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Doug Ford Dumb II – Former staffer fired after convoy donation sues Ford government, media

A former senior Ontario government spokeswoman said she was fired from her job within minutes of being outed as a convoy protest donor, even though she was a loyal soldier for the government.

Marion Isabeau Ringuette claims she was wrongfully axed as director of communications for Ontario’s solicitor general for Premier Doug Ford’s “personal political gain” — allowing him to show public opposition to the convoy — in a lawsuit against Ford, his chief of staff, the Ontario government, Toronto Star Newspapers Limited and two journalists.

Good.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Leslyn Lewis Proved In CPC Debate She Has The Fire To Beat Justin Trudeau

At the first 2022 Conservative Party leadership debate, although a lot of attention went to Pierre Poilievre for his skillful takedown of Jean Charest, Dr. Leslyn Lewis also made a big impact by demonstrating that she can land solid punches on the debate stage.

It has been a growing trend with Dr. Lewis since her 2020 leadership run where she has felt less rehearsed and artificial in interviews, and been willing to directly call out the legacy media for perpetuating fake news. Now we see she is even willing to get into scrapes over contentious issues on the debate stage when she sees the truth as having been obscured.

Although there is a lot of crossover between those who support Dr. Lewis and Poilievre, it was important at this debate for Lewis to decisively differentiate herself, and she did that on both the Freedom Convoy and social issues.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, election

Military panel recommends barring some mainstream religions from chaplaincy

A Department of National Defence (DND) advisory panel has recommended barring individuals from the military chaplaincy whose organized religion’s beliefs do not align with the department’s equality and social justice values.

The Minister of National Defence Advisory Panel on Systemic Racism and Discrimination’s Final Report for January 2022 reads that “(i)t is necessary to recognize that for some Canadians religion can be a source of suffering and generational trauma. This is especially true for many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and two-spirited members of Canadian society.”

The panel’s first of four recommendations – contained beneath the heading of “Re-Defining Chaplaincy” – is blunt.

“Do not consider for employment as spiritual guides or multi-faith representatives Chaplaincy applicants affiliated with religious groups whose values are not aligned with those of the Defence Team.”

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Peak Woke", Canada, military, Religion

Chrystia Freeland’s history with George Soros

Freeland has a long history with Soros. In 2012, she wrote a print interview with the billionaire, which in many ways was a fluff piece that analyzed how Soros is able to predict winners and losers of global conflicts, notably China.

This article was published on ForeignPolicy.com which lists Freeland as “editor of Thomson Reuters Digital, working on a biography of George Soros and is author of Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else.”

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, George Soros

CSIS had warned government of potential for violence, foreign interference in 2021 federal election

Canada’s main intelligence agency says domestic extremism has risen during the pandemic and it had warned federal agencies that the 2021 federal election could be a target for violence.

In its 2021 annual report released Friday, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it hosted a behind-the-scenes conference last year that aimed to warn public officials planning the election about efforts by hostile foreign states to interfere in the campaign as well as threats from radicals who sought to discourage Canadians from voting or use the balloting exercise as a reason to hurt or kill people.

Go incognito.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Windsor, Ont. man charged with contributing to terrorist activity

A Windsor, Ont. man is charged with participating in or contributing to the activity of a terrorist group, according to the RCMP.

Between Feb. 12, 2021 and May 20, 2021, the RCMP say a person committed “various hate-motivated offences in the Windsor area.”

As a result of an investigation by the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET), it was found that a person filed an online application to join a listed terrorist entity, the Atomwaffen Division (also known as National Socialist Order), and offered his skills and commitment to do things for this listed terrorist entity.

Sounds like a winner.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"NAZIS! NAZIS EVERYWHERE!", Canada

Canada’s top soldier says defence industry needs to ramp up production to ‘wartime footing’

OMG how racist!

Canada’s top soldier says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created an unstable global environment and military supply chains need to accelerate significantly to respond to the crisis.

“Given the deteriorating world situation, we need the defence industry to go onto a wartime footing and increase their production lines to be able to support the requirements that are out there, whether its ammunition, artillery, rockets, you name it,” Gen. Wayne Eyre told CBC News Network’s Power & Politics.

An increase in production can only be considered if the processed is designed through a transgender bipoc lens.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Groups surprised at government ‘secrecy’ over online harm bill consultation

Some advocacy groups and individuals who submitted feedback to the federal government about its proposed online harms legislation say they were surprised the government didn’t make their consultation documents public, which would have ensured concerns about a “disturbing” and “extremely problematic” plan were heard widely.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Bad Law", "Criminalizing Dissent", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Censorship in Canada, Censorship on Social Media, Freedom of speech - at risk in Canada

Federal government must do more to fight spread of disinformation, polarization on social media: CSIS director

The spread of disinformation and polarization via social media is one of the biggest threats to social cohesion in Canada and the federal government needs to do more to fight it, says the head of Canada’s spy agency.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", "Disinformation", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Censorship in Canada, Censorship on Social Media

Trudeau government tracked your trips to liquor stores, pharmacies via phones during pandemic

OTTAWA – Canadians’ movements, including trips to the liquor store and pharmacy, were closely tracked via their mobile phones without their knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic, a report sent to a parliamentary committee shows.

Outbreak intelligence analysts BlueDot prepared reports using anonymized data for the Public Health Agency of Canada to help it understand travel patterns during the pandemic.

… The report reveals the agency was able to view a detailed snapshot of people’s behaviour, including visits to the grocery store, gatherings with family and friends, time spent at home and trips to other towns and provinces.

It’s becoming difficult to think of the worst thing about the Trudeau government, they keep coming up with new reasons to hate them.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Surveillance Society", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Ukraine’s prime minister Denys Shmyhal invites C-listers Trudeau, Freeland to visit Kyiv

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland to visit Kyiv as soon as possible.

In an exclusive interview with CBC News Network’s Power & Politics on Wednesday, Shmyhal said he and other Ukrainian officials are still waiting for a visit from high-ranking members of the Canadian government.

“We are waiting [for them] so much,” he told host Vassy Kapelos. “We will be very glad. It will be a big honour for us to host your prime minister, your government members.”

“C-list” may be overstating their status.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Canada