Vicky Xu
How it feels to live under surveillance by China
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EVIL TENTACLES: Hostile foreign states like China meddling at every level of government. More from Lorrie Goldstein: torontosun.com/opinion/column…

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Warren Kinsella calls leftist city councillors' police interference inexcusable torontosun.com/opinion/column…

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Our latest editorial:
Nuclear power is the future
'We have not seen a model where we can get to net zero emissions by 2050 without nuclear. The fact of the matter is that it produces zero emissions.' torontosun.com/opinion/editor…

My latest column:
Foreign interference goes far beyond federal elections
Does anyone seriously believe foreign interference is confined to the federal level of gov't & only during elections, as opposed to federal, provincial & municipal governments 24/7?torontosun.com/opinion/column…

Patti Starr’s obituary is the second most-read story in the ⁦Toronto Star⁩ today. Starr was at the centre of one of the biggest political scandals in Ontario history.
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Dutch police have detained activist Greta Thunberg at a climate demonstration in The Hague torontosun.com/news/world/dut…

Though idle, Maple Leafs clinched a playoff spot on Friday night torontosun.com/sports/hockey/…

Charming and charismatic, former B.C. Lt.-Gov. Iona Campagnolo dies at 91:
Former federal cabinet minister remembered as 'a consistent, passionate, intelligent advocate' vancouversun.com/news/local-new… via The Vancouver Sun

A Hamas delegation is set to leave for Cairo tomorrow for discussions on hostage negotiations.
Read more>>
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Today, we're kicking off a significant, proactive initiative to eliminate accounts that violate our Rules against platform manipulation and spam. While we aim for accuracy in the accounts we remove, we're casting a wide net to ensure X remains secure and free of bots. As a…

Disgusting that 6 Toronto city councillors signed a letter denouncing Toronto Police for being too heavy handed with the pro-Hamas protests.
Two of them are on the Police Services Board. One has issued a partial and half-hearted retraction.
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The Special Rapporteur owes ⁦Sam Cooper⁩ an apology. What a farce that report turns out to be. globalnews.ca/news/10405608/…

How come we are already learning so much more from this foreign interference inquiry than the Johnston inquiry? Just wondering… apple.news/AgaF9ZxWAT9ujd…

Program note:
I'm thinking Sam Cooper is probably smiling a lot these days -- with good reason.

I was skeptical but I’d say these Commission lawyers are digging up some good stuff

I’m also encouraged the Commission lawyers are confronting the Chinese Communist Party’s ethonationalist ideology that presumes every Chinese Canadian and especially politicians of that heritage should support the regime in Beijing. Canada is on the verge of growing up.

Privy Council Office staffer Allan Sutherland told inquiry that Buffalo Chronicle disinformation on Justin Trudeau in 2019 was different from WeChat disinformation on Conservatives because first was in English and direct attack on PM. That's why it asked Facebook to remove.

This is quite interesting

Pro tip:
There appears to be some confusion in the media about cap-and-trade vs a carbon tax. They are both, in fact, forms of carbon pricing
Pricing Carbon: A Carbon Tax or Cap-And-Trade?
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Karma:
Global News will be all over this, given David Johnston's foolish attempt to discredit their reporting in his report.
New foreign interference documents raise questions about special rapporteur David Johnston's report Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1040508/f…