Anyone know where I can find the actual report?
Mmmm, that's more fake left extremism. The people who pretend they're left but are actually centrists/neoliberals. People like Trudeau, Biden, the Clintons, etc.
And then you've got the regular people who THINK they're left when their actions are anything but. The same kind of people who were cheering on President Trump being censored. These are the idiots who love Kamala because she's black and a woman. Identity politics, they couldn't care less how terrible her policies are. Just that she ticks the boxes on their gender/race Bingo card.
The only part of The National I watch anyway is At Issue, and she'll still be hosting that so I'm cool personally.
Losing a giant like Peter Mansbridge was always going to have a negative effect, but I wasn't a fan of this 4 anchor format. I think news broadcasts should stick to one anchor.
Yeah, I wish the CBC would look at both sides of an issue like a REAL journalism outlet does... like, say... Rebel Media.
When it comes to ladies IDGAF about politics. I'd fuck the snot out of her same I would a nutjob like Lauren Bobert.
From what I understand the COVID tests require a nasal swab, so since their asses are where Conservatives heads are this is entirely appropriate. ?
Do you guys generally support breaking the law? I thought Conservatives were supposed to be about law and order.
With devastating takedowns like these it's hard to believe you guys haven't succeeded in abolishing the CBC yet. ?
WSB committed that most heinous of crimes, they cost rich cocksuckers money.
May God have mercy on their souls.
LOL, oh ok so Capitalism has only ever killed bad people. I got it.
Except, no. That's not true, and you know it's not true. Halfwit.
Yeah that doesn't even make sense...
Like most Conservatives he lives in the past.
Sorry, I couldn't resist! Bahahahahahaha j/k
How many people has capitalism killed?
Amazon doesn't want their workers voting on a union, period.
Trump should have been impeached the day he took the oath for violating the Emoluments Clause.
Impeaching him for doing something that Biden WAS ON VIDEO TAPE ADMITTING TO DOING HIMSELF was idiotic.
And I watched his full speech before the riots, he didn't incite them to riot.
Glenn Greenwald brought up a really interesting SCOTUS case on the Left Bitches who are right podcast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP_v._Claiborne_Hardware_Co.
that pretty much shows what the President did wasn't an incitement to violence and that he couldn't be legally held responsible if he were sued.
I agree, and I support any protest as long as it's peaceful. I think Americans should have rode on the Capitol and the White House long long ago. Just surround them with thousands upon thousands of people and demand that the government start working for the people and not for the corporations and oligarchs.
That said I know there are a lot of right wingers out there who hated on the BLM protests and were cool with the Capitol one, so let us not pretend that hypocrisy doesn't go both ways.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh man, I eat this type of stuff up. I'm a HUGE civil liberties nerd. (How am I still single? I can't figure it out either!)
Anyway, let me say on a personal note that I think Ezra Levant is a piece of shit grifter whose smugnorantly massive ego makes Jack Dorsey look humble.
That said I agree in principle that he should be able to criticise the Prime Minister (or anyone else for that matter). Hell, I do it. Freedom of speech isn't just for speech I like. Too many people don't get that.
As far as the legality of all this is concerned (and I'm not a lawyer, just a legal nerd) the defense that he lays out in his video is null and void IF the text of the letters he received is accurate. (I didn't go find and watch his entire secret video with the 2 Elections Canada officials because my brain cells chose life.)
He says that his book is exempt from the law, but in the section he shows in screen it also says "if the book was planned to be made available to the public regardless of whether there was to be an election."
In both of the letters he posted on his website it says "During an interview with investigators, Rebel News' Director admitted that the book's launch had been timed to coincide with the general election."
So since he allegedly admitted he was only making the book available because of the election I'd say he's boned on that defense.
Also, his hyperbole of "being convicted for writing a book" is specious. The violations in question were that he didn't put Rebel's phone number, address and statement saying it was authorized on his signs, and the other is because he spent money on what was clearly pre-election period advertising without registering as a third party. That's hardly Nazi Germany levels of suppression.
As far as this conviction goes page 3 of the letters he got reminds me of a speeding ticket. You get it from the police officer who is the one accusing you and then you have the option to either pay it or contest the charge in court, which is what I'm gathering OPTION B is, though I'd like to learn more about that review, how it works, whether Mr. Levant has the right to attend, bring counsel, etc.
I'm somewhat disturbed by the meeting he was called to, but I don't know if he was subpoenaed or if it was simply an optional meeting, sort of a "Would you mind coming down to the station and answering some questions." type of thing. Regardless he always has the option to remain silent. I'd like to know more about how that meeting came about. I'll research it at some point. I do agree 100% that he has the right to face his accuser. Maybe that happens at the OPTION B review?
In conclusion I'm personally a supporter of campaign finance laws in general, I don't want Canada to become like the U.S. where corporations (Who are not people, my friend) can spend unlimited amounts of money to buy elections. But, that's a personal ideological belief. Also, this is a minority Parliament. If Mr. Levant and anyone who supports him here thinks the Canada Elections Act needs to be amended please contact your MP and the leaders of the opposition parties and demand they do so. Democracy FTW!
Oh yeah, they wildly eggasurate. But some of the leaks from places like CNN and the like they've managed to get ahold of.
On the right off the top of my head: Dave Rubin, Jordan Peterson, Steven Crowder, Lauren Southern, Laura Loomer, Alex Jones, Sam Harris.
On the "Left" The Young Turks, Sam Seder, Chapo Trap House, Niko House, The ENTIRE squad, (who are really just Instagram influencers who also happen to be in Congress as a side gig) The Humanist Report, Thom Hartmann, David Pakman
I mean, the list of grifters is endless. Fooling dumbasses out of their hard earned money is a business, and business is BOOMING.
Project Veritas started off as a joke but has actually done some decent journalism since the initial pimp suit stupidity.
Throughout the 5 years that Trump was in the public eye as far as politics goes by far the most annoying thing for me as a Progressive was the constant whining about him from the center. (They're not the left, I'M the left. They're not.)
I honestly wanted Trump to win just to see those idiots cry again. Watching all the Hillbots cry when that witch lost was one of the great joys of my political life.
And honestly, in some ways Trump did a good job. His rhetoric for the most part was awful but I liked that he fucked over the TPP, and didn't start any wars. (He did try to overthrow the democratically elected government in Venezuela, but what American President DOESN'T try to overthrow democratically elected governments?)
His SCOTUS picks were abominations, but hey any Republican POTUS' would be to me.
And, on a personal note he was definitely the funniest president I've ever seen. I damn near pissed myself laughing when he said after the elections that Republican scrutineers we pushed so far back from the counting some of them tried using binoculars to see it. Not to mention his wife and daughters are fuckin smokeshows. Man, it must be nice being rich. lol
I have a friend who is an MLA and I asked them about mail in ballots. They told me that they're counted in a similar way as regular ballots, with poll workers there and the candidates and scrutineers present if they choose to be.
If you're concerned about the integrity of our elections I suggest you sign up to work the next one, or volunteer for the candidate of your choice to be a scrutineer. I did it when I was younger and have seen first hand that our voting/counting system is as fair as can be.
I personally don't have a problem with voting machines if, AND ONLY IF, they have a paper trail.
I also love the idea of a receipt that the voter can check post election to make sure their vote was counted, such as is outlined in this gentleman's TED talk. (Though I'm not a fan of his particular method, but I do like the concept.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izddjAp_N4I
But if ANY PM tries to set our system up for voting machines without a paper trail I'll be right there with you guys to fight that.
Absolutely, this.
The American electoral system is a mess. It makes me appreciate Elections Canada even more than I already did.
Hmmm, I'll have to check that out. lol