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Did the Canadian media fall for a viral political hoax?
The identity of the woman is now known to be 28-year-old South African-born Talya (Talia) Davidson, and the details emerging about her identity are dubious
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Stephen Taylor
Justin Trudeau should just give @TPostMillennial all of the budget for misinformation discovery and reporting.
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Butts is back - and suddenly the Liberal crew is looking awfully familiar | CBC News
Almost everything about the federal political landscape has changed since 2015 - except the people the Liberals are counting on to put them over the top in October.
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Stephen Taylor
Imagine writing this whole article without writing the word "obstruction" or thinking that "misinformation" and "foreign interference" are unique challenges not faced by anyone until the Liberals in 2019.
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Quebec cannabis stores post a $4.9-million loss after first fiscal year
The SQDC sold nearly 10 tonnes of cannabis at stores and online generating $21.7 million in tax revenue for the province.
Ottawa gives plastics giant $35M grant despite commitment to reduce use of single-use plastics | The Star
A day after the grant to Nova Chemicals was made public, Trudeau hosted a roundtable at the World Economic Forum in Davos. There, he promised Canada would use its year as president of the G7 nations to get the world to address the issue of plastic...
Gould urges Twitter to take more responsibility for content as election approaches | CBC News
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould delivered a scolding to Twitter today, urging the social media platform to take more responsibility for its content ahead of the upcoming federal election.
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Stephen Taylor
Trudeau government refuses to rule out shutting down Twitter during the election.
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Désinformation: Karina Gould presse Twitter d'agir
La ministre des Institutions démocratiques, Karina Gould, a semoncé Twitter de ne toujours pas avoir pris d’engagements clairs.
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Stephen Taylor
Holy crap. "Asked how Ottawa could crack down on social networks that do not seem to collaborate, the minister did not dismiss the idea of temporarily closing them. She added, however, that this is not the preferred path for now."
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Eerie recording reveals moment the guns fell silent at the end of WW1
'I can only wonder at what the silence of the ceasefire meant to those in the trenches. This, then silence, then then The Last Post. Imagine.'
NB Power to dodge major carbon taxes after Ottawa proposes looser rules on coal plants | CBC News
The federal Liberals are proposing to loosen emission standards for power plants that burn the fuel, effectively lowering carbon taxes on each tonne of greenhouse gas released from coal-burning stations, like Belledune, next year to less than $1.
Toronto shooter's gun was illegal, originally from U.S.: source
Faisal Hussain likely got the gun he used to shoot 15 people on a busy Toronto street from a “gang-related source,” according to a person familiar with the case.
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Stephen Taylor
What is Toronto city council doing to ban illegal guns? Double banning them might be necessary.
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A Literary Inquisition: How Novelist Steven Galloway Was Smeared as a Rapist, Even as the Case Against Him Collapsed
On August 8, 2015, a day after the University of British Columbia announced the sudden resignation of its president, Arvind Gupta, UBC’s Jennifer Berdahl, professor in Leadership Studies in Gender and Diversity, published a blog post in which she...
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Stephen Taylor
This is being shared by a lot of international blue checkmarks, but not a lot of Canadian ones. Odd that.
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Canadian children 'locked up' in immigration detention centres, report says | CBC News
Dozens of children who are Canadian citizens have been held in immigration detention centres in conditions that can cause physical and psychological harm, according to a new report.
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Stephen Taylor
Trudeau government hypocrisy: Trudeau condemns US situation while his government was slammed for separating migrant children from their mothers in detention.
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Headline Politics: Justin Trudeau and Emmanuel Macron Speak with Reporters in Ottawa
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron hold a joint news conference on Parliament Hill. President Macron is in Canada to attend the G7 leaders’ summit, which is taking place June 8-9 in La Malbaie, Quebec. (June 7, 2018)
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Stephen Taylor
I don't like spreading fake news so I wanted to check the source material. It checks out. Look at 27:25 here on CPAC. The only thing that's fake may be the eyebrows. #EyebrowGate
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WARMINGTON: Star NDP candidate carried ‘F— the police’ protest sign
So now one of the NDP’s star candidates has been caught red-handed bashing the police.Tell us how you really feel Gurratan Singh!Back in 2006, there was no ambiguity over how the NDP candidat…
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Stephen Taylor
NDP star candidate (and Jagmeet's brother too!) torontosun.com/news/provincia… pic.twitter.com/7eefaOlB2N
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Through the Roof: The High Cost of Barriers to Building New Housing in Canadian Municipalities
Barriers to increasing housing supply, many stemming from excessive regulation, are driving up the price of homes in Canadian cities by six figures.
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Stephen Taylor
Turns out that government regulation adds $200k to the average cost of a new home.
Think about that whenever a politician talks about government action to create "affordable housing" via government programs.
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Help CBC News investigate political ads on Facebook | CBC News
More than 20 million Canadians use Facebook every month, and with elections looming in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick and a federal campaign next year, many of us will be besieged by political ads on the social media site. CBC is asking its...
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Stephen Taylor
So, let me get this straight... the government-chartered state broadcaster wants me to install a Chrome Extension to investigate my Facebook feed so that it can monitor political content? Not creepy at all.
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Ontario Liberals promise free daycare for preschool children | CBC News
Ontario's Liberals plan to make full-day daycare free for children aged 2-and-a-half until they are eligible for kindergarten should they form government after the June election, Premier Kathleen Wynne said on Tuesday.
Rogue Indian political elements may be trying to make Canada look weak on Sikh extremism: source
A senior government official with knowledge of the prime minister's security protocols is suggesting rogue political elements in India may have orchestrated the embarrassing invitation of a would-be political assassin to a formal dinner with Justin...
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Stephen Taylor
An unnamed "senior government source" would like to change the narrative and shift blame. CBC is willing to comply.
Funny how the Indian media demands more accountability from Trudeau than the Canadian media.
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Dean Pelton's Costumes
A complete view of all of Dean Pelton's costumes from all three seasons of Community
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Stephen Taylor
Please don't joke. Justin Trudeau is showing early stages of Dean Pelton's Disease. There is no cure. #TrudeauVacayFail
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Washington Post reporter caught plotting liberal agenda with billionaire George Soros
Allegedly unbiased Washington Post reporter Janell Ross spoke at a recent top-secret meeting of liberal influencers, where Democratic donors including billionaire George Soros outlined the future of the progressive agenda.
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Stephen Taylor
Meanwhile in Canada, it's important to keep an eye on the media's cozy relationship with the Trudeau Foundation.
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Female Circumcision in Islam
How Misogynists and Feminists are feeding upon each other to denigrate an Islamic practice that brings untold benefits to women
Female Circumcision is an Islamic tradition, and involve only the removal of the clitoral prepuce and no more.All the...
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Stephen Taylor
Why is our feminist Prime Minister silent on this issue? This is a Canadian website.
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