Are the right-wing influencers who were suddenly offered $400k *a month* for only one video per week from a secretive funder with no real world footprint really claiming that they were totally duped, and had noooo idea it was Russian government money?

Nonetheless, my customer service survey boycott will continue:

How The Globe and Mail coverage of the West has changed with the times. The Globe’s early championing of the region gave way to coverage that often took the tone of reporting on a foreign country. Excerpt from "A Nation's Paper," by Kelly Cryderman theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic… #journalism

Whoa: Joly says Canada will block U.S.-bound ammunition sale destined for Israel theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

The fracking versus renewables portion of the debate:

As former President Trump laments the demise of KXL: Even American presidents don’t have as much power as they would like when it comes to demand for fossil fuels. “Where demand exists, oil will find a way.” theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

"The Sept. 16 vote in LaSalle-Émard-Verdun marks a make-or-break moment for the party, 2 senior Liberals said. One said it was difficult to chart the road to the next election before knowing the result...Both said they do not believe a loss would lead to a change in leadership."

Ford is now praising Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, even though he’s “politically misguided” to be part of the NDP. “You get to know him, you would never ever think he’s part of that party.”

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"Even the popular, anti-establishment Ms. Smith is not immune from the ravages of a movement that has adopted a culture of (often) tearing it all down from the inside," Kelly Cryderman opines. #ableg #abpoli theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

👏👏Quebec tables legislation to limit excessive tipping: "The bill would force businesses to calculate tips based on the price before tax." That means on a restaurant bill of $100, suggested tips would be calculated as a percentage of $100, not $114.98. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

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Ottawa raises price cap on insured mortgages to $1.5-million /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

The politics of pragmatism is causing progressive politicians to ditch or alter their climate policies theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

"She showed up at Piedmont Henry Hospital in need of a routine procedure...called a dilation and curettage, or D&C. But just that summer, her state had made performing the procedure a felony, with few exceptions."

Premier Smith has made a double-barrelled announcement to Albertans: Her government will spend billions of dollars to accelerate the building of new schools, & the province must take action owing to the federal Liberal government’s immigration policies. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

If you missed it on the radio, Alberta at Noon featured an interesting convo: All things Green Line and politics with rick bell and Kelly Cryderman — video here with some highlights: youtu.be/6tS78raK9Wg

Green Line fallout: On Wednesday, some layoff notices began to go out tied to the development’s demise, a day after city council voted to officially wind down the initiative. “It’s the worst possible outcome,” Calgary Construction Association president Bill Black said.

“A brief from Canada’s spy agency warned the government that social media application TikTok has the potential to be a powerful tool for China’s authoritarian government and is already being used to spread disinformation aimed at Western audiences.”

West of Centre - Alberta called, too many answered. Corey Hogan Kelly Cryderman Lisa Young on billions for schools - billions on the line for transit and hundreds of thousands of people moving to Alberta needing schools and transit. #abpoli #ableg cbc.ca/listen/cbc-pod…