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Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors

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Blacklocks;

Ten federal agencies last year paid a national broker almost $577,000 to distribute newspaper stories ghostwritten by government employees. The payments came as Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly lamented “fake news” in Canada. Joly’s office yesterday did not comment.

 

Records show agencies paid $576,623 in seventeen separate contracts to News Canada Inc., a Toronto-based broker that distributes “ready-to-use, timely lifestyle content that is free of charge and copyright”, according to a management statement. Unsigned stories were identified only as “News Canada” content. Blacklock’s found weeklies from Alberta to Québec that republished items without any advisory they were written by communications staff with government departments and agencies.

Including…

 

Debunking The Latest Health Fads And Myths, a News Canada item ghostwritten by the health department, said: “If you think cannabis can help relieve symptoms you are experiencing, talk to your doctor about cannabis for medical purposes”. A separate Health Canada story Teaching Your Kids To Make Healthy Choices advised readers to “start having conversations” about cannabis with children as young as 12. Neither story identified Health Canada as the author or co-sponsor of legislation to legalize marijuana.

Oh, Shiny Prime Minister!

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National Post;

Over the years, federal environmental assessments have measured everything from the number of endangered lynx near a proposed New Brunswick mine to the presence of dragonflies and butterflies at a British Columbia hydro site.

 

But under new federal legislation tabled in February, the scope of impact assessments is being broadened well beyond fauna, requiring project proponents to take into account “the intersection of sex and gender with other identity factors.”

 

Part of the Liberal government’s embrace of gender-based analysis, the new provision has left environmental lawyers puzzled over how the provision will work if the bill becomes law.

It’s not designed to “work”. It’s designed not to work — until all the right palms are greased.

“This country, Canada, it belongs to us”.*

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“Us”, meaning them. (link fixed!)

It’s the story of two projects, the proposed air fuel terminal in Montreal East and a liquid natural gas port facility in the Saguenay region. It’s the LNG project, with a proposed 650 kilometre pipeline, that caught my eye.
According to Le Devoir, the Quebec ministry of the environment has decided that these two projects, with the potential for thousands of jobs between them, won’t have to meet both “upstream” and “downstream” emissions tests before being approved.

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Jag, Meet The War Room

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Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is defending a decision to speak at a Sikh separatist rally in 2015 where the stage he spoke on reportedly featured a portrait of the leader of a militant extremist group.
The news of his attendance at the event in San Francisco, Calif., and the presence of the photo of the extremist on stage was first reported Tuesday night by the Globe and Mail. Following questions from media, Singh posted a statement on the NDP website saying he condemned terrorism but felt he had a responsibility to speak about human rights abuses in connection with the 1984 raid by India police on Sikh militants occupying the Golden Temple in India’s Punjab province.
Three hundred people were killed in the raid, including the leader of the group behind the occupation, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
It was his portrait that was displayed on the stage where Singh spoke at the rally in 2015.

Gee, I wonder why the Liberals decided to drop this now?

Your Moral And Librano Superiors

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Show them the money.

All signs point to print media getting a much-needed financial assist from the federal government in the next budget.
The financing is expected to be doled out through the Canada Periodical Fund, which currently assists print magazines, non-daily newspapers and digital periodicals.
Heritage Minister Melanie Joly reportedly discussed the matter during a meeting Thursday with representatives of the Federation nationale des communications, which represents 7,000 people who work in culture and communications.
Joly’s spokesman, Simon Ross, didn’t deny the report and says there will be an announcement in the coming weeks or months concerning the $75-million annual fund, which is currently under review.

Related.

Things You’re Going To See On The CBC

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Pathetic.


Reminder: Justin Trudeau’s brother Alexandre made a pro-Iran documentary in cooperation with their state broadcaster, Press TV. The Trudeaus love the ayatollahs like they love the Castros.

Because it’s 2017

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Liberals unethical pick for new ethics commissioner

Yet only a day after the announcement, MPs on the ethics committee were scrambling to prepare for a mere one hour meeting with Dion to determine whether or not he was a suitable candidate.
During that hour, MPs were given a paltry seven minutes to ask the Liberal pick questions. The whole thing was a sham and showed contempt for Parliament.

Related: Democracy Watch lists the ethical lapses of the ethics commissioner.
Liberals….

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