The right wing and Facebook: partners in narrative control If you’ve followed either Jordan or Morgan on social media, you’ll know we have a history of getting thrown off social media platforms. Repeatedly. We started using our own Facebook and Twitter accounts to critique corruption in Ontario in 2020, especially related to COVID. In the years since,
Ford's top aide, Pat Sackville, likes to keep it private A closer look at Doug Ford's chief of staff, and his lobbying company Last week, Global News brought Ford’s greenbelt scandal back to the front burner by reporting on Patrick Sackville’s use of private emails. Sackville, Ford’s chief of staff since 2022 and previously Ford’
Featured Team Ford = Team Harper: Stephen Lecce Earlier this year we started a series we call “Team Ford = Team Harper”, looking into individuals closely associated with Stephen Harper who now make up Team Ford. Part one focused on Kory Teneycke, Harper’s former communications director, former head of Sun News Network, and owner of “strategy firm” Rubicon,
Newsletter Ford's picks to choose judges are political operatives Bondy and Vandrick, active lobbyists, are well-connected members of the right wing establishment
Newsletter Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario award additional $255M contract to sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska is linked to Russian interference in the 2016 US election, was already awarded $757M to design, build and finance the Scarborough Subway Extension
Newsletter Byrne and Teneycke, Harper's best soldiers, are on both sides of the Manulife/Loblaws' deal Byrne's lobbying for Loblaws in Ontario helps explain how Galen Weston's cousin was appointed to the board of the LCBO
Newsletter Bill 124 was written to enrich healthcare staffing agencies Putting the healthcare workforce into private hands sets the stage for private hospitals
Newsletter Ford's obsession with booze sales With Galen Weston's cousin on the board of the LCBO, all roads lead to more profit for Loblaws'
Newsletter The inevitability of the Torstar / Postmedia merger Moving Canada's Overton Window steadily to the right
Newsletter Maple and Brett Belchetz, at the intersection of private, for-profit healthcare and MAiD For many years, the same voices telling us we need more private healthcare have also been advocating for expansion of medical assistance in dying.
Newsletter Suppress the vote and win The Ontario PC Party and friends excelled at voter suppression during 2022 provincial election, getting Doug a second term
Newsletter IDU: Harper's Worldwide Winning Network Part 1: Coordination and collaboration helps right wing parties take and keep power