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Conservative donors to Pierre Poilievre’s leadership campaign apparently picked up a $16,000 tab for a home reno contractor
Poilievre claimed $85,000 in personal & living expenses that appear to relate to his private residence, located in a “resort lifestyle” community in Greely
5 strange and interesting stories we didn’t have time to tell you about before election day
Here are a few of the tips and leads @pressprogress was looking into during a busy and fast-paced election period
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For the final segment of tonight's Live Stream Show, PressProgress is joined by long-time journalist Jonathan Goldsbie, who's discussing with Editor Luke LeBrun some of the media scrum activity surrounding the leaders' debates.
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Labour Reporter Emma Arkell is joined by Quebec-based journalists Claire Ross, Editor at Pivot, and Savannah Stewart, Managing Editor at The Rover—providing an important perspective for our English-speaking audience.
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Executive Director of the Parkland Institute, Ricardo Acuña, joined the PressProgress Live Stream to discuss Alberta issues that were either touched on—or missed—during tonight's Leaders' Debate, with AB Reporter Stephen Magusiak.
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🔴 LIVE: The debate is over and the PressProgress team is back for in-depth reaction and analysis. Joining us the evening are guests Jonathan Goldsbie, Claire Ross, Ricardo Acuña, and Savannah Stewart.
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⏸️ The PressProgress Live Stream Show is on pause while the leaders' debate is underway—but we'll be back with special guests:
- Ricardo Acuña, Parkland Institute
- Claire Ross, Pivot
- Savannah Stewart, The Rover
- Jonathan Goldsbie, Wm. Southam Journalism Fellow
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Up right now, @ArshyMann, Co-founder of The Hatchet speaking with Ontario Reporter Eric Wickham. What will happen tonight? Will any of the candidates put out a feasible vision for how they will govern?
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STARTING NOW: PressProgress Leaders Debate Live Stream Show. Join us as we provide in-depth commentary pre-debate, and again after 9pm ET for post-debate reaction.
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In the secret group chat, Andrew Lawton and others repeatedly mocked Ottawa residents
A lawyer representing convoy organizers at the Emergencies Act Inquiry shared a video calling a witness an “alluring young sexually viable TikTok hottie” and claimed she was part of a “psy-op”
NEW: Conservative candidate used a secret Signal group chat with Freedom Convoy leaders, right-wing media and far-right influencers
Andrew Lawton was a member of the “clandestine” group chat used to coordinate convoy messaging on social media
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The secret group chat messages show Andrew Lawton collaborating with and responding to suggestions from convoy lawyers
Lawton tweeted video clips with True North’s branding, along with text aligned with the convoy lawyer’s suggested messaging:
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As a journalist covering the Public Order Emergency Commission, I was part of a group to connect with sources and share my work.
I authored the only journalistic account of the Freedom Convoy, which was cited in evidence by the Commission itself as a factual account of the protests.
I left the group after the commission hearings ended.
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BC Conservative Party leader John Rustad delivered a conspiratorial speech about children being forced to eat bugs at an event celebrating the Freedom Convoy:
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VIDEO: BC Conservative leader John Rustad warned convoy event about kids being forced to ‘eat bugs’
Rustad delivered the conspiratorial speech at a far-right event celebrating the Freedom Convoy in 2023:
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Emily notes that while we're speaking of very technical systems, these tools enable accessibility and crucial information—it's about an emotional connection. Workers want to hear from their unions, and want to connect to their fellow co-workers. #canlab
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PressProgress is participating in the 2024 Progress Summit over the next two days.
Kicking it off, Senior Labour Reporter Emily Leedham facilitates a live podcast discussion with labour organizers on using digital tools to engage workers.
Stay tuned for the episode on Sources.
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Announcement: B.C. Reporter Rumneek Johal is stepping up to a new role at PressProgress as Associate Editor.
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ALT Teal graphic with image of new Associate Editor Rumneek Johal and her quote that reads, "My motivation for being a reporter has always been to try to enact real world change, and tell stories that are often overlooked in mainstream media"
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Labour and Community Organizers Push for BC to Ban Caste-Based Discrimination
BC campaign follows efforts in Ontario and Seattle
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Today we are proud to be one of 20 founding outlets introducing Unrigged.ca, a new platform providing up-to-the-hour news from across the country.
After the impacts of Bill C-18 limiting the availability of news for Canadians, this moment called for collaboration.
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📅 Stay tuned for an announcement tomorrow, November 15, involving journalism outlets across Canada, including @TheBreachMedia, @ricochet_en, @TheGrindTO, @PivotQc, @TheResolveNews, @TheHoserMedia, @briarpatchmag, @readthemaple, @Harbingertweets, @IndependentNL, and more.
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UPDATE: Three days after @pressprogress published this story, the BC Sikhs Facebook page received an email indicating their page (which had been blocked for over a month) had been suddenly reviewed and restored by Facebook.
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NEW: Facebook is blocking Canadians’ posts about the assassination of a BC Sikh leader. Their posts were targeted by India’s government.
Canadian Sikh FB users were told their posts were taken down because they violate Indian law.
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A copy of a 2015 Universal Business Team directory obtained by PressProgress reveals just how interconnected Brethren business owners are in Canada. One UBT map highlights Winnipeg, Stonewall, Woodlands, and Pembina where Manitoba Brethren communities and businesses are located.
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However, 2019 data is available. The Canada Growth Council previously targeted Manitobans in the 2019 federal elxn by running 58 anti-Liberal attack ads on Facebook. 14 ads targeted former Liberal MP MaryAnn Mihychuk, and six targeted Liberal MP Terry Duguid.
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In June, Manitobans received a controversial mass text message from a group called the Canada Growth Council regarding the upcoming provincial election. The text was a pro-Tory attack ad using inflammatory rhetoric. #mbpoli
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The Plymouth Brethren members’ Commission sent an “urgent” memo to “Canadian Households” in January 2005 urging them to oppose the “Same Gender Marriage Bill,” according to a copy of the memo obtained by PressProgress.
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The Plymouth Brethren members’ letters to Bush appear to be part of a larger political project called the North American Commission for Representation to Government, documents indicate, although the PBCC strongly denies involvement.
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The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church appears to have compiled a booklet of letters from members across Canada asking George Bush to pressure former Prime Minister Paul Martin and opposition leader Stephen Harper to oppose gay marriage in 2005.
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Neither Chris Elston nor Josh Alexander responded to multiple requests asking for specific details about the pair’s “Chatham House Rule” talk.
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Civitas conducts its meetings strictly under “Chatham House Rule.”
The group says that means “the identities of the participants are private and all discussions are not to be recorded, reported, attributed, or disseminated in any fashion.”
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Update: Following publication of this fact-check, True North added a note acknowledging multiple factual errors in its video.
The video itself continues to contain false information claiming the 2023 wildfires were caused by incidents that actually happened in 2021 and 2022.
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In another livestream, Smith echoed the same pseudolegal argument to suggest Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer could face “two years in jail”:
“Why isn’t someone taking a Criminal Code violation against Dr. Deena Hinshaw for authorizing this?”
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Our Senior Reporter @Emily_Leedham_ and editor of Shift Work, is at #CLC2023 today. Meet her at the PressProgress table 505 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm ET.
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Our Senior Reporter @Emily_Leedham_ and editor of Shift Work, is at #CLC2023 today. Meet her at the PressProgress table 505 from 9:00am to 10:30am ET.
Sign up for Shift Work, our free weekly labour newsletter tracking all strikes and lockouts in Canada: pressprogress.ca/shiftwork
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Chris Aylward, @psac_afpc President addresses the crowd in Ottawa. Footage captured by @_llebrun. #canlab #ottnews
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We look forward to sharing the impact of our investigative work—but also learning from some of the country's most experienced and exciting journalists and researchers at the conference.
We would appreciate your support. You can donate here ➡️ pressprogress.ca/help-get-us…
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We're committed to keeping stories paywall and ad-free. As a non-profit newsroom, that commitment is tough to finance—we rarely budget for extras.
Your support can help send our reporters to this year's Canadian Association of Journalists' conference ➡️ pressprogress.ca/help-get-us…
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Carleton University is paying undercover private investigators to conduct covert surveillance on students and instructors on picket lines.
Contract instructors and TAs are on strike against “exploitative” wages at @Carleton_U.
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Reporters @magusiak and @rumneeek take turns complimenting @ES_Wickham for his help producing PressProgress’ Sources podcast at @Harbingertweets’ panel on Building Canada's Progressive Podcast Community.
#Broadbent2023
ALT Stephen Magusiak and Rumneek Johal compliment Eric Wickham.
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Luke LeBrun begins by covering the Fraser Institute, their annual reports and workshops.
Sam Harper leads us next into the Montreal Economic Institute in Quebec.
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On how @MorePerfectUS began, @fshakir recounts how @BernieSanders' conversations with working people about their lives was impactful. "There's a shame and a fear" with the working class to talk about their struggles, More Perfect Union was a way to tell those stories.
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TODAY: Starting in 1 hour, PressProgress journalists will be on a panel, "Mapping Canada's Right-Wing Networks." Watch live, subscribe to our mailing list ➡️ pressprogress.ca/newsletter #cdnpoli
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TODAY: Watch a live stream of our Shift Work Editor @Emily_Leedham_ as she sits down to discuss labour reporting with former Bernie 2020 campaign manager, Faiz Shakir @fshakir of @MorePerfectUS
11:30am ET - join the email list for the link➡️ pressprogress.ca/newsletter #canlab
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Our Shift Work labour newsletter editor, @Emily_Leedham_, will be moderating a keynote discussion with @MorePerfectUS's Faiz Shakir (@fshakir) on Thursday, March 9 @ 11:30am ET as part of Progress Summit 2023.
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PressProgress has been invited to participate in Progress Summit 2023 as panelists along with @PivotQc. Watch the live stream of "Mapping Canada's Right-Wing Networks" on Thursday, March 9 // 12:30pm ET.
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Two companies that donated $60K are owned by a holding company that is itself owned by Allard.
Two other companies are owned by another holding company run by Allard, owned by Allard’s wife and run out of Allard Developments’ office in Edmonton.
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On this episode of PressProgress Sources, we unravel the R-Star scheme—a pilot program pushed by Alberta's new Premier—and the history of regulatory capture in the Alberta oilsands, with Regan Boychuk @RKBtoo.
Full episodes ⬇️
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“Whenever you’re playing with far-right populism there’s the risk that it will become a blaze so large that it starts burning everything in sight.” @GeoffDembicki
Listen to our first episode of PressProgress Sources on your preferred podcast app: pressprogress.ca/sources-dem…
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🎧 We launched a podcast, PressProgress Sources, with our friends @harbingertweets—and we’re now on your preferred podcast apps. Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, Stitcher, and more.
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10. Other emails show Moore and the Russian Consul General arranged a meeting in October to discuss “bilateral relations” between Russia and Ontario.
In retrospect, Moore confided to @pressprogress that his efforts seemed like a “good idea” at the time, “but not now.”
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