Gregory Taylor 🇨🇦
@gregorytaylor.bsky.social
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U Calgary associate professor. Communications policy and various random thoughts, usually music.
A great and due recognition for the
@ucalgary.bsky.social
student newspaper, The Gauntlet.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/w...
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An Honored Canadian Journalist on the Importance of Investigative Reporting
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/world/canada/investigative-journalism-susanne-craig-cjf-canada.html
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A big congratulations to Anurag
@researchgap.bsky.social
for successfully defending his PhD thesis at
@ucalgary.bsky.social
yesterday: Democracy on Airplane Mode: Law, Policy, and Governance in Internet Shutdowns in Kashmir and Manipur. This is very impressive work.
3 days ago
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Danielle Smith "thinks it is up to Canada to beg for its right to exist, and Albertans to decide whether it has begged in the appropriate fashion".
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: It’s not the separatists who are the real threat to the country. It’s the federalists
When Smith and Poilievre talk about fighting for Canada, they are endorsing secessionist premises
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-its-not-the-separatists-who-are-the-real-threat-to-the-country-its-the/
3 days ago
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True in the Canadian context as well. See Postmedia for the northern example. Marc Edge writes about this.
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4 days ago
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we're going to give up the Online Streaming Act for absolutely nothing, aren't we? Digital Services Tax, the sequel.
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Trump threatens not to renew USMCA as Carney talks trade strategy with premiers
Officials from all three countries have said they expect negotiations to continue beyond July 1
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trump-usmca-carney-trade-premiers/
5 days ago
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The Canadian Communication Association annual conference has had some great research and demonstrates the strong national community in this field of study. Thanks to all those who put this together in Windsor.
11 days ago
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A potential major capitulation to Trump on the issue of Canadian cultural sovereignty.
www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...
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Government of Canada announces immediate support to strengthen Canadian culture and ensure Canadian content remains affordable
Federal investments of $600 million will provide stability and immediate support to Canada’s audio and audiovisual sectors and keep Canadian culture accessible and affordable for all
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/news/2026/06/government-of-canada-announces-immediate-support-to-strengthen-canadian-culture-and-ensure-canadian-content-remains-affordable.html
12 days ago
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I apologize to the Montreal Canadiens. I'm a Leafs fan and I was strongly supporting Montreal, which is, of course, the kiss of death for any team's playoff hopes.
17 days ago
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An informal poll regarding current Alberta politics among parents at the school drop off for my kids seems to indicate the general feeling among my area of Calgary is one of great embarrassment and anger that this referendum is even happening.
#abpoli
17 days ago
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How about a clear position by all news sources that they will withhold any further stories such as these until the deal is done?
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18 days ago
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An important column that deserves mass readership.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/26/o...
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Albertans are addicted to their grievances. It’s time to break the cycle
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/26/opinion/alberta-grievance-politics-conservatives
20 days ago
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Gregory Taylor 🇨🇦
Max Fawcett
20 days ago
Alberta’s grievances with Ottawa are mostly manufactured, always exaggerated and, often, completely illusory. Now it's time for the people who spent the last decade amplifying and weaponizing them to put out the fire they helped create.
#cdnpoli
#abpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/26/o...
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Albertans are addicted to their grievances. It’s time to break the cycle
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/26/opinion/alberta-grievance-politics-conservatives
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I haven't read the full article (don't subscribe) but the holes are clear. Media regulation hasn't been about spectrum scarcity since at least the explosive growth of cable in the 1980s. The tired and weak "censorship" argument ignores 50 years of Cancon policy.
thehub.ca/2026/05/22/i...
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It’s time to scrap the CRTC
Why one expert thinks it's time to completely eliminate the CRTC rather than reform it. The case for scrapping Canada's broadcast regulator.
https://thehub.ca/2026/05/22/its-time-to-scrap-the-crtc/?utm_source=The+Hub&utm_campaign=0ccbf2cb10-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_05_30_01_38_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-0e35339013-566764715&mc_cid=0ccbf2cb10&mc_eid=766f942db1
23 days ago
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Paul McCartney has been one of the good guys as long as I can remember.
24 days ago
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Ah, those family values the Southern Evangelicals love so much.
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25 days ago
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Even amid a daily flow of offenses, this one is particularly egregious. And 30% of Americans love it.
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26 days ago
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Why are conservatives in the U.S. and Alberta so good at this underhanded stuff? It is fundamental to democracy, yet I expect most people will see this as political housekeeping and not pay attention. Hope I'm wrong.
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Mapping how Alberta’s electoral boundary changes could reshape the political landscape
As Alberta prepares for the 2027 provincial election, the electoral map’s scheduled redrawing has led to accusations of partisan gerrymandering
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-electoral-boundary-changes-ridings-political-landscape/
27 days ago
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Another wow story from
@theglobeandmail.com
on the political disaster unfolding in Alberta.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Invest Alberta’s Sam Jaber called himself a CPA despite lacking accreditation
A Globe review of 26 publicly available financial statements found he had used the title for more than a decade
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-invest-alberta-sam-jaber-cpa-lacking-accreditation/
27 days ago
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The 1950s seem to be the Golden Era for much of the modern conservative movement.
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28 days ago
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After all is said and done, could certain American media pay the price for capitulation?
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29 days ago
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The Unintended, a one off group with with the Sadies, Greg Keelor and Rick White, produced an under appreciated gem of an album. Great for Canadian summer long weekends.
29 days ago
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Snowing hard in Calgary. Queen Victoria would not be amused.
about 1 month ago
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My MP
@coreyhogan.ca
: "Encourage critical thinking and be critical yourself". Unfortunately, that statement is not as self-evident as one might hope.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLhR...
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Let's talk about Alberta separatism
YouTube video by Corey Hogan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLhR86l-TDM
about 1 month ago
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That kid screaming in grade one isn't behaving like a brat, he's just sparring.
www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/p...
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FBI Director Patel spars with lawmaker who raises reports of his behavior during Hill testimony | CNN Politics
FBI Director Kash Patel sparred with a lawmaker briefly during a Tuesday afternoon hearing at the Senate Appropriations Committee when asked about media reports alleging he drinks to excess.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/politics/patel-van-hollen-reports-of-behavior-hill-testimony
about 1 month ago
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Agreed. The cancelling of the long form census in 2010 can now be seen as a precursor for the anti-vax, anti-government. anti-public attitude that grips far too many in my home province.
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about 1 month ago
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There is some good journalism happening with this key story in Alberta politics. The news outlets involved deserve public support.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/08/i...
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UCP staffer appears to have been more than just 'observing' the doxxing of Jason Kenney
The United Conservative Caucus said Arundeep Singh Sandhu was just "observing" separatist David Parker's presentation. Digital evidence suggests he is more deeply involved.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/08/investigations/ucp-separatist-presentation-jason-kenney
about 1 month ago
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An interesting look at the continued impact of broadcasting in the streaming era. I must come clean and admit I don't think I've ever watched the show.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/b...
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How ‘The View’ Landed at the Center of a Free Speech Battle
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/business/media/the-view-fcc-trump.html
about 1 month ago
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Liked this line from PM Carney yesterday introducing Louise Arbour: "The conviction that institutions are the load-bearing walls of a civil society – and that they remain trustworthy only as long as someone is willing to hold them accountable." Give the speechwriter a raise.
about 1 month ago
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Should be a major scandal. But I say that several times a day now.
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about 1 month ago
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Why is Crave willing to give bilingual programming a shot (Shoresy) and the CBC won't try? I don't think the public is afraid of subtitles. It's long overdue.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
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Bon Cop, Bad Cop creator Patrick Huard brings the bilingual buddy-cop franchise to TV
Huard talks about the process of translating the action-comedy films to the small screen – sans Colm Feore
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film-and-tv/television/article-bon-cop-bad-cop-creator-patrick-huard-brings-the-bilingual-buddy-cop/
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Gregory Taylor 🇨🇦
The Tyee
about 1 month ago
“Hours before I was informed that I was barred, I received an email, apparently sent to all attendees, prohibiting any form of recording or photography inside the event. “Clearly, there was something the organizers really didn’t want the public to see.”
@readtheorchard.org
reports.
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I Was Barred from Smith’s Christian Summit. I’m Still Reporting on It | The Tyee
The pricey pay-for-access event featured religious and right-wing stars behind closed doors.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/05/06/I-Was-Barred-Smith-Christian-Summit/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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Gregory Taylor 🇨🇦
Brooks DeCillia
about 1 month ago
Alberta UCP staff attended meeting about voter database before app was shut down
calgaryjournal.ca/2026/05/05/a...
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Alberta UCP staff attended meeting about voter database before app was shut down
Alberta’s United Conservative Party caucus says staff attended a meeting to discuss how to access a website that’s now the focus of investigations into a massive breach of personal data. The …
https://calgaryjournal.ca/2026/05/05/alberta-ucp-staff-attended-meeting-about-voter-database-before-app-was-shut-down/
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Got my second shingles shot last week. A minor act of rebellion.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...
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F.D.A. Blocked Publication of Research Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Were Safe
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/politics/fda-covid-vaccine-studies.html
about 1 month ago
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Enormous, criminal political scandal in Alberta and the right is celebrating the idea that most people won't bother to pay attention: "How big is this story with Alberta’s silent majority? Let’s just say it isn’t the year-round daylight time story".
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Bell: Alberta separatists whoop it up, Nenshi wants independence vote killed
Separatists get enough petition signatures for a vote on Alberta independence. NDP boss Naheed Nenshi questions how many signatures are real
https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/bell-alberta-separatists-whoop-it-up-nenshi-wants-independence-vote-killed
about 1 month ago
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Is anyone in Alberta reading this? Maybe Ottawa isn't the source of all our problems.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Amendment to Alberta election law hindered probe into alleged misuse of data, watchdog says
Elections Alberta faced criticism for not acting on information that a separatist group may have had unauthorized access to electors list
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-elections-alberta-personal-data-danielle-smith/
about 1 month ago
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What a great piece of in-depth journalism. Again
@theglobeandmail.com
doing the investigative reporting that rarely happens with Alberta media
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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First, there was Alberta’s health procurement controversy. Then the surveillance began
Last year, someone harassed and followed people who spoke out about an Alberta procurement controversy – and a journalist who told their story. Who was behind it?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-health-care-procurement-surveillance-investigation/
about 2 months ago
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Congrats to
@carrietait.bsky.social
She is doing amazing work in Alberta. Much appreciated.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The Globe’s Carrie Tait named journalist of the year by the National Newspaper Association
The Globe and Mail won eight categories at Friday night’s awards ceremony, the most in total
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-national-newspaper-association-awards-carrie-tate/
about 2 months ago
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My son is currently reading a Magic Treehouse book where the kids go back in time and meet Ben Franklin while he is a delegate for the group writing the 1787 U.S. Constitution. The poor bastards never saw Trump coming.
about 2 months ago
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"Mr. Kenney described Quebec’s five-decade-long sovereignty debate as a “sterile, pointless political civil war”? Pointless? I am not a Quebec sovereigntist but the Quiet Revolution clearly had a point. Alberta however..
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
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Jason Kenney warns Alberta independence movement could become ‘a real factor’ in politics
The former premier is one of the few politicians making the federalist argument in opposition to the province’s separatist cause
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-jason-kenney-alberta-independence-movement-may-become-real-factor/
about 2 months ago
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"Only 33% of U.S. adults approve of Trump’s overall job performance". I would remove "only": 33% of Americans is a very high level of support after such a disastrous year.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump's approval on economy falls in AP-NORC poll, showing new warning signs for president
A new AP-NORC poll finds that President Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy has slumped over the past month as the Iran war drives prices higher.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-approval-iran-economy-cost-of-living-poll-fff492898cc8ff34e11df90ec4837a79
about 2 months ago
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"Think about that – 159 years since Confederation and not one sitting U.S. president issues a direct challenge to Canada’s existence. Now it happens more often than garbage day."
www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/ar...
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How much does Trump hate Canada? Five charts show the depths of his animosity
The U.S. President seemed to like his northern neighbour during his first term. The second time around, things have gone seriously south
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/article-canada-trump-tariff-threats-social-media-charts/
2 months ago
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I really want to see this but I really don't want to subscribe to yet another streamer. Why does CBC not have a deal with New Metric Media, who are doing such great Canadian programming?
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
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Hate the Player is the best new TV show of 2026 so far
We need more nervy, original small-screen storytelling about our country fuelled by whatever brought this to Paramount+
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film-and-tv/television/article-hate-the-player-is-the-best-new-tv-show-of-2026-so-far/
2 months ago
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Shout out to the university students who are working hard to bring this winter to an end through the sheer force of their wardrobe choices.
2 months ago
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In an era when so many shitty things are happening, I'm heartened by the fact that Angine de Poitrine are very popular at the moment. Ridiculous fun.
2 months ago
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...and Tesla sales are way down, yet Musk is the richest person in the world. Clearly there's much about contemporary economics I don't understand.
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2 months ago
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Gregory Taylor 🇨🇦
Naheed Nenshi
2 months ago
I’m ready to fight like hell for this country, and against anyone trying to tear it apart. The richest man in the world wants Canada to become the 51st state and is now amplifying Alberta separatism. So let’s ask the question: Who is funding this movement? Albertans deserve to know.
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I've called this province home for more than a decade now and I'm no closer to understanding this.
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2 months ago
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A really good piece that will unfortunately not be read by those who need to hear it most.
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2 months ago
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Just colossally stupid by the organizers. Was this supposed to be "edgy"?
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London music fest cancelled after U.K. bars headliner Ye following past antisemitic remarks | CBC News
Organizers of the Wireless Festival confirmed that the rapper had been barred from entering the U.K. in their notice of the festival cancellation. The U.K. Home Office denied Ye's application to trave...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/wireless-festival-cancelled-ye-9.7154711
2 months ago
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I'm glad the Globe is still able to do this kind of investigative journalism. No news outlet in Alberta has the resources, or in some cases desire, to conduct this level of reporting.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Alberta Justice Minister curtailed election regulator when Sam Mraiche was under investigation
Mickey Amery’s legislation shortened watchdog’s window of time to pursue sanctions for alleged political finance violations
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-justice-minister-sam-mraiche-investigation/
2 months ago
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