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Will the real Pierre Poilievre please stand up?
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Again? I'm shocked.
There was something attached to that story about rampant steroid use ? apparentl;y thats not better .
several yrs ago we had a Halton cop , in Milton, shoot himself in the leg in the dept on night shift when he and another cop were having a "quick draw" western competition. With loaded guns. They kept it out of the media , but enough people found it entertaining to talk about it.
several yrs ago we had a Halton cop , in Milton, shoot himself in the leg in the dept on night shift when he and another cop were having a "quick draw" western competition. With loaded guns. They kept it out of the media , but enough people found it entertaining to talk about it.
bigpoppa
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Rebel has a cringe TMZ vibe sometimes, but they also often cover important stories that other outlets flat out ignore(Anyone remember the infamously corrupt mayor of brampton playing hockey during the strict lockdowns?)
as for funding, I'd much rather a news outlet fundraise independently, than get large government handouts and become compromised and co-opted.
from years ago (random article popped up in my social media feed, no idea why - probably an indication of google knowing everything ...)
energi.media
Open letter to Heather Boyd: Ezra doesn’t deserve media accreditation - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future
“Bottom line, as an online journalist I had to be vetted by the Alberta government and I have yet to hear a single good argument why Ezra shouldn’t be as well.” – Markham Hislop Dear Ms. [Read more]
energi.media
Upon reviewing the video I see it as a good way to handle the situation, diverting the reporter into the blocker. What went wrong was the over hyped aftermath. All the police had to do is detain the guy a few seconds to let Freeland get away.
A bit of stammering, stuttering and asking the guy if he was OK would have timed the game out. No need for detaining and charging. Instead they gave him a cause to pursue.
DownUnder
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"We have investigated ourselves and found us, Not Guilty. Not taking questions at this time, sorry."
Who would be more qualified to investigate ourselves, than ourselves?? LOL
typical Canadian policing, OPP here in Ontario has the same issue.
(yes, I'm no fan of Rebel News, but no fan of police investigating themselves, either)
So who gets to decide who’s a journalist in Canada? In the last 8 years we’ve seen this Liberal government go from corrupt, to criminal and now to just plain evil. “ I have an admiration for China’s basic dictatorship”, how did we not see this coming.I would donate money to Rebel News and David Menzie’s legal costs to sue the RCMP but I’m afraid my bank accounts might get frozen.
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Douggie's Conservatives here in Ontario haven't exactly been models of transparency, either.
This isn't a political-party thing. All politicians are corrupt. The only thing you can do is kick them out before they have a chance for their corruption to fester, subject to also not voting for someone who's already messed up even before they enter office. Grim choice.
Agree. Although I don't see any viable alternates in Ontario right now. Liberals deserve a few more decades in the time-out box for Wynnebag and Mcguinty (paying 1B to win a single seat in an election alone should doom them to obscurity for a lifetime). Green has no chance. NDP has been waffling between impractical and outright insane for decades. Sadly they are the best choice for an alternate right now.
My wife and I have an odd hobby of watching 70’s tv shows on YouTube. We were just watching an episode of “The Six Million Dollar Man“ when a thought occurred to me. How much would it cost the federal Liberal government to build Steve Austen today? Bear in mind that it would probably get contracted to GC Strategies who would sub it out and get a 20% commission like they did in the Arrivecan scam, Anyone care to take a guess?
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I found the answer
Shaman
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The NDP literally gave every woman and person of color a yellow card that they could hold up to interrupt any white man who was speaking, or get in line for any part of the event in front of a white man. Even presenters could be yellow-carded. I kid you not, this is the level of woke identity politics in the NDP at the moment. If you're a white man, you don't matter in the NDP at all.
Incidentally any historian in the world can tell you that white men are the ones who built modern society as we know it today... but our priveleged views of the world should not be tolerated and we have no place in the NDP except to fund them, should we be so selfless to do so.
NDP direct White men to back of line at convention - The Counter Signal
The NDP went full Marxist at its three day convention in Hamilton by telling participants to line up according to their gender and ethnicity.
thecountersignal.com
Naturally the big media didn't do much to cover this.
Mad Mike
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I'm all for transparency, but I also understand that sometimes decisions and deals must be made outside the public eye in order to get them done.
Service Ontario is not a model of efficiency. I loathe visiting my local center -- 30 minute wait times at the opening bell and often the things I need help with are unfamiliar to staff -- for the last 2 years I've been driving to a small store in Keswick (80km round trip) because it's faster and more likely I'll get a resolution than visiting the SO walking distance from my house (sadly the Keswick location appears to be closing, hopefully my local Staples will get a Kiosk).
I'm ok when the gov't does deals that prove to be in the public's best interest, even if they are done without public consultation or tender. We voted them in to manage the province, do our bidding, and trust they will execute to their mandate. We vote them out if they lose that trust.
I expect transparency, whether it’s before or after a deal is done depends on the circumstances.
I had this one pop up:from years ago (random article popped up in my social media feed, no idea why - probably an indication of google knowing everything ...)
Open letter to Heather Boyd: Ezra doesn’t deserve media accreditation - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future
“Bottom line, as an online journalist I had to be vetted by the Alberta government and I have yet to hear a single good argument why Ezra shouldn’t be as well.” – Markham Hislop Dear Ms. [Read more]
The Growing Number of Canadian Journalists Who Are Funded by the Feds | C2C Journal
Peter Menzies explores what happens when supposedly independent media companies become financially dependent on taxpayer-funded programs.
c2cjournal.ca
Which led me down the rabbit hole of what a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter is.
Story from Local Journalism Initiative Reporter paid by Federal government:
Wet’suwet’en land defenders arrested as RCMP enforces Coastal GasLink injunction
RCMP advance into Gidimt’en territory after Wet’suwet’en land defenders closed road access to the Coastal GasLink pipeline project
thenarwhal.ca
Opinion from a Wet'suwet'en:
Opinion: We are Wet'suwet'en and the Coastal GasLink pipeline protesters do not represent us
We want the protesters to cease their blockades and stop misleading people
nationalpost.com
Should anyone be media accredited anymore? There seems to be more and more bias showing in articles.
The Canadian Association of Journalists has only been around since 1978.
Ohh I don't need much convincing about the awfulness of the existing Service Ontario operation. As far as them putting kiosks into Staples stores, I'm waiting to hear who's paying whom, and whether the employees are going to be maintaining the existing level of DGAFedness, or whether there's some other arrangement. I'm sure Staples would love having a lineup of 100 people through their entire store and out the door of people waiting to get their paperwork done.
Credit where credit is due. I just now renewed license plates, and my drivers license, and my health card, online. No lines.
anyone can be a journalist; we have freedom of press in Canada. accreditation comes from the companies themselves last i heard.
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