Canadian Politics

[rebusrankin]

The National Post is majority owned (66%) by a US Hedge fund that has close ties to the Republican Party aka they are not an unbiased source.

[Tracker]

21 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

The National Post is majority owned (66%) by a US Hedge fund that has close ties to the Republican Party aka they are not an unbiased source.

Also known as The National Com-Post among journalists.

[WildPath]

11 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

The National Post is majority owned (66%) by a US Hedge fund that has close ties to the Republican Party aka they are not an unbiased source.

If someone can't tell they are far from an unbiased source based on their headlines and "reporting", providing facts like this is useless.

[HardCoreBlue]

Danielle Smith sets limits on media questions cause ‘it’s election time’. Knuckle draggers here and everywhere will explain this away with their usual yes buts, everyone’s bad nonsensical absurd drivel while attaching a national post link that reports DS is the best option to lead Alberta.

 

[17to85]

Don't worry, keeping her mouth shut ain't Danni's superpower.

[HardCoreBlue]

44 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Don't worry, keeping her mouth shut ain't Danni's superpower.

When you think about it, her handlers probably suggested muzzling the media by only allowing only one question per journalist with no follow-ups to help minimize her knuckle dragging absurdness that seeps out of her mouth. In effect, her handlers are muzzling her as the primary target with the media being secondary.

[17to85]

Oh totally. She was leading the polls as wild rose leader the time we wound up with Redford but when she refused to condemn one of her crazies for saying that gay people should burn in a lake of fire she blew it. Every time she talks she turns people off so they know she is the biggest obstacle to winning. Keeping her quiet is the best way. They've already gone around getting videos removed or edited from the internet where she talked about privatizing health care.

[HardCoreBlue]

4 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Oh totally. She was leading the polls as wild rose leader the time we wound up with Redford but when she refused to condemn one of her crazies for saying that gay people should burn in a lake of fire she blew it. Every time she talks she turns people off so they know she is the biggest obstacle to winning. Keeping her quiet is the best way. They've already gone around getting videos removed or edited from the internet where she talked about privatizing health care.

And she’s not a conservative. She is no where near the sanity of the good true conservatism platforms. Hey I like some things conservative offer in how to govern but that’s not what she represents. She’s a wingnut, articulate, but still a wingnut that has probably felt emboldened the day fucknuts came down that escalator in 2016.

 

 

[17to85]

Look into take back alberta... those are the people I'm control of the UCP now.

[HardCoreBlue]

25 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

Look into take back alberta... those are the people I'm control of the UCP now.

Take back Alberta . . . Hmmmmmmm. Sounds similar to something I’ve heard.

[HardCoreBlue]

So I'm reading that Dannielle Smith/Rob Anderson have said Rachel Notley has banned certain media outlets from her scrums.

If true, need to hear more on this. If they are recognized media outlets (no matter how slimy) all need access and all need to be allowed to ask follow-up questions to people vying for office.

[Tracker]

1 hour ago, HardCoreBlue said:

So I'm reading that Dannielle Smith/Rob Anderson have said Rachel Notley has banned certain media outlets from her scrums.

If true, need to hear more on this. If they are recognized media outlets (no matter how slimy) all need access and all need to be allowed to ask follow-up questions to people vying for office.

Trusting Danielle Smith......hmmm......

[HardCoreBlue]

29 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Trusting Danielle Smith......hmmm......

Well if she’s lying then Notly needs to call her on it.

[JCon]

2 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:

So I'm reading that Dannielle Smith/Rob Anderson have said Rachel Notley has banned certain media outlets from her scrums.

If true, need to hear more on this. If they are recognized media outlets (no matter how slimy) all need access and all need to be allowed to ask follow-up questions to people vying for office.

News outlets should never be banned from any press conference. That's Reform stuff. 

But, the Rebel is not a news organization and I wouldn't worry about banning them. 

[Noeller]

The Rebel and the Western Standard do not count and definitely should be banned. 

[HardCoreBlue]

Take back Alberta:

How dare you put in non junk science measures during a public health emergency that not all answers were/are known but let’s do this together led by the leading research that will adjust as we learn more. How dare you, I’ll make that choice if I want to be socially responsible. It’s my God Given right.

How dare you continue to try to work with the Federal government trying to find that sweet spot of taking care of Albertans interests balanced with the needs of other provinces. How dare you,   I live in Alberta, that is the only thing that matters to me and my inner circle.

How dare you arrest and sanction wingnuts, morons, knuckle draggers hiding behind terms like ‘pastor’ and the Canadian Flag causing harm and disturbance to other Albertans like heath care workers who are trying to do their jobs to help Albertans. How dare you tell me and others that I can’t yell and spit and threaten healthcare care workers based on my google research of conspiracy theories and listening to ‘pastors’ and non public health non anything experts except hockey and figure skating Theo Fleury and Jamie Sale. How dare you put things in place to look beyond my self entitled narrow view on the world entered on me and my inner circle of people. It’s my individual rights that Trump everything else and I, and I only, will make that choice and if anything breaches anything that runs counter to how I see the world and what I want to do, it’s  government overreach, fake news, Woke, Socialist **** I will not tolerate. F Trudeau I’m a god fearing patriot.

How dare you (I’ve run out of steam but there’s a whole lot more of this, more absurdness of self entitled it’s  only about me and only about if I choose to do anything not what anyone else says).

[17to85]

These are the people who got Danielle Smith elected and these are the people stacking the candidates for the UCP with their own ilk.... and people aren't paying attention and are pretending it's the same old PCs.

Hopefully the campaign exposes it for people to see.

[iHeart]

I'd take her over the Anti-vaxxer any day

 

[blue_gold_84]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cbc-government-funded-media-twitter-1.6812591

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Twitter has put a "government-funded media" label on CBC's account in what is the latest move by the social media company to stamp public broadcasters with designations.

"Government-funded media is defined as outlets where the government provides some or all of the outlet's funding and may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content," according to Twitter.

National Public Radio in the U.S. announced earlier this month that it is leaving the platform after Twitter labelled its account as "state-affiliated media," saying that doing so undermines their credibility by "falsely implying that we are not editorially independent."

U.S. public broadcaster PBS followed suit, also leaving Twitter after it received the "government-funded" stamp.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre recently called on Twitter CEO Elon Musk to add a "government-funded" label to accounts that promote "news-related" content from CBC.

Reacting to the label being implemented on Sunday, Poilievre tweeted that the CBC has been "officially exposed" as "Trudeau propaganda, not news."

Looks like Pierre the Pissbaby got his wish.

[iHeart]

Ugh I don't want to wait for a federal election for him to go away

[JCon]

19 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cbc-government-funded-media-twitter-1.6812591

Looks like Pierre the Pissbaby got his wish.

Talk about rage farming. But, he didn't really get what he wanted. He wanted it called state controlled media, which the CBC is not. 

[blue_gold_84]

Pretty scathing read from Brodbeck this morning: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2023/04/17/poilievre-political-tactics-built-on-fabrication

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Nary a week goes by without federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre showing how unfit he is to become Canada’s next prime minister. This past week was no exception.

Whether it’s spreading falsehoods the federal government is “flooding the streets with heroin” or making juvenile claims the CBC is the “propaganda arm” of the Liberal government, Poilievre continues to show he’s been unable to make the jump from political adolescence to adulthood.

When a Canadian Press reporter asked him Thursday during a news conference in Edmonton whether he would change the Broadcasting Act to chop funding for the English-language division of the CBC, but not the French side, Poilievre refused to answer.

Instead, very much like former U.S. president Donald Trump, he attacked the credibility of the reporter.

“You work for CP?” a smiling Poilievre said in response. “I just want to be careful that we don’t get you into a conflict of interest here. Have you checked with the ethics commissioner on whether you’re in a conflict of interest in asking about CBC funding, given that it’s the principle source of money for CP?”

The reporter had asked a legitimate question. Poilievre said while he plans to cut funding for the CBC, he would leave it in place for Radio-Canada so it could continue with French programming. Poilievre is unpopular in Quebec and he knows gutting funding for Radio-Canada would hurt him politically.

Instead of answering the question, Poilievre accused the reporter of biased reporting. CP is an editorially independent wire service Canadians rely on across the country for fair and accurate news, through newspapers, TV and radio broadcasts.

It’s one of the most credible media organizations in the world.

Poilievre attacked its reporter to avoid accountability.

“The CBC, frankly, is a biased propaganda arm of the Liberal party and frankly, negatively affects all media,” said Poilievre. “For example, CP is negatively affected by the fact that you have to report favourably on the CBC if you want to keep your No. 1 taxpayer-funded client happy.’

Poilievre’s false and malicious accusation the reporter, or Canadian Press generally, is not editorially neutral is classic Trumpism.

Fabrication has become a mainstay of Poilievre’s political tactics. If you repeat a lie often enough, the hope is people will start to believe it.

Poilievre, for example, says crime is worse in jurisdictions run by “woke” NDP and Liberal governments. He says it is their approach to crime and drug laws that are causing crime to soar.

“The worst disorder, drug abuse, crime and chaos are in places run by woke, NDP-Liberal mayors and premiers,” said Poilievre. “Their policies have unleashed a wicked crime spree across this country.”

However, Manitoba has among the highest violent crime rates in Canada and it’s had a Conservative government for the past seven years.

Poilievre contradicted himself when asked about soaring crime in Alberta (a province also run by a Conservative government). He says the real problem is the federal Liberals’ “catch-and-release” bail policies fuelling crime across the country.

“If it’s happening everywhere in Canada, then it can’t be the responsibility of one provincial government that represents only about 13 per cent of the national population,” he said.

Poilievre’s claim the federal Liberals enacted “catch-and-release” bail laws is fiction.

Changes to the criminal code in 2019, which made some adjustments to bail laws, merely codified several Supreme Court of Canada decisions that re-enforced the longstanding principle in Canadian jurisprudence that bail must be the norm, not the exception.

The Liberal government also added tougher bail provisions for people charged with domestic violence offences. Poilievre doesn’t mention those.

He also ignores the fact the recent surge in violent crime began four years before the 2019 bail law amendments.

Poilievre claims, falsely, changes to bail laws allow people to commit multiple violent acts in a single day.

“Justin Trudeau and his coalition with the NDP brought in catch-and-release bail that allows the same violent criminal to stab or slash someone in the morning, be out by noon, commit another crime, be out by six o’clock the same evening and commit another crime all in the same day,” said Poilievre.

His claim Ottawa is trying to ban all hunting rifles is also inaccurate. He says stripping hunters of their guns won’t prevent stabbings. He makes the claim while also suggesting, inaccurately, the CBC supports it.

“Banning a rural hunter from carrying out a great Canadian heritage of the outdoors is not going to stop stabbings on the LRT system in Calgary or Toronto,” said Poilievre. “The approach just advocated by the CBC, to go after hunters, has been tried — that’s what Trudeau’s been doing for eight years and what is the result?”

The thought of this guy becoming our next prime minister is frightening.

I can't imagine the lack of intellect and critical thinking it would have to take to buy into the preposterous notion that this uncouth, perfidious, reprehensible turd has this country's best interests in mind.

[blue_gold_84]

4 minutes ago, JCon said:

Talk about rage farming. But, he didn't really get what he wanted. He wanted it called state controlled media, which the CBC is not. 

That's all he has. He has no platform, no ideas, no solutions. Just complaints and lies.

He did get his wish to  a degree. Twitter's algorithm is designed to hide media activity with that tag, so it puts CBC at a disadvantage on that platform, further validating the dregs who spread their misinformation on there.

[BBlink]

5 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

That's all he has. He has no platform, no ideas, no solutions. Just complaints and lies.

He did get his wish to  a degree. Twitter's algorithm is designed to hide media activity with that tag, so it puts CBC at a disadvantage on that platform, further validating the dregs who spread their misinformation on there.

First post in this thread. PP has taken the MAGA script verbatim. He tweets several times a day about how Trudeau has single handedly destroyed the country. This isn't about the issues. If PP and the conservatives really wanted to change anything then we would have heard about it by now. All it looks like to me is "back to the good ol days" mentality. Nothing based on today's reality.

[GCn20]

29 minutes ago, blue_gold_84 said:

Pretty scathing read from Brodbeck this morning: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2023/04/17/poilievre-political-tactics-built-on-fabrication

I can't imagine the lack of intellect and critical thinking it would have to take to buy into the preposterous notion that this uncouth, perfidious, reprehensible turd has this country's best interests in mind.

A great deal of the electorate feel exactly the same way about Trudeau. An election will settle who is right and who is wrong.