Luke LeBrun

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Danielle Smith claims Canadian conservatives are the victims of “dangerous” and “outrageous” rhetoric. Here are 7 times Alberta’s Premier embraced extreme, inflammatory or dangerous rhetoric herself:

7 Times Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Embraced Extreme, Inflammatory or Dangerous Rhetoricpressprogress.ca Danielle Smith says conservatives are the victims of 'dangerous' rhetoric, despite her own history of extreme and inflammatory political rhetoric

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NEW: Top Shopify executive’s right-wing media website rails against immigrants while defending a legally designated terrorist group. The right-wing Canadian media website ‘True North’ deleted its interview with the founder of the Proud Boys shortly after being contacted by PressProgress:

Shopify Executive’s Right-Wing Media Website Rails Against Immigrants While Defending a Legally Designated Terrorist Grouppressprogress.ca Right-wing Canadian media website ‘True North’ deletes interview with the founder of the Proud Boys after being contacted by PressProgress

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What do you get when you combine the No. 2 executive at Shopify, right-wing so-called “media,” and a designated terr*rist entity? This jaw-dropping story! With help from @llebrun.bsky.social, let me break down why we’re asking questions about Shopify and True North:

Rachel Gilmore on Instagram: "What do you get when you combine the No. 2 executive at Shopify, right-wing so-called “media,” and a designated terr*rist entity? This jaw-dropping story! With help fr...www.instagram.com 34 likes, 1 comments - r.gilmore on July 10, 2024: "What do you get when you combine the No. 2 executive at Shopify, right-wing so-called “media,” and a designated terr*rist entity? This jaw-dropping...

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You gotta read this fantastic reportage from Luke. I hate so much that the Proud Boys started in Canada, and I'm PROUD we have designated them as a terrorist organization. And Shopify can get fucked.

Sikh groups say Globe & Mail reporting on 2021 Kabul evacuation is missing context and promotes racist tropes: “It’s these tropes that always get used against the Sikhs and it just feels like a smear campaign”

Sikh Groups Say Globe and Mail Reporting on 2021 Kabul Evacuation is Missing Context and Promotes Racist Tropespressprogress.ca Here’s what Canadian organizations closely involved with the evacuation of Afghan Sikhs and Hindus say happened in 2021

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Doug Ford’s plan to privatize alcohol sales will cost Ontario taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Now it’s forcing LCBO workers to go on strike. Workers say Ford is helping billionaires and big business siphon profits from healthcare, education and public services

Doug Ford's Alcohol Privatization Plan Will Cost Ontario Taxpayers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars. Now It's Forcing LCBO Workers To Go On Strike.pressprogress.ca LCBO workers accuse Ford of working with billionaires and big business to siphon profits from healthcare, education and public services

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Unionized PressProgress journalists have ratified a new collective agreement with legally-binding provisions protecting its editorial independence: “This collective agreement gives PressProgress stronger editorial independence than what you’d find at many newspapers or corporate media outlets”

Unionized PressProgress Journalists Ratify New Collective Agreement Formally Protecting Editorial Independencepressprogress.ca ‘This collective agreement gives PressProgress stronger editorial independence than what you’d find at many traditional newspapers or corporate media outlets’

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The “Save the Children Convoy” has finally ended. Convoy leaders are accusing each other of “smear campaigns” and “disgraceful” behaviour while a local farmer says he’s been left with piles of garbage, rancid food and thousands of dollars in unpaid bills.

‘Save the Children Convoy’ Finally Ends, Leaving Farmer With Piles of Garbage, Rancid Food and Unpaid Billspressprogress.ca Leaders of conspiratorial ‘Save the Children Convoy’ end year-long protest by accusing one another of ‘smear campaigns’ and ‘disgraceful’ behaviour

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I just got back from a transatlantic journalism program focused on understanding the European far-right. Wrote this for The Hill Times about how the far-right in both Europe and Canada are exploiting the cost-of-living crisis to attack and derail green policies:

Europe is in the middle of a ‘greenlash.’ If Canada doesn’t put workers first in its green transition, we could be nextwww.hilltimes.com The European far right’s pivot to attacking green policies shows why Canada needs a climate change approach that centres the interests of working people.

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"Canadians who want to see action on climate change should pay closer attention to what’s happening in Europe," writes @pressprogress.ca's @llebrun.bsky.social Read the full article from today's Hill Times at www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/0...

2SLGBTQ+ groups are planning the biggest political action in decades to combat rising hate in Canada: Upcoming ‘Rainbow Week of Action’ planned in cities across the country.

2SLGBTQ+ Groups are Planning the Biggest Political Action in Decades to Combat Rising Hate in Canadapressprogress.ca Upcoming ‘Rainbow Week of Action’ planned in cities across the country

Another update on this story: Writing on Substack, True North’s Andrew Lawton says he isn’t sure he’s going to get paid for his appearance at the Ottawa International Food and Book Expo. He alleges that he’s owed $705.76 in expenses. www.readtheline.ca/p/andrew-law...

Angry vendors say they were deceived by an Ottawa book festival that featured far-right convoy speakers. Vendors say they lost thousands of dollars at a confusing and chaotic festival where an event with Maxime Bernier spiralled out-of-control

Angry Vendors Say They Were Deceived By Ottawa Book Festival Featuring Far-Right Convoy Speakerspressprogress.ca Vendors say they lost thousands of dollars after a confusing and chaotic book festival was misrepresented to them

The same people behind a disastrous book fair where Maxime Bernier was the guest of honour want to bring the CFL to Charlottetown “There is so much to quote from in LeBrun’s story, I don’t know where to start,” writes @halifaxexaminer.bsky.social www.halifaxexaminer.ca/the-same-peo...

The same people behind a disastrous book fair where Maxime Bernier was the guest of honour want to bring the CFL to Charlottetown - Halifax Examinerwww.halifaxexaminer.ca By Philip Moscovitch This item originally appeared as VIEWS in Morning File, May 6, 2024 On April 10, I wrote about a “proposal” (in the loosest possible sense of the word) for a tenth CFL team, to be...

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One detail I couldn’t find space to include in this story is that the “Ottawa International Food and Book Expo” has a page on its website that inexplicably links to a site where you can buy the drug MDMA

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Read the whole thing. Plot twist: "Last month, Samuels gave a presentation to Charlottetown City Council as the head of a “consortium” looking to build a 25,000 seat football stadium to bring a CFL expansion team to Prince Edward Island, despite Samuels having no discernible connection to PEI."

Capital gains: What are they and why are Canada’s ultra rich freaking out? I talked to Canadian Labour Congress Senior Economist DT Cochrane for our Sources podcast, who explained how the federal government's 2024 Budget will change the way we tax capital gains

Capital Gains Taxes: What Are They and Why Are Canada’s Ultra Rich Freaking Out?pressprogress.ca Canadian Labour Congress Senior Economist DT Cochrane explains the new changes to capital gains taxation announced in Budget 2024

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NEW: An Ottawa book festival platforming far-right speakers is using fake employees and misleading sponsors. The Embassy of Mexico has pulled out of the event and multiple organizations listed as corporate sponsors say they never sponsored the event. pressprogress.ca/ottawa-book-...

Ottawa Book Festival Platforming Far-Right Speakers Uses Fake Employees and Misleading Sponsorspressprogress.ca Mexican Embassy backs out of local book festival as organizations listed as corporate sponsors ask for their logos to be removed from website

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Pierre Poilievre meets with far-right extremist group at Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border. “Everyone’s happy with what you’re doing,” Poilievre tells conspiratorial fringe group camped out on side of highway. pressprogress.ca/pierre-poili...

Pierre Poilievre Meets with Far-Right Extremist Group at Nova Scotia-New Brunswick Borderpressprogress.ca “Everyone’s happy with what you’re doing,” Poilievre tells conspiratorial fringe group camped out on side of highway

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Post the Trudeau blackface pic all you want in reposne to this. It doesn't change the fact that Pollievre continues to meet with people who would violently overthrow the constitutional order if they could.

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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones insists Pierre Poilievre is “saying the same things as me.” The InfoWars host responded to a Liberal MP’s video by crediting the Conservative leader for validating his conspiracies about the “globalist agenda.”

Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Insists Pierre Poilievre is ‘Saying The Same Things as Me’pressprogress.ca InfoWars host credits Pierre Poilievre for validating his conspiracies about the ‘globalist agenda’