Ann Widdecombe: “Nobody has the right to live their lives being protected from offense or from insults or from hurt feelings. It is an occupational hazard of living in society.”
POILIEVRE: "I don't work for government, I work for Parliament. Parliament works for the people. We call it the House of Commons because it's the house of the people."
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To my X followers,
I’ve worked with the media for nearly 25 years. For most of that time, the relationship was professional and balanced. But in recent years, something has shifted.
I am increasingly concerned about the state of our democracy — particularly how media, in general, are informing Canadians about food policy, food inflation, and economic policy.
I now find myself learning more about Canada’s economy and policy changes from American outlets than from Canadian ones. Much of our national coverage feels reactive, shallow, or overly fixated on partisan narratives rather than substantive policy analysis.
What troubles me most is the lack of scrutiny applied evenly across governments and institutions.
For example, when the Bank of Canada suggested that Ottawa’s counter-tariffs contributed to food inflation, only one major outlet — Bloomberg — gave it meaningful coverage. The grocery benefit program received very little examination regarding how it would be financed. It took days before anyone pressed for clarity.
During the latest spike in food inflation, several outlets turned to the same small circle of commentators who dismissed any potential role of federal policy — carbon pricing, GST holidays, counter-tariffs — despite mounting evidence that policy decisions can and do affect food prices.
Instead of investigating structural drivers of inflation, much of the coverage focuses on fact-checking opposition rhetoric, even though the opposition has not governed since 2015. Scrutiny should be applied equally — not selectively.
Quebec media, while imperfect, appear to have maintained a broader range of debate. In much of the rest of Canada, I see increasing concentration of voices — often from the same region, Ontario, often reflecting similar policy perspectives — and less diversity of thought grounded in empirical research.
This isn’t about partisan politics. It’s about accountability, transparency, and healthy democratic discourse.
Media are under financial pressure — that’s real. But public trust depends on independence and depth. Subsidy structures, incentives, and newsroom economics all matter.
Canada deserves stronger policy journalism — especially on food affordability, supply chains, and economic resilience.
We need more data-driven analysis, more intellectual diversity, and more courage to ask uncomfortable questions — regardless of which party is in power.
Until that happens, Canadians would be wise to diversify their news sources and think critically about what they’re being told — and what they’re not.
"Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free."
– Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
A deafening silence speaks volumes. At a historic press conference on Parliament Hill, constitutional lawyer Shawn Buckley revealed a stunning truth: not a single mainstream media reporter was present.
This wasn't just any event. It was the delivery of the third-largest paper petition in Canada’s 157-year history, a monumental grassroots effort by citizens demanding the protection of their fundamental right to access natural health products (NHPs).
As Buckley articulated, this is a story in itself. Why does a nation need to create a "Health Charter" simply to entrench rights they already have? Why did a cross-country tour, fueled by volunteers and filled with standing-room-only crowds, garner a media blackout?
Buckley calls it the "dog that didn't bark"—a crucial clue from Sherlock Holmes pointing to a deeper truth. He asserts that Canada is in the midst of a "spiritual war" over bodily autonomy, where Health Canada's censorship of truthful health information about NHPs is a pivotal piece of the puzzle. The goal, he warns, is to force everyone into a rigid "allopathic model" that serves Big Pharma and strips citizens of hope and choice.
The absence of the press confirms the establishment's fear: if the public knew the full extent of this overreach, "it would bring down the entire system."
This is a pivotal moment. The fight for the freedom to choose how we care for our own bodies is happening now, and it’s being led by the people.
This is not just about vitamins. It’s about freedom.
STAND WITH SHAWN BUCKLEY. Support the Natural Health Product Protection Association (NHPPA).
Excellent result by Siri & Glimstad partner @michaelpconnett in securing a court order against the EPA holding that “Plaintiffs have proven … that water fluoridation … presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health” such as “lower IQ.”
Great job, Michael!
The decision: https://t.co/j0Z8u9dXDa
Nancy Pelosi did not like what I had to say...
Populism is not a threat to democracy.
Democrat elites like her are.
Watch my full Oxford Union speech from the debate with her:
🚨 Moms Across America Tested New Children’s Cereal & Found Poisons Like Heavy Metals, Arsenic, Aluminum, Cadmium, 8 Different Pesticides (Some Known To Change Sex Hormones) & More
All this in 1 cereal box ☣️
Testing reveals ‘General Mills Trix Loaded Cereal’ is actually “loaded with heavy metals and pesticides” also contains “Artificial dyes, preservatives, chemicals”
- We found arsenic and cadmium 200-400% higher than what the EPA allows in drinking water
- We found aluminum levels to be 1,365% to 1,650% higher than what the EPA allows in drinking water
- We found glyphosate levels 158 to 174 times higher than has been shown in animal studies to cause sex hormone changes and organ damage when animals ate 0.1 parts per billion of glyphosate for 2 years of the glyphosate herbicide, the the formulation.
And we also found 8 different pesticides.
One of them is an ingredient used in shampoo that kills lice, and the other one is a fungicide known to cause endocrine disruption and hormone disruption in humans and wildlife at very low levels.
So, clearly, this is not a great way to start your day with toxic chemicals, and we call on General Mills to get to the source of why their cereal is so contaminated and to do things like test fertilizers because we think that's the source of the heavy metal contamination.
This is a very serious issue because heavy metals can cause neurological damage and developmental disorders that can be lifelong. So this is very serious.
We are in a national physical and mental health crisis in America, and we need manufacturers like General Mills who have the resources to actually do something about cleaning up their the food supply and the products that they offer.“
Trudeau’s Canada Threatens LIFE SENTENCES for “Hate” 🚨
This is not satire. This is real life 1984.
Proposed bill C-6 says: “Everyone who commits an offense under this act ... is guilty of an indictable offense and liable to imprisonment for life.”
It gets worse.
The new bill BRIBES citizens to snitch on their fellow Canadians.
@HighWireTalk reported:
“It [C-6 bill] allows someone to make a complaint of a discrimination anonymously ... if that hateful complaint is found legit, a maximum of 20,000 [Canadian] dollars goes to that person.”
Think this can’t happen? Similar legislation to define and crack down on in-person and online “hate” is being pushed across Europe.
Just recently, in Belgium, former Flemish parliamentarian Dries Van Langenhove was sentenced to one year in prison. The reason for this sentence was for sharing supposedly “racist memes” in a private group chat.
Watch the full segment below for more details.
A new hate speech law is required to protect children online, says Canada's @justinTrudeau. But it's not. Harming kids is already illegal. And now, Trudeau's government has confirmed to Public that the law would allow judges to send people to prison for speech crimes — for life.
Reminder, none of the routine childhood vaccines on the CDC's schedule were licensed based on long term placebo controlled trials. See for yourself: https://t.co/zOWKfVUTv4
The Canadian government- and the PMO in particular- misled people about the risk of injury from the novel C19 jab. And now, the 🇨🇦 government offers these victims Medical Assistance in Dying.
*This is not a test*
@rcmpgrcpolice
https://t.co/oR3syvPonH