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About Tod
Tod Maffin speaks and writes about Canadian identity, politics, culture, and history.In his day job, he runs a social media agency.Tod spent more than a decade as a CBC Radio host and producer, and spent 20 years on the professional speaking circuit.In 1999, he co-founded an AI firm that analyzed public sentiment online to monitor stock market moods.Maffin and his wife reside on Vancouver Island on the traditional territories of the Snuneymuxw nation.
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