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Refreshing to chat about the threat of health related foreign influence with people on the real front lines: medical professionals + leaders who protect our health + nearly 1,500 in the room. Terrific discussion w/ the ever-inspiring Tim Caulfield, Sen Kutcher +
@formerantivax.bsky.social
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RT is laundering Tucker Carlson’s calls for regime change in Canada, annexation as the “51st state,” and stoking Alberta grievance politics. This is how foreign propaganda attacks Canadian unity, sovereignty + inflames separation narratives.
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RT & Tucker Carlson Target Canada’s Sovereignty, Urging US Sponsored Regime Change - DisinfoWatch
RT’s Twitter account has published an edited version of a Tucker Carleson video that suggests that the United States should use force to influence Canada a change in Canada’s government,...
https://disinfowatch.org/disinfo/tucker-rt-alberta-canada-separation/
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A typically repulsive Medvedev and RT attack on Estonian + Ukrainian territorial integrity laced with misogynistic hate directed
@kajakallas.bsky.social
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22 days ago
Former Russian President Medvedev + RT are pushing Russian neo-imperial narratives targeting Estonia’s sovereignty + Ukraine’s territorial integrity. They mix historical falsification with misogynistic attacks on Kaja Kallas to legitimize Kremlin revanchism.
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Kremlin-linked X cluster targets Estonia’s sovereignty and Kaja Kallas - DisinfoWatch
Several Kremlin-aligned accounts are pushing a neo-imperialist narrative built on historical manipulation, falsification, and a blatantly misogynistic attack on Kaja Kallas. The campaign follows a fam...
https://disinfowatch.org/disinfo/kremlin-linked-x-cluster-targets-estonias-sovereignty-and-kaja-kallas/
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Canada’s Parliament recognized the PRC’s treatment of Uyghurs as genocide in 2021. Now a former Conservative, and sitting Liberal Canadian MP appears to reject the existence of forced labour camps in Xinjiang. Utterly appalling.
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'I think he overplayed his hand': Expert on being questioned by MP Ma on forced labour in China
YouTube video by CTV News
https://youtu.be/gN46IJ1EH2U?si=BjC_L-eN3dZgI4Gy
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I had the great pleasure and privilege of speaking with Brazilian journalists, civil society leaders, and government officials about Canada’s experience with foreign information and influence operations this week. Canada ignored these threats for too long; I hope Brazil can learn from our mistakes.
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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism!
about 1 month ago
Resuming our🧵”Fascist Russia is a Threat to Canada”, see the great
@kyivindependent.com
article👇- it cites
@marcuskolga.bsky.social
that Moscow has escalated influence ops in 🇨🇦. As
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rightly notes: "We may not think we're at war with Russia, but Russia is at war with us."
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Dan Boeckner est un tankie raciste. Il supportait l'invasion de l'Ukraine.
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Arcade Fire guitarist launches apallignly hateful anti-Estonian and misogynistic attack on former PM Kaja Kallas:
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A Canadian musician deeply offends Estonians, draws the ire of expats
Dan Boeckner, a 48-year-old Canadian musician, on 12 March posted on X deeply offensive remarks about Estonians, drawing the ire of Estonian expats in Canada and elsewhere.
https://estonianworld.com/life/a-canadian-musician-deeply-offends-estonians-draws-the-ire-of-expats/
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Thinking of the innocent lives stolen, and the terror millions have endured in Ukraine and across the Middle East, fueled by Iran’s Shahed drones and weapons of terror. International law failed to protect them.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
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Globe editorial: Iran is a new front in the fight against the authoritarian bloc
There are many risks, but the U.S.-Israeli attacks could mean the end of a repressive regime allied with Putin’s Russia
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-iran-is-a-new-front-in-the-fight-against-the-authoritarian-bloc/
about 2 months ago
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Short Stack Fella 🇨🇦🇺🇦
about 2 months ago
“Cipher is a human-in-the-loop AI agent system that requires a user to oversee the process to detect Russian disinformation campaigns in English.” Quotes
@marcuskolga.bsky.social
kyivindependent.com/canadian-ai-...
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Canadian AI software could flip Russia's disinformation war on Europe
A new artificial intelligence (AI) agent could equip Europe to better defend itself against the barrage of Russian disinformation attacks. Cipher is Canadian-developed AI software that has proven to ...
https://kyivindependent.com/canadian-ai-software-could-flip-russias-disinformation-war-on-europe/
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Rapid and persistent AI assisted monitoring and analysis of foreign authoritarian disinformation can enable rapid, preemptive inoculation against emerging narratives. Great to see Canada’s Cipher AI’s capabilities highlighted by the Kyiv Independent:
kyivindependent.com/canadian-ai-...
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Proud to be part of a Canadian team developing an AI tool to detect and counter online disinformation. We need scalable AI to detect and counter information warfare in real time. Builds on years work at DisinfoWatch to strengthen our ability to expose + respond fast.
www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
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Canadian researchers develop AI tool to fight online disinformation
Researchers say artificial intelligence has helped them ramp up the fight against online disinformation meant to divide Canadians and distort perceptions of reality.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/canadian-researchers-develop-ai-tool-to-fight-online-disinformation/
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Russia is weaponizing -20°C cold to kill civilians by destroying Ukraine’s power, heat, and water. There’s no time for expressions of concern. The West must establish a humanitarian SkyShield over Ukraine.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Russian hits Ukraine energy sites in 'most powerful blow" so far this year
The attack - which reportedly consisted of more than 70 missiles and 450 drones - comes after a so-called "energy truce" expired at the weekend.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwng25114ro
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3 months ago
🚨The pro-Kremlin Pravda network is amplifying false claims about Alberta separatism, including a MAGA fantasy “+2 U.S. senators” payoff. Alberta isn’t a U.S. state. Kremlin-aligned disinfo targeting Canadian unity.
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Moscow to MAGA: Pro-Kremlin Pravda Network Amplifying Alberta Separatism - DisinfoWatch
The Pravda News Network has been identified by France’s Viginum, as the distribution platform for the Russian “Portal Kombat” disinformation operation. The claims in this post are anchored in current...
https://disinfowatch.org/disinfo/moscow-to-maga-pro-kremlin-pravda-network-amplifying-alberta-separatism/
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Eight refineries are funneling $500m–$1bn a day to Moscow by buying Russian oil. Sanction them, and Putin’s war economy collapses within six months says
@billbrowder.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Impose sanctions on refineries that buy Russian crude oil to end war, says Bill Browder
Putin critic says plants in China, India and Turkey are funnelling up to $1bn a day to Kremlin
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/31/end-ukraine-war-sanction-refineries-buying-russian-crude-oil-bill-browder
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Defensive and democratic preparedness isn’t panic, it’s part of deterrence. Canada must follow the Estonian, Swedish and Finnish examples to prepare Canadians for future crisis and conflict and establish a civil defence corps.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e82d8...
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In an uncertain climate, Canada needs a civil defence corps
Sweden and Estonia, among other countries, have demonstrated that democratic preparedness does not require panic
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e82d8deede8d125ba7ca76dee6b790609d49fb17794c5405ffaf789ca3cdc4/CGRFLKKA65D2ZACDJ2SE2FPBZI/
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Engler’s NDP candidacy was rightly rejected for “echoing ‘Russian state propaganda’” about Ukraine and NATO. “The Canadian Foreign Policy Institute” is equally active in spreading such narratives. Good move by the NDP.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e82d8...
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NDP blocks Yves Engler’s wife from leadership race, calling her a proxy candidate
The party’s vetting committee said Bianca Mugyenyi was ‘advancing the political vision of a rejected candidate’
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e82d8deede8d125ba7ca76dee6b790609d49fb17794c5405ffaf789ca3cdc4/LH3MF5O4XREUNHDZQQVWVACJFM/
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🚨 DisinfoWatch has identified a Russian-linked Pravda disinformation network amplifying Alberta secessionist events. The Pravda network amplifies Kremlin narratives to stoke division and undermine Canada’s cohesion, and among allied democratic nations.
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Russian Pravda News Platform Amplifying Alberta Secessionist Events - DisinfoWatch
Russia’s Pravda News Network has published what appears to be an AI generated video promoting an Alberta secessionist rally schedule for Monday, January 26, on its Russian VK social...
https://disinfowatch.org/disinfo/russian-pravda-news-platform-amplifying-alberta-secessionist-events/
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Vladimir Putin expresses Russia’s “commitment to peace” every night by bombing Ukrainian cities and terrorizing, freezing, and killing civilians — and Trump, along with his real estate agent Witkoff, is enabling it. My two cents for CTV News last night:
youtu.be/aSKt5mt_ZVQ?...
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Russia and Ukraine discussing peace talks in Abu Dhabi, unknown if new deal is coming
YouTube video by CTV News
https://youtu.be/aSKt5mt_ZVQ?si=IbIOK80nAMZ57wt_
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A painfully obvious warning of the coming tsunami of MAGA- and Trump-aligned influence operations targeting Canada’s national cohesion.
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Aaron Rupar
3 months ago
Trump: "RECORD NUMBERS ALL OVER THE PLACE! SHOULD I TRY FOR A FOURTH TERM?"
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JasonKeays 🇨🇦
3 months ago
So according to Nora Loreto, Chrystia Freeland is responsible for a million casualties in Ukraine. Not Putin who invaded Ukraine and refused every call for a ceasefire. The queen of bad takes.
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A vulgar and explicit threat against Canada this morning. Canadians must prepare now to defend our nationhood and sovereignty.
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Donald Trump associate, Steve Bannon, claims Canada is “hostile” to the United States and central to “Hemispheric defence” — echoing a broader narrative that paints Canada as a strategic threat rather than a partner.
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Bannon claims Canada is “hostile” to the United States and "Hemispheric Defence" - DisinfoWatch
In a recent podcast, close Trump associate, Steve Bannon suggested that Canada is both a threat and a “ vital national security interest” to the United States and “these people...
https://disinfowatch.org/disinfo/bannon-claims-canada-is-hostile-to-the-united-states-and-hemispheric-defence/
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RT falsely claims Canada will declare war on the US over Greenland, allegedly citing PM Mark Carney. This is entirely fabricated. Canada supports Greenland’s sovereignty through diplomacy and not war. It's designed to divide allies and incite panic.
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RT falsely claims “CANADA WILL DECLARE WAR ON USA FOR GREENLAND — CARNEY” - DisinfoWatch
A Twitter/X post on Russian state platform RT, twists Canadian PM Mark Carney’s remarks about supporting Danish/Greenland sovereignty within NATO into a false war declaration. Multiple independent rec...
https://disinfowatch.org/disinfo/rt-falsely-claims-canada-will-declare-war-on-usa-for-greenland-carney/
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University of Regina
3 months ago
University of Regina's Dr.
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@marcuskolga.bsky.social
say that Canada, like our Baltic allies in Europe, must prepare for what is looking increasingly like an inevitability: war with Russia. Read more in
@ca.theconversation.com
:
bit.ly/45fI9g2
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Canada at war with Russia? Why the debate has shifted from ‘if’ to ‘when’
Baltic countries offer Canada a clear blueprint for countering Russian coercion, preparing for crisis and building resilience without surrendering democratic values.
https://bit.ly/45fI9g2
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Canada must learn from Estonia + Baltic allies to prepare for Russian aggression: sabotage, airspace violations, cyberattacks, and relentless information campaigns. No longer if, but when.
theconversation.com/canada-at-wa...
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Canada at war with Russia? Why the debate has shifted from ‘if’ to ‘when’
Baltic countries offer Canada a clear blueprint for countering Russian coercion, preparing for crisis and building resilience without surrendering democratic values.
https://theconversation.com/canada-at-war-with-russia-why-the-debate-has-shifted-from-if-to-when-272326
3 months ago
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Canada’s global standing is stronger and our values more respected by allies thanks to
@chrystia-freeland.bsky.social
Freeland's leadership. My view from 2018 still holds - principled foreign policy matters. Thank you Chrystia!
macdonaldlaurier.ca/chrystia-fre...
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Chrystia Freeland and the return of a principled Canadian foreign policy
Freeland’s leadership on human rights and security has made it easy to select her as MLI’s Policy-Maker of the Year, writes Marcus Kolga for Inside Policy.
https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/chrystia-freeland-return-principled-canadian-foreign-policy-marcus-kolga-inside-policy/
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Eliot Higgins
3 months ago
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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Dr. Michael MacKay
3 months ago
Russians carried out a massive ballistic missile and strike UAV attack on Kyiv. There are four dead and ten injured. –Mayor Vitali Klitschko There is widespread damage to critical infrastructure and power failures in some parts of the capital.
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Mark MacKinnon
3 months ago
This attack - involving ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as countless drones - has now been going on for almost five hours…
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The newly U.S.-approved head of the Maduro mafia regime is escalating repression, detaining journalists and intimidating citizens. Nothing “transitional” about authoritarian continuity.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Venezuelan security forces detain journalists as armed police patrol streets
Venezuelans describe their fear of speaking out as 14 media workers are detained and police check people's social media.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd6w4y0eq70o
3 months ago
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The Kremlin has declared travel bans on 28 Canadians, falsely labelling them as promoting “neo-Nazis” in a baseless effort to discredit and silence critics, distort history, and justify aggression. Zero evidence - 100% disinformation.
disinfowatch.org/disinfo/russ...
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Russia bans 28 Canadians, falsely branding them as “neo-Nazis - DisinfoWatch
This TASS and Russian MFA statement is an overt Kremlin information op: a performative “counter-sanctions” list wrapped in a smear that Canadian NGOs and academics “promote neo-Nazism,” plus a recycle...
https://disinfowatch.org/disinfo/russia-bans-28-canadians-falsely-branding-them-as-neo-nazis/
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Now do Lukashenka and Putin.
4 months ago
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4 months ago
RT says Mariupol’s theatre “reopened” after a Ukrainian attack. The truth: it was destroyed by a Russian airstrike on civilians. Kremlin disinformation doesn't need facts - it just needs a stage. 🎭
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RT claims Mariupol Theatre reopens “after the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ terrorist attack.” - DisinfoWatch
RT has framed the 2022 destruction of Mariupol’s Drama Theater as a “Ukrainian terrorist attack” while touting its reconstruction and repoening. Multiple independent investigations concluded Russian f...
https://disinfowatch.org/disinfo/rt-claims-mariupol-theatre-reopens-after-the-ukrainian-armed-forces-terrorist-attack/
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The Kremlin claims that Ukraine attacked Putin’s house with drones. Russia offers nothing but empty accusations: 91 drones, ZERO evidence.
disinfowatch.org/disinfo/lavr...
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Lavrov and Russian State propagandist allege “Ukrainian attack on Putin’s residence” without evidence - DisinfoWatch
RT’s cluster of stories presents an unverified alleged drone attack on a Putin residence as fact, then layers on foreign “condemnations,” Kremlin threats of a non-diplomatic response, and a conspiracy...
https://disinfowatch.org/disinfo/lavrov-and-russian-state-propagandist-allege-ukrainian-attack-on-putins-residence-without-evidence/
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Unbelievable that the Globe and Mail is publishing Christopher “Putin is no villain” Westdal today. After joining the board of a Russian mining company, he became one of Canada’s most vocal Kremlin whitewashers over the past 25 years, even after 2014.
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Anne Applebaum
4 months ago
Not sure I understand why the Trump administration cares about Christians in Nigeria and not Christians in Ukraine
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Last night, I spoke with CTV National News about President Zelensky’s new peace proposal and how it might play out for Ukraine, Canada and NATO:
youtu.be/FVKqmlHXYvM?...
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Ukraine releases updated peace plan, Russia response unclear
YouTube video by CTV News
https://youtu.be/FVKqmlHXYvM?si=JzbVV6r8Yh7ebOAs
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Republicans Against Trumpism
4 months ago
This is how Putin does it
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The Trump administration has handed the Kremlin a propaganda victory, sanctioning those who combat disinformation while intimidating other civil society defenders on the front lines of democracy. Predictable but chilling move.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/p...
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State Department imposes sanctions on former EU official, disinformation group leaders for ‘censorship’ | CNN Politics
The US State Department on Tuesday imposed visa sanctions on a former top European Union official and employees of organizations that combat disinformation for alleged censorship – sharply ratcheting ...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/politics/sanctions-censorship-state-rubio
4 months ago
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I warned earlier this year about U.S. influence ops targeting Greenland + Denmark. Canadians shouldn’t brush off Trump’s expansionist rhetoric as bluster; his ambition is very real.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: The U.S. is interfering with public debate in Greenland. Canada could be next
The same toolkit of provocation, disinformation and grievance amplification could be deployed here just as easily
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-trump-us-greenland-separatism-denmark-51st-state/
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“…at least two CAF members had endured death threats, suspected home break-ins, or other forms of harassment after receiving copies of the alleged KGB dossier”.
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Canada’s RCMP must investigate who was responsible for the “death threats, suspected home break-ins" and other forms of harassment targeting Canadian Forces members who received the alleged KGB dossier.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e82d8...
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CAF espionage case linked to allegation that Postmedia journalist has ties to Russia
MWO Robar, charged with leaking government secrets, was assigned to assess concerns in 2023 that reporter David Pugliese was allegedly serving Russian interests
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e82d8deede8d125ba7ca76dee6b790609d49fb17794c5405ffaf789ca3cdc4/PM4RAXDJSVCIZMCGMW5GKY4HCM/
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Good lord—this is beyond repulsive. This is MAGA nihilism laid bare: cruelty as entertainment, dehumanization as politics. Canada must treat this movement’s sickening influence as a real threat to our civic culture and democratic health—and act accordingly.
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Canadian Armed Forces Intelligence unit member charged with passing secrets to a foreign entity. Good to see CAF plugging leaky holes. Hope his accomplices are also being investigated.
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How a Canadian military intelligence operative ended up facing an espionage charge | CBC News
A Canadian military counter-intelligence operative, accused of passing sensitive information to a foreign entity, has been involved in a long-running internal battle where he was investigated by his u...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/military-intelligence-officer-espionage-charge-9.7014251?cmp=rss
4 months ago
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”…behind Europe’s back, billionaire Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin’s sovereign-wealth money manager Kurill Dmitriev had cobbled together a secret plan to extricate nearly $200 billion of Euroclear’s frozen Russian Central Bank funds”
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Terry Glavin: From playing war profiteer to playing both sides in the Ukraine war, Trump rattles NATO
Selling arms to Europe wasn't enough
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-glavin-trump-aims-to-profit-from-both-sides-of-ukraine-russia-war
4 months ago
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A reminder of the kind of hateful rhetoric that seeks to dehumanize the millions of Canadians whose families escaped Soviet-era Russian terror + rebuilt their lives here. Our stories are part of Canada’s rich and diverse fabric, not something to be smeared or erased.
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Kaja Kallas’ leadership is so effective that it’s provoked the recycling of the old Kremlin-aligned “hysterical Estonian Russophobe” trope by Anglo-Saxon chauvinists, who have added their own oozing dollop of Trumpist misogyny.
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