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The number of stories I’ve read recently that lead with “Poilievre tight lipped about” lately is troubling.
He’s ’right lipped’ because he knows that if his actual agenda gets leaked it’s going to cost him votes. This is straight-up deception and he needs to be called out on this at every opportunity. Our #CDNMedia is letting us down on this big-time.
Tucker Carlson came here so our a*hole went there. Ex-Ont PC MPP Randy Hillier joined US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, far-right Europeans & prominent anti-vaxxers for a Republican conspiratorial COVID-19 panel. Johnson railed against “global elites” & “the overhyped fear of a virus created to push a profitable gene therapy platform & gain control on us,” before introducing Hillier, a “dissident voice” who “paid a heavy price for exercising his right to free speech. #CdnMedia, meh.
"I’m a former anchor of the CBC News program The National and I have an uncomfortable confession to make: now TV is the the last place I go for news." - Wendy Mesley
“The leader of the Conservative Party of #Canada is campaigning 24/7, spending millions, while continuous polls report results for an election two years in the future. All is amplified by a press intent upon creating a positive feedback loop of self-fulfilling prophecies. We're being played.” 🎯
A forensic investigator has shown the WE Charity was a well-run organization and media incompetence and political opportunism destroyed Canada’s best organization for encouraging youth activism and service.
"Media began using WE Charity as a cudgel to beat the Trudeau government in a “scandal” that eventually ended with a yawn."
👉 CBC's The Fifth Estate is being sued by the WE Charity for defamation & economic loss.
Charged with US election crimes, including the high-profile Fani Willis / Georgia case, Mr. Roman has also advised Pierre #Poilieve's election campaign, strategized with Andrew Scheer, and works alongside former PM Stephen Harper at the IDU, a multinational body built to deliver elections for right-wing politicians.
Given that the mortality rate for people who are vaccinated is substantially lower than the rate for people who aren’t… no.
End of debate. Next dumb question.
This right here is why no company, no matter how large, should be forced to subsidize the abortion of professional responsibility #Canada calls journalism.
Canada's conservative leader, "Pierre Poilievre doesn’t want you to know who he’s with or where he’s from. If he has nothing to hide, he needs to act like it.
Every relationship, from his business partners to his parents to his wife and her family, is a fucking mystery. Nothing seems legitimate, from his name to his family to his wife to his party leadership."
😯 The so-called "Freedom" Convoy is planning a return visit to #Ottawa this Family Day weekend, Feb 16-19
"It's all gonna be fun and playful, and there'll be speeches and music. We don't expect anything too crazy, to be honest..just a really celebratory energy in the crowd." said one of the organizers.
Ottawa police say they have 'robust plan' to deal with planned weekend gathering.
The #CDNMedia should do a follow up story on these legends to remind Canadians of the frustration and terror inflicted on the people of #Ottawa by the #FreeDumbConvoy
Since you can’t be bothered to do actual journalism I’ve done your jobs for you:
No, the federal government did not seize the convoy’s money.
They temporarily froze the accounts of people who contributed money to the logistical support of the convoy, which would have been fine even w/o the EA given that there is no lawful way to finance ongoing criminality.
The court froze the money pending the class action suit.
That has nothing to do with the federal government whatsoever.
Today, a petulant Pierre #Poilievre refused to answer her question and then shut down a Canadian Press reporter, "You're just a tax-funded mouthpiece to the PMO."
Poilievre's playbook = Trump's playbook:
ask which news outlet a journalist is from
proceed to attack their credibility
dismiss the reporter, then blame PM
Discrediting the press is a tactic to make the public distrust all media and a very effective tool to avoid answering questions.
"The higher Pierre #Poilievre climbs in the polls, the testier he gets with the media and their questions.
Here's a tip for Poilievre: should he become prime minister, the media won’t be taking orders from him or his staff either. That is not how grown-up democracies work."
When we grumble our media is not holding our politicians accountable... 🤔
"My jaw kept dropping hearing how many people, including notable reporters, got canned by Bell Media. Layoffs are always brutal.
But what kills me most is that there are ever-fewer investigative teams and seasoned journalists holding power to account in Canada.
That should worry us all."
👀 Canada's premier political cartoonist Michael deAdder is pushing back..
"I'm sick of these tactics. I see journalists [& cartoonists] bullied by the right. Conservatives are bullying their way into power."
"When I draw a #Conservative cartoon you don't realize that I've drawn almost the same number of Liberal cartoons. I've probably drawn more Liberal than Conservative because they are in power. You just see the Conservative cartoons and cry unfair."
Looks like Canadian cartoonist Michael deAdder cut too close to the bone for American conservatives as well. He has been let go from the Washington Post.
Bell Media’s decision to sell dozens of local radio stations, lay off thousands of media workers and shut down news programs is catastrophic, appalling and reprehensible, B.C. Premier David Eby said this morning. #CdnMedia#BCPoli