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llebrun, 1 month ago to random

Pierre Poilievre meets with far-right extremist group at Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border.

“Everyone’s happy with what you’re doing,” Poilievre tells conspiratorial fringe group camped out on side of highway.

https://pressprogress.ca/pierre-poilievre-meets-with-far-right-extremist-group-at-nova-scotia-new-brunswick-border/

llebrun, 1 month ago to random

Right-wing media personality Derek Fildebrandt is going viral after posting a “weird” and “creepy” video recorded inside an airport washroom.

Ottawa’s Airport Authority says it is aware of the video, which has been viewed over 3 million times, and is referring complaints to police.

https://pressprogress.ca/right-wing-media-personality-goes-viral-after-posting-weird-and-creepy-video-recorded-inside-airport-washroom/

llebrun, 3 months ago to random

Who is the Canadian self-help guru that appeared as a “mind control” expert on Sen. Ron Johnson’s Capitol Hill panel on the COVID-19 pandemic on last week?

He’s a promoter of antisemitic conspiracies about a Moloch-worshipping “child sacrifice cult.”

Oh, and he’s old pals with Randy Hillier:

https://www.convoywatch.ca/p/canadian-self-help-guru-on-us-senators

llebrun, 3 months ago to random

NEW: Ottawa’s police board is ordering a review of the police response to the convoy “fireworks incident” on Family Day weekend.

After ConvoyWatch contacted the board for comment on a fact-check, the board acknowledged a “discrepancy” in information presented to the board by Ottawa‘s police chief.

https://www.convoywatch.ca/p/ottawa-police-board-orders-operational

llebrun, 3 months ago to random

NEW: One of the spokespersons at the bizarro convoy press conference last week was on a parliamentary security ‘banned’ list.

In fact, two people who got into the House of Commons press conference had been recently denied entry by security.

https://www.convoywatch.ca/p/convoy-press-conference-spokesperson

llebrun, 3 months ago to random

Ottawa By-law and Ottawa Police confirm no fines or arrests after a group of aggressive convoy supporters confronted police and shot off fireworks in downtown Ottawa.

OPS suggested officers may have ‘pulled back’ from the scene over concerns for the safety of police officers.

https://www.convoywatch.ca/p/city-of-ottawa-no-fines-or-arrests

llebrun, 3 months ago to random

Ottawa Police were treated to a dazzling urban fireworks display celebrating the two-year anniversary of the invocation of the Emergencies Act this weekend.

Videos show police left the scene following an aggressive confrontation by convoy supporters:

https://www.convoywatch.ca/p/ottawa-police-dazzled-by-urban-fireworks

llebrun, 4 months ago to random

NEW: Far-right convoy groups are planning to occupy Canadian police stations until government officials are arrested.

In a planning meeting last night, they suggested bringing ‘tents and BBQs’ to occupy police stations for weeks or even months.

https://pressprogress.ca/far-right-convoy-groups-plan-to-occupy-canadian-police-stations-until-government-officials-are-arrested/

llebrun, 4 months ago to random

EXCLUSIVE: CSIS is investigating a Southwestern Ontario Conservative nomination vote, Conservative sources say.

The Conservative Party of Canada is denying knowledge of a CSIS investigation involving a chaotic nomination battle in Oxford County.

https://pressprogress.ca/csis-investigating-southwestern-ontario-conservative-nomination-vote-conservative-sources-say/

llebrun, 5 months ago to random

NEW: Conservative MP helped draft text of a conspiratorial United Nations petition, author of petition says.

The man behind a petition sponsored by Leslyn Lewis told me he believes the UN wants to enslave humanity and modify our DNA to turn humans into a different species.

https://pressprogress.ca/conservative-mp-helped-draft-text-of-conspiratorial-united-nations-petition-author-of-petition-says/

llebrun, 5 months ago to random

Summing up my reporting on the far-right this year:

How Canada’s right-wing pivoted from COVID-19 conspiracies to conspiracies about gender in 2023.

2023 saw protests at drag story time events, anti-LGBTQ+ rallies targeting schools and Pierre Poilievre boosting ‘gender ideology’ conspiracies.

https://pressprogress.ca/how-canadas-right-wing-pivoted-from-covid-19-conspiracies-to-conspiracies-about-gender-in-2023/

llebrun, 5 months ago to random

The politicization of British Columbia’s overdose crisis was a top issue in 2023.

How right-wing politicians and media outlets exploited a crisis impacting the health of vulnerable drug users for their own political gain:

https://pressprogress.ca/the-politicization-of-bcs-overdose-crisis-was-a-top-issue-in-2023/

llebrun, 5 months ago to random

174 Canadian MPs want to verify people who watch Internet porn, even though they admit they’re not sure how their law would actually work.

Legal experts say it is is likely unconstitutional, opens the door to unprecedented website blocking and undermines the safety of sex workers.

https://pressprogress.ca/canadian-mps-want-to-verify-people-watching-internet-porn-they-admit-theyre-not-sure-how-their-law-would-actually-work/

llebrun, 5 months ago to random

Right-wing trolls are freaking out after learning they can get sued for calling people ‘groomers’ on the Internet.

A new court decision is reinforcing that there is no public interest in speech that exposes vulnerable groups to hate.

https://pressprogress.ca/right-wing-trolls-are-freaking-out-after-learning-they-can-get-sued-for-calling-people-groomers-on-the-internet/

llebrun, 5 months ago to random

New from me:

Yesterday, Ottawa’s police board announced its chair resigned after only several months on the job.

One detail not mentioned was the chair had a family connection to a major police operation targeting organized crime and drug trafficking in Ottawa:

https://pressprogress.ca/ottawa-police-oversight-board-chair-resigns-after-family-connected-to-largest-drug-bust-in-ottawas-history/

llebrun, 6 months ago to random

A controversial anti-lockdown doctor has been named as a candidate for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.

Matt Strauss, a former top local public health official who recently resigned, has made headlines over the last two years for his public statements about Covid-19 public health measures.

https://pressprogress.ca/controversial-anti-lockdown-doctor-named-candidate-for-pierre-poilievres-conservatives/

llebrun, 6 months ago to random

Randy Hillier will be acting as his own lawyer at his upcoming criminal trial in Ottawa.

Hillier told a judge this morning he has decided to self-represent after parting ways with his lawyer.

https://www.convoywatch.ca/p/randy-hillier-will-act-as-his-own

llebrun, 6 months ago to random

Safety of gay and trans school children is ‘fringe’ issue, Conservative candidate says.

2SLGBTQ+ advocates say Conservative candidate’s video downplaying concerns about safety of gay and trans kids is “misinformed” and “dangerous.”

https://pressprogress.ca/safety-of-gay-and-trans-school-children-is-fringe-issue-conservative-candidate-says/

llebrun, 6 months ago to random

A QAnon figure is applying for intervenor status in Tamara Lich and Chris Barber’s criminal trial.

Norman Traversy filed an application on Nov 6 asking a judge to let him intervene so he can prosecute Justin Trudeau for “terrorism” and “war crimes.”

https://www.convoywatch.ca/p/qanon-figure-applies-for-intervenor

llebrun, 7 months ago to random

New: Richmond Hill’s deputy mayor is apologizing after standing on stage and cheering on a homophobic and transphobic speech Pierre Poilievre delivered last week.

But 2SLGBTQ+ groups question why Poilievre’s “bigoted” and “discriminatory rhetoric” keeps getting a pass.

https://pressprogress.ca/richmond-hill-deputy-mayor-apologizes-for-cheering-on-pierre-poilievres-homophobic-and-transphobic-speech/

llebrun, 7 months ago to random

New: Maxime Bernier is attacking judges after his vaccine mandate lawsuit got shot down – again.

Bernier accused the federal appeals court of “enabling totalitarianism” after judges found “no reviewable error” in a ruling tossing his lawsuit.

https://www.convoywatch.ca/p/maxime-bernier-attacks-judges-after

llebrun, 7 months ago to random

Tamara Lich appeared at a global summit with leaders of the European far-right and MAGA Republicans.

The Freedom Convoy leader was on a bill with French far-right presidential candidate Éric Zemmour, Brexit leader Nigel Farage and US House Speaker Mike Johnson.

https://pressprogress.ca/tamara-lich-appears-at-global-summit-with-leaders-of-european-far-right-maga-republicans/

llebrun, 7 months ago to random

Pierre Poilievre is under fire after a video surfaced of a homophobic and transphobic speech.

2SLGBTQIA+ community leaders are denouncing the Conservative leader’s speech accusing Justin Trudeau of imposing “radical gender ideology” on children.

https://pressprogress.ca/pierre-poilievre-under-fire-after-video-surfaces-of-homophobic-and-transphobic-speech/