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DarkNetwerk @darknetwerk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Wow. One has to appreciate @davidwcochrane.bsky.social for knowing his stuff (judges ruling, constitutional law, etc) while interviewing Rath on the secession ruling. And Rath dipped into the Tides/Soros funding Indigenous dissent conspiracy at the end. Wild. open.spotify.com/podcast-chap...

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Jeff Rath Challenges Judge's Ruling on Alberta Separatist Referendum Petition

Power & Politics · Chapter · 13m

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Trump will go. Trumpism will stay unless it can be rooted out. And there is no reason at this time to believe it will be.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Um…bit bold to call the story I broke on Tuesday a “Star analysis” with zero credit to me! This is such a bummer. I worked really hard on this one.

A list of Canadian companies profiting off of
ICE and Trump's violent mass deportation regime
Several Canadian companies appear to be pocketing profits as this horrific agenda rolls out.
RACHEL GILMORE

Thomson Reuters
What? Headquartered in Toronto, the technology and media giant has three active contracts with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. One, awarded in 2021, covers a "law enforcement investigative
database subscription. Another, awarded in 2023, is for "risk mitigation services." A third, awarded in 2025, is for a "maritime analysis tool" and "subject matter expert support services to the support the homeland security investigations, operation national initiative for illicit trade enforcement program."
How much? The 2021 contract is worth
US$22.8 million. The 2023 contract has seen Thomson Reuters awarded US$2.7 million to date, and has a potential award amount of US$4.6 million. The 2025 contract has so far garnered the media giant US$1.8 million, with a potential award amount of $3.6 million.
Together, the three contracts are worth a potential US$31 million.

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

There is not a lot Canadians can do about ICE, but we can ask Parliament to investigate Canadian companies doing business with them, like Hootsuite. Call or email your MP - or contact the INDU House committee MPs. Will post link below. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

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Hootsuite CEO says ICE contract will stand as long as agency honours terms and conditions

‘We did nothing wrong here,’ head of Vancouver social media company said in internal call with employees

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Really enjoyed this take on Carney’s speech. ⬇️

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Doug Ford announced the banning of speed cameras & this is the frame & key msg the PCs want us to remember. "Folks, we're putting money back in your pockets & we're going to make the streets a lot safer because we're investing in the proper infrastructure that will make your community safer." 1/?

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Ontario to introduce legislation banning speed cameras – September 25, 2025

YouTube video by cpac

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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

A quick post, before I wake up tomorrow, back in my role as Director at Clayton H. Riddell, on knowing the costs of concessions in a negotiation. Happy Canada Day. We have so much to be grateful for and to protect in this beautiful country. open.substack.com/pub/robsonj/...

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The cost of a slice of salami

A shortish one tonight because this was my last day of sabbatical.

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

On that note, I wrote about Canada's new "dual-use" foreign policy, and the emerging Carney Doctrine, at greater length for Internationale Politik Quarterly ip-quarterly.com/en/canadas-d...

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Canada’s Delicate Balancing Act

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is faced with the difficult task of trying to both placate the mercurial US President Donald Trump while simultaneously engineering a shift away from Canada’s bigge...

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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17

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Catherine Osborn @ccosborn.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

This week’s @foreignpolicy.com Latin America Brief looks at regional leaders’ priorities at the G7 summit. For Mexico’s Sheinbaum, whose predecessor never attended the event, the trip signaled a shift toward a more globally oriented foreign policy. foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/19/b...

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Sheinbaum Makes Her G-7 Debut

After years of disengagement on the global stage, Mexico’s new president is taking a different tack.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

A Brief History of Young People Today Don't Want to Work 🧵

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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I did a dive into the ridings that are most exposed to trade disputes with the U.S. to look at how they voted and what this will mean for the 45th Parliament as we face the 47th President of the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/robsonj/... #cdnpoli

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The 45th Parliament and 47

In which I commit some political science in analyzing vote shares and trade

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DarkNetwerk @darknetwerk.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

CBC calls it for Fanjoy over Poilievre. #cdnpoli

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

If you are seeing polls with the Liberals in the lead so you don't think your vote today matters, it does. So much. Please vote. #ElbowsUp #ViveLeCanada

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DarkNetwerk @darknetwerk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

🤣🤣 This whole thread is amazing.

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 27/04/2025

Rolling Stone discovers that Canada's Conservatives are generally verboten from speaking to the press (and ravages them for it.) www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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J.D. Vance's Best Friend, the Canadian Politician, Has No Comment

In his campaign for parliament in Canada, Jamil Jivani has nothing to say about Vance, after Trump’s threats and tariffs upended the election.

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 27/04/2025

Getting voters to care about foreign aid is a tough sell, I know. But Trump's decimation of USAID is going to make the world poorer, more dangerous, and sicker. Other countries need to step up. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Justin Ling: On this issue, Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre couldn’t be more different. But at risk are scores of lives

When President John F. Kennedy asked Congress to fund the establishment of a dedicated foreign development agency in 1961, he did so by letting them know that the world was

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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

A wrinkle that I mention in that piece: The Conservative party's Quebec platform includes a commitment to crack down on "woke ideology." And that commitment appears in the French version of the party's national platform.... canada-first-for-a-change.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/20250418_CPC...

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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

The good folks at the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy have put out their report cards on the major party fiscal plans. Liberals: ifsd.ca/2025/04/ifsd... Conservatives: ifsd.ca/2025/04/ifsd... NDP: ifsd.ca/2025/04/ifsd...

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Kevin Milligan @kevinmilligan.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

A few comments on the @mark-carney.bsky.social platform released today. You can find it here: liberal.ca/cstrong/. I provided some 'sounding board' advice here and there to those working on the platform. As always: I disclose, but you can decide what weight to put on that. Thread below...

liberal.ca

Canada Strong | Liberal Party of Canada

Download our plan

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DarkNetwerk @darknetwerk.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Voted in advance polls. About a half hour but my poll line was longest. Apparently, however, the folks in my line must have slept in as I'm told the lines in the morning were quite long.

Advance Poll
Elections Canada
Bureau de Vote par Anticipation

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The Debate Commission’s decision to give questions to Rebel Media & other rage farming, disinformation outlets (who focus on attacking progressive politicians & their families as I well know) at expense of credible news organizations is not only absurd, it degrades our democracy.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

My last thought on this because I need some Offline Time: Because of their fear of being defined as "not neutral" or "biased," the bodies who label "journalists" and adjudicate access are increasingly complicit in the destruction of our information ecosystem. Meet the moment and grow a spine.

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Platforming multiple far-right media outlets at the Debates is a baffling decision and the Commission is reaping the consequences. Taylor Own has the right and obvious solution - the QCJO criteria.

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The Debate Commission is filled with credulous cowards and should be disbanded, but one hopes normal Canadians who see the sweaty propaganda merchants trying to audition for social media clicks will be adequately repelled.

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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

“Rebel is a conspiratorial partisan outlet that spreads misinformation and actively campaigns against candidates it doesn’t like. This isn’t journalism and it’s obscene that the Debate Commission let them on — and even more wild that it allowed so many of their faux-journalists to hijack…”

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French debate live updates: Carney, Poilievre and other leaders spar in first forum, Trump mentioned less than expected

Follow the federal leaders’ debate with live video, reporting and analysis from the Star, including during post-debate scrums.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Literally like half of the questions are going to disinformation spewing grifter outlets who are using it as an opportunity to spew absolute bullshit under the guise of asking questions. Great work, leaders debate.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

It’s so upsetting seeing people say the CTV cancellation — which was purely bc of right-wing trolls — was actually deserved bc I shared a Liberal misstep. I won’t blindly “both sides” things, but please don’t make your support of my work contingent on me being blind to any one party’s mistakes.

A threads user writes:
“I was outraged when @r.gilmore lost their segment. Now I see why. They don't fact check. Someone who can't factcheck shouldn't have a show. Twice they posted gossip as fact. Now I'm done. We seriously can't trust anyone.”

Another threads user writes: “I called that out last week after I supported her
& was outraged at CTV. Taken! 3 or 4 posts
in a row inserted a Rosemary Barton type opinion - after the "lame" | was done. I hope charlieangus.the.resistance sees it as he also supported. Unfollowed subtrack & other platforms. Just another lowly
"Clicks & followers" versus journalistic integrity in full view. I went back & deleted EVERY post or interaction I had supporting her- it was lots !
Damn it I hate being taken but won't forget.”

A threads user writes: “This is twice you're excited to instantly report on a 'scandalous' liberal story..I'm beginning to question your 'reporting.”

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

There's been lots of talk lately about the "lost decade" in Canada under the Liberal government. It revolves around this chart: Let's dig into it with a quick thread. 🧵

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 09/04/2025

never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by malicious stupidity.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I am losing my mind. There's a time when this kind of story would have been Canadaland's bread and butter. God they suck now. If you're stuck there, please get out (I know that's easier said than done in this media environment). If you still CHOOSE to go on the show as a guest....yikes.

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 05/04/2025

For Canadians looking for a guide on the candidates' housing plans, I've just unlocked this piece so that everyone can read: www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-has-th...

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Who Has the Best Housing Plan?

Canada has a housing shortage. Who has a plan for housing abundance?

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DarkNetwerk @darknetwerk.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A dispatch from the Poilievre campaign from Evan Dyer.

A dispatch from the Poilievre campaign.

Evan Dyer

I’m a senior reporter covering the Conservative campaign this week.

We've seen unprecedented efforts at message control from the Poilievre campaign that have broken with tradition in a number of ways.

The CPC is the only party to bar media from its campaign plane and buses. The Stephen Harper, Andrew Scheer and Erin O'Toole campaigns all allowed media to travel with the leader, and charged sometimes exorbitant amounts of money for the privilege. The other parties do the same, and also charge.

Poilievre takes fewer questions than other leaders, a maximum of four per event, and insists on choosing which reporters are allowed to ask. After a week following the campaign, neither I nor my CBC colleague Tom Parry have been permitted to ask any questions.

Sometimes, CPC staffers try to get reporters to say what they plan to ask — a question a reporter is not supposed to answer. However, we have seen local media pressured into answering. Obviously, if a reporter declines, that could factor into the decision of who gets to ask questions at all.

The decision on who asks questions is always last-minute. A CPC staffer holds the microphone, ready to pull it away. No follow-up questions are permitted.

On occasion, CPC staffers have gotten physical with journalists, such as on the public wharf at Petty Harbour, N.L., where there was pushing and shoving.

Today, in Trois-Rivières, we asked to be allotted a question. Party staffers said yes, so long as it was asked by my colleague Tom Parry. We responded that I would prefer to ask it. At that point the party took away our question and gave it to another outlet.

The difficulty of trying to keep up with a campaign that has its own chartered aircraft is a logistical problem that can be mitigated to some extent. But the extreme message control makes it all but impossible to bring the same level of accountability to the Poilievre campaign that other campaigns are subject to. It also protects the campaign from having to answer tough questions and is a marked departure from previous Conservative campaigns I have covered.

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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Here's a quick summary of the similarities and differences for Canada in the 2025 USTR Report on Trade Barriers and the 2024 version of the same. Sources: ustr.gov/sites/defaul... and ustr.gov/sites/defaul... 🧵

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DarkNetwerk @darknetwerk.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

"We do not do things because they are easy but because they are right."

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 03/04/2025

Update on this story: The Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council has issued a statement announcing it can no longer accept emails about CTV Your Morning and Rachel Gilmore due to receiving a “large number of complaints” www.cbsc.ca/make-a-compl...

MAKE A COMPLAINT

The CBSC has received a large number of complaints concerning a segment with Rachel Gilmore on CTV Your Morning. To ensure that all complaints are dealt with efficiently and in a timely manner, the CBSC limits the number of complaints it will accept in respect of the same issue. As a result, no further complaints will be accepted by the CBSC on this issue.

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Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

1) Looking at the T-1 "Freedom-Day" USTR report, the new additions (singe-use plastics, provincial monopolies on wine/beer imports, rules on plaform (X, Facebook, etc...) on compensation for Cdn media (which the US now contests) and QC rules on language = a new type of pressure on Canada 1/n

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I’m devastated, but I’m also angry. I’m angry because this is an attack on press freedom. If opportunities can be stripped from journalists simply because enough people repeat the same bad-faith narrative, how can anyone withstand the career impact of doing work that matters?

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"CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure." It was mine.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 01/04/2025

I spoke to @sonjfatah.bsky.social, associate chair of TMU's journalism school, who said this illustrates the threat political pressure campaigns pose to press freedoms in Canada: “It’s a sacrifice of a journalist ...They don’t want to have to deal with the reaction from the trolls.”

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 01/04/2025

To be super clear: CTV Your Morning *approached* @rachelgilmore.bsky.social to do a weekly segment CTV announced on *national TV* she would be returning each week Then CTV *cancels* her segment after Poilievre’s staffer denounces the announcement on X pressprogress.ca/ctv-cancelle...

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DarkNetwerk @darknetwerk.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

"The stance makes no sense to anyone who understands the nature of security clearances." #cdnpoli

But the benefit of having a top secret clearance is to be able to better understand the threat environment that the country faces and better understand any foreign interference activities directed at his own party. Poilievre would be free to make policy decisions about the Conservative Party’s approach to national security and to make decisions about protecting the integrity of his own party, based upon the classified information he might receive.

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Diane McLeod @dimcl2.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Please, folks, check your sources when it comes to poll results. I've seen some obvious fakes floating around showing #LPC blowing #CPC out of the water and THEY ARE FAKE. It's a form of voter suppression - make Liberals think they don't have to get out and vote. Be vigilant. #cdnpoli

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

This is painful, and saddening, and embarrassing. I feel like we're losing a member of the family - and for no good reason other than that some Americans wanted another season of the worst reality TV show in history.

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DarkNetwerk @darknetwerk.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Say what you will about the event but Signal has gotten a massive boost. I mean, how many people around the world have signed up for a Signal account just on the greater than zero chance that they'll get added to a US Military Ops group chat?

A clip of the leaked Signal chat but replacing "Michael Walz set disappearing message time..." to "Vladimir Putin set disappearing message time..."

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

"CSIS did not share this information with Mr. Poilievre, the source said, because he does not have the necessary security clearance to access secret documents and receive classified briefings on foreign-interference activities in Canada." #CdnPoli

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

"Before anything else, remember that things are being broken because certain people are strong enough to break them. Their strength is their enormous, staggering, unreasonable wealth. Take away that, and they will have to sit at the table with the rest of us, and argue their stupid point."

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