, there is fire.

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

All five players found not guilty in Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial https://t.co/cXWPzhyp3U

[Bryn de Chastelain @BryndeC]

Good men don't need to start group chats to get their stories straight.

Good men don't need to film consent videos as a backup plan.

And even awful men don't use minor league hockey fees to defend rapists year after year.