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Canada's $195B Alberta pension fund (AIMCo) just made its first-ever Bitcoin allocation — buying $219 million of Michael Saylor's Strategy (MSTR) the same week Ottawa announced a nationwide ban on Bitcoin ATMs. We break down the AIMCofiling, the Stephen Harper board angle, the political collision course with Carney's federal Liberals, and what this means for every Canadian Bitcoiner.In this episode of the Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast:
- The full AIMCo $219M MSTR disclosure and what's actually in the filing
- Why this is the FIRST Canadian provincial Bitcoin allocation on record
- Stephen Harper's role as AIMCo board chair and what changed at the fund
- The Ottawa Bitcoin ATM ban announcement and the timing irony
- Carney's Spring Economic Update (page 58: airport privatization buried inside)
- Saylor / Strategy / MSTR market structure update (BlackRock surpassed)
- Litecoin MWEB exploit, Bisq v1 exploit, Tether's BTC faucet, Luxor + MicroBT
- Brampton mortgage delinquency, 1-in-10 Canadians below poverty line
- CSIS report on rising youth radicalization in Canada
- Website: https://canadianbitcoiners.com
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