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My MAiD article in this month's @DruthersNews druthers.ca/canada-orders-…

that CBC-funded “prank” didn’t just target pundits. In @Quillette, I report on their efforts to mock a humble 82-yr-old Brockville granddad who enjoys 19th-c historical re-enanctments. Producers repeatedly lied to him for months, then exploited his trust quillette.com/2026/05/15/a-d…

@nenshi Bloviate much, sir?

Today, a judge has thrown out the Alberta separatist petition because Danielle Smith’s UCP government failed in its legal duty to consult First Nations. I want to thank the fearless First Nations who stood up and led this fight against separatism – not just for their nations, but for all Albertans and for Canadians. Specifically, thank you to the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, the Blackfoot Confederacy, and Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, for fighting for our country with your time and money. First Nations are not alone, as the vast majority of Albertans stand alongside them, opposed to a costly, divisive exercise. This referendum violates treaty rights, it would cost Albertans hundreds of millions of dollars, and is now tied to serious public safety concerns thanks to the largest data breach in Alberta’s history. The Premier says that she’s exploring other ideas. Here’s an idea, Premier: call off the referendum and put this to bed. This petition is dead. This referendum is dead. For the premier to spend taxpayer time and money to resurrect it, would prove what we’ve always known: she’s a separatist. Accept the court’s decision. Nobody is above the law – and certainly not this Premier. Albertans are proud Canadians and want nothing more than to move on from this and focus on the things that really matter.

The lost decade: 'Between 2015 and 2024, more than $1 trillion of investment exited Canada—the largest capital exodus in Canadian history. For every dollar of inward investment, two dollars exited.' rbc.com/en/thought-lea….

@Roman_Baber @MarkJCarney As usual, Carney bloviates.

.@MarkJCarney DID NOT announce a plan to double Canada's electricity production! He announced more "Consultations". Oh sorry, he did announce "a plan to decarbonize Canada's grid by 2050". A radical left-wing fantasy that will result in higher bills & power outages.

Signal, the non-profit, encrypted-messaging app, just warned, it would rather leave Canada than comply with Bill C-22. Here’s what Bill C-22 actually does: ✅ Forces tech companies to build surveillance backdoors into their systems ✅ Mandates that every cell phone in Canada be trackable ✅ Allows the Minister of Public Safety to issue SECRET orders to turn your Amazon Alexa into a listening device ✅ Requires metadata retention for up to one year: who you called, when, and where you were No comparable Western nation has adopted surveillance powers this broad. Meta called it conscripting private companies into “the government’s surveillance apparatus.” The US wrote directly to the minister warning it compromises American citizens’ privacy. A lawyer told committee: “As written, the minister could issue a secret order to turn your smart TV into a listening device.” Imagine: this is the same government that froze bank accounts without a court order. The same government that turned off committee cameras. The same government with 638 unresolved wrongdoing complaints. Now wants inside your phone.

@preta_6 Great job reporting on the degenerative state of the CBC, flagrantly flaunting their woke ideology and absolute lack of responsibility for spending OUR tax dollars on a disgusting “prank”. What a stain CBC is to journalism and Canada.

Front pager, always fun 🤩

CARNEY just gave $13 MILLION to the AFRICA Warehousing Facility, based in Luxembourg 👀 GET THIS, Kuramo Capital is the manager of the facility with very close ties to OBAMA, & SOROS has funded 2X Ignite Africa 👀 And last week, SOROS, Obama & Carney were together in Toronto

@franco_nomics The demise of the corrupt, bereft of any basic integrity CBC, cannot come swiftly enough. They continue to claim their charge is to unite our vast nation, whilst their woke ideology and government echo chamber-mindset serves only to divide Canadians.

CBC is spending $59,000 on legal bills going to court to keep its Gem subscriber numbers hidden from Canadians. Information Commissioner ordered CBC to release the records. But CBC is wasting thousands more to keep those records a secret. Defund the CBC.

Today’s ruling by Justice Leonard essentially found that the citizen-led independence petition process cannot proceed because the government did not fulfill certain constitutional responsibilities owed to First Nations. But here is the important point: the Alberta government did not initiate this petition process. Citizens did, through a lawful statutory mechanism created by the Legislature itself. So how does a court conclude that the government failed to fulfill duties that had not yet even arisen or been carried out, particularly when the government itself had not initiated the referendum process? It is also important to understand that the Alberta government has always had the ability to call a referendum on independence at any time if it chose to do so. That is not in dispute, and it was not the legal question before the Court in this case. Nothing in today’s ruling prevents the Alberta government from calling the very same referendum itself tomorrow. So think about that carefully. A citizen-led democratic process established by law is effectively halted, not because citizens failed to follow the legislated process, but because of obligations assigned to government itself. Yet the government retains the full ability to ask the same question directly. Courts and those in government must always have regard to the overall interests of justice, including democratic participation, the integrity of legislated statutory processes, and public confidence in lawful democratic frameworks established by the Legislature. I figured it would be appropriate to reflect on a few words from the Supreme Court of Canada: “…liberal democracy demands the free expression of political opinion” and political speech lies at the core of the Charter’s guarantee of freedom of expression. The Court further affirmed that freedom of expression includes “the right to attempt to persuade through peaceful interchange.” — Harper v. Canada The Supreme Court of Canada has also held that: “…the right of each citizen to participate in the political life of the country is one that is of fundamental importance in a free and democratic society.” — Figueroa v. Canada And in the Reference re Secession of Quebec, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized that democracy is grounded in the participation and democratic will of the people, and that a clear expression of the will of citizens carries constitutional and political significance that cannot simply be ignored. Specifically, the Court confirmed: “The democratic principle identified above would demand that considerable weight be given to a clear expression by the people of Quebec of their will to secede from Canada…” — Reference re Secession of Quebec So how does any of this truly reconcile with a situation where government itself can ask citizens a question through a referendum process, but a group of citizens following a lawful statutory process established by the Legislature is not permitted to ask the question? What message does that send when citizens engage in lawful democratic participation, comply with the very process created by government, and yet their voices are disregarded or treated as something to be feared? Democracy is not strengthened when lawful citizen participation is restrained or silenced. In this case, it was not government stopping the process, but the Court. That reality raises profound questions about the role institutions play in democratic participation and how citizen engagement is treated when it touches controversial political issues. After all, citizens do not hold institutional power. Their power is their voice. And if even that voice can be restrained after citizens lawfully engage in the exact democratic process created for them, what meaningful role are citizens truly left with in shaping the political future of their province and country? What do you think? Should lawful citizen participation be encouraged, even when institutions disagree with the message?

They do what they want and who knows how many vulnerable they k*ll. "B.C.’s euthanasia oversight system operates largely in secret, with no public reports and little accountability" bccatholic.ca/news/catholic-…

@SandraCobena_ 🤯🤯🤯

‼️BREAKING NEWS The Minister of Finance just hired external consultants for $12,000 to write a speech about reducing the use of external consultants by 20%. You cannot make this up. Canadians are being told to tighten their belts while this government spends taxpayer money hiring consultants to explain why there are too many consultants. #cndpoli

@AaronGunn @DavidRe09886944 💯 agree. This move by the CBC and APTN is disgusting. They are not a university frat, with developing pre-frontal cortexes that can be excused away. This is a “media”entity that is funded to $1.4B+/yr with OUR tax dollars, to supposedly represent Canadians.

I always thought the role of media was to hold the powerful accountable and to unapologetically seek the truth. Apparently, the CBC views it as trying to deceive and trick individual citizens (and opposition Members of Parliament) into bizarre and intentional “traps”. It’s something you would expect from a university fraternity, not a taxpayer-funded broadcaster. I want answers. Why is the taxpayer-funded broadcaster contacting Canadians and a Member of Parliament in disguise and trying to trick us into participating in a twisted social experiment, in partnership with American leftists like Igor Vamos? Will taxpayers also need to cover the legal bills for CBC in the inevitable lawsuits they are about to face? I interviewed more than 300 Canadians for my documentaries (and didn't receive any taxpayer money). Not once did I engage in garbage like this.

@mgeist Canadians need your learned voice now, more than ever. In an era of mis and disinformation (from the quasi-elected federal Liberals) - facts matter. We can’t count on Liberal-funded media to hold govt to account. Keep educating Canadians, one post at a time.

The bad faith and misleading claims on lawful access from Public Safety are very disturbing. The Bill C-22 metadata demands are not in line with key allies and raise serious privacy and Charter concerns that the government ignores. michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/slick-… x.com/Safety_Canada/…

@ezralevant @docamitay Absolutely disgusting. Heads and jobs should roll at CBC, with this abhorrent stunt. If ever the CBC displayed their true colours as activists and not journalists, this is it. Defund the CBC, now!

There were 25 CBC staff involved in the sting operation against Lindsay Shepherd and Frances Widdowson.

Utter insanity. And you are funding it. Based on this and what they did to @FrancesWiddows1 there is an even greater reason to defund CBC.

@brianlilley @FrancesWiddows1 Just when you think the CBC cannot sink lower. It’s bad enough they curate news for the federal Liberals daily but now they hire an American scam company to “punk” a Canadian individual. Meanwhile CBC runs headlines of America meddling in Canada. Rich.

The Justice Centre announces that it has submitted a parliamentary brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, warning that Bill C-22 poses a serious threat to Canadians’ privacy rights. The brief was submitted while the Committee reviews the Bill following its passage at Second Reading. “Privacy is the shield of a free people,” said John Carpay, President of the Justice Centre. “Canadians deserve security without sacrificing privacy.” Read the full release and submission here: jccf.ca/justice-centre…

The government's new video claims lawful access "respects Canadian privacy and Charter rights." But it avoids four Bill C-22 concerns critics keep raising: metadata retention, a lower subscriber info threshold, encryption risks, and incomplete oversight. michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/slick-…

@AmazingZoltan Hantavirus doesn’t trigger me. Bonnie Henry does!

When asked if there was any potential for "over cautiousness" as regards hantavirus, B.C.'s Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry responds, "I don't think we can be over cautious given the trauma we've all been through."