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I’m really tired of the endless chorus line of CBCNN panelists blaming AB Premier Danielle Smith for this referendum. Alberta is having a referendum because of a) Justin Trudeau and b) Laurentian Canada’s steadfast refusal to treat Alberta as a respected member of the Canadian family. Period.

Shachi Kurl (Angus Reid) just said the quiet part out loud US groups funding anti-pipeline campaigns, paying protesters daily stipends on Burnaby Mountain 10–15 years ago? Not called foreign interference. Canada’s foreign interference inquiry barely looked at US influence either Now a tweet from Elon Musk, or digital campaigns whose donors are harder to trace, is treated as a national-security emergency that could “destabilize” referendums Same activity. Different target. Different media reaction When the money and the rhetoric aligned with causes closer to the CBC’s heart, it was activism. When it doesn’t, it’s interference. The inquiry, the coverage, and the sudden vocabulary all tracked that distinction And CBC wonder why the audience loses trust 🤦‍♂️

The Ford government is preparing to make deep cuts to Ontario’s public health care system. The Health Minister is warning of a coming “fiscal cliff.” Thousands of nurses and health care workers are already being laid off. And now we’ve learned the government spent $2.1 million on McKinsey & Company to look for health care "savings". This government has spent years expanding privatization. Now the warning signs of what could come next are impossible to ignore. #onpoli

Asking Premier Doug Ford why Ontario gave its $66M classroom supplies contract to U.S.-owned Staples while his government pushes “Buy Canadian”: “It’s like saying, don’t go to Home Depot, don’t go to Walmart, don’t buy an American car… and yeah… preferably not buy an American car…” Education minister weighs in too. Watch: