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Cenotaph vandal suspect said he did it to protest firing of Don Cherry
November 15, 2019, Kayla Goodfield, CTV News
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/cenotaph-vandal-suspect-said-he-did-it-to-protest-firing-of-don-cherry-1.4687189
TORONTO -- The 33-year-old man who allegedly sprayed graffiti on the
cenotaph at Old City Hall said in a Facebook post he did it to protest
the firing of Don Cherry.
On Tuesday morning, the words "ye broke faith" and "with us" were seen
spray-painted onto two sides of the monument located in downtown
Toronto at Queen and Bay streets. The words appear to reference the
line, "If ye break faith with us who die," from John McCrae's poem "In
Flanders Fields."
Officers with the Toronto Police Service confirmed they received a call
regarding the vandalism at 7 a.m. on Tuesday. City officials were later
seen power washing the cenotaph, removing the paint, in the noon hour
that same day.
Tags: Bonnie Crombie, Canada, Christian, Don Cherry, Doug Ford, DougWiki,
Facebook, John Tory, Mississauga, Ontario, Toronto, Toronto Police, Twitter
==============================
Jason Kenney's 'anti-Alberta' inquiry gets increasingly compromised
November 15, 2019, David Climenhaga, blogs, rabble.ca
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/alberta-diary/2019/11/jason-kenneys-anti-alberta-inquiry-gets-increasingly
I don't care what anyone from the United Conservative Party says, this
can't have been a good couple of days for Premier Jason Kenney and his
government.
For one thing, it's not just the Swedes. As Bloomberg News went on to
explain, "the Riksbank's initiative comes as central bankers around the
world are becoming increasingly concerned with the threats posed by
climate change." That includes the Bank of England, headed by its
Canadian governor, Mark Carney -- from the UCP perspective, an obvious
member of the accursed "Laurentian elite," even if he was born in Fort
Smith, N.W.T.
As for Knight Legg, even if he used to be a banker and was working
against that "misinformation campaign of defamation," as the premier's
spokesthingy Harrison Fleming explained, Wednesday's revelations by the
NDP aren't necessarily going to endear a lot of Albertans to his
indulgent ways, especially if some positive results aren't evident soon.
Tags: Alberta, Australia, Calgary Herald, Canada, Canadian Energy Centre,
CBC, Charles Rusnell, Climate change, Coin, Dave Knight-Legg, Doug
Schweitzer, DougWiki, England, Globe and Mail, Greta Thunberg, Harrison
Fleming, Jason Kenney, Justin Trudeau, London, Mark Carney, New Democratic
Party, Ontario, Politics, Postmedia, Progressive Conservative, Quebec,
Queensland, Steve Allan, Stockholm, United Conservative Party, Western
Australia, Wexit, Wildrose
==============================
'Proud' pages souring on Scheer?
November 15, 2019, Charlie Pinkerton, iPolitics
https://ipolitics.ca/2019/11/15/proud-pages-souring-on-scheer/
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has apparently fallen out of favour
with the conservative group best known for its online advocacy that
helped elect Doug Ford in Ontario.
iPolitics reviewed the Canada Proud Facebook page on Friday and found
that it had posted 200 times since the election. While almost half the
posts (87) negatively targeted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, there
were less than 10 that even mention Scheer. Some were negative.
Three days after the election, Canada Proud asked twice in posts that
were accompanied by articles, "Should Scheer get one more kick at the
can?"
Tags: 2018, Abortion, Andrea Horwath, Andrew Scheer, Canada, Canada Proud,
Doug Ford, DougWiki, Erin O'Toole, Facebook, Jeff Ballingall, Justin Trudeau,
Kathleen Wynne, LGBTQ, Ontario, Ontario New Democratic Party, Ontario Proud,
Ottawa, Progressive Conservative, Quebec, Queen's Park, SNC Lavalin, Toronto,
Toronto Star, Twitter, Warren Kinsella, Winnipeg
==============================
Saskatchewan hires Stephen Harper to help expand province's trade in Asia
November 15, 2019, Adam Hunter, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-hires-harper-asian-trade-1.5360660
The Saskatchewan government has hired former Prime Minister Stephen
Harper to help expand its trade relationships in Asia.
Harper is the chairman and CEO of the consulting firm Harper and
Associates, which says it "combines the global network, experience and
insight of a G-7 Leader to create value for clients."
The province has entered into a one-year contract with Harper's firm
for $240,000.
Tags: 1990, 1991, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2018, Center for Responsive Politics,
DougWiki, Hong Kong, Japan, Justin Trudeau, Lobbyist, Minneapolis, New
Democratic Party, Regina, Reuters, Ryan Meili, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan
Party, Saskatoon, Scott Moe, Shanghai, Stephen Harper, Washington, Zurich
==============================
A lesson in reaction to John Carpay's rainbow flag comparison: the cross does
not justify lunacy
November 15, 2018, Michael Coren, Toronto Star
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/11/15/shaming-the-voice-of-christ-with-fanaticism.html
I was shocked when it was revealed that Christian conservative lawyer
John Carpay had compared the rainbow flag to the Nazi swastika. Not
because Carpay had drawn the grotesque juxtaposition, but because it
had taken so long for such a sentiment to be made public. Last
Saturday, Calgary-based Carpay, a leading voice with the Justice Centre
for Constitutional Freedoms, and ubiquitous within social conservatism,
spoke at a conference organized by Rebel Media, where the sewers
breathe and the ghouls come out to play.
"How do we defeat today's totalitarianism?" he asked rhetorically.
"You've got to think about the common characteristics. It doesn't
matter whether it's a hammer and sickle for communism, or whether it's
the swastika for Nazi Germany or whether it's a rainbow flag, the
underlying thing is a hostility to individual freedoms." He later
apologized, explaining that he was actually discussing totalitarianism
when he listed the rainbow flag with the emblem under which 12 million
people were slaughtered in death camps - including, of course, many gay
men. Such apologies are usually signs of being sorry because someone is
caught, not because they are genuinely contrite. Change of heart and
mind come about not due to pressure, but because of personal conviction.
I've known Carpay for many years, and he's not an evil man. A little
eccentric, extremely conservative, but not evil. What he is, however,
is a committed right-wing Christian, and that's a world few of us know
well.
Tags: Andrew Scheer, Calgary, Canada, Catholic Church, Christian, Doug Ford,
DougWiki, Germany, Jesus, John Carpay, Jordan Peterson, Justice Centre for
Constitutional Freedoms, LGBTQ, Ontario, Rebel Media, Russia, Toronto
==============================
Dershowitz Received $120K from Anti-Muslim Gatestone Institute
November 15, 2018, Eli Clifton, LobeLog
https://lobelog.com/dershowitz-received-120k-from-anti-muslim-gatestone-institute/
On cable news, Dershowitz has emerged as a go-to Trump-defender and
critic of the left wing of the Democratic Party, all while
self-identifying as a "liberal Democrat." Over the summer, Dershowitz
loudly complained about being shunned by Martha's Vineyard's largely
liberal residents.
But Dershowitz's shift to the right, and the frequent defense of the
Trump administration, has coincided with a lucrative source of income
for the retired professor.
Dershowitz's work for the anti-refugee and anti-Muslim Gatestone
Institute paid him $120,000 in 2017, making him one of the group's
highest paid contractors, according to tax disclosures reviewed by
LobeLog.
Tags: Alan Dershowitz, Alt-Right, Anti-Defamation League, Brett Kavanaugh,
Daniel Pipes, Gatestone Institute, Gavin McInnes, Geert Wilders,
Islamophobia, Jack Posobiec, Jeffrey Clark, John Bolton, Lee Fang, Naomi
Perlman, Nina Rosenwald, Pittsburgh, Pizzagate, Proud Boys, Rebekah Mercer,
Rebel Media, Robert Mercer, Sheldon Adelson, Toronto
==============================
Doug Ford calls Patrick Brown's claims 'shameful and disgusting' during
heated Queen's Park exchange
November 15, 2018, Nick Boisvert, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-brown-allegations-1.4907330
Premier Doug Ford slammed former PC leader Patrick Brown as a person
with "zero credibility" and said the claims in his new book are
"shameful and disgusting" during a heated exchange today at Queen's Park.
Ford responded to pointed questions from Andrea Horwath, in which the
NDP leader called on the premier to launch an independent investigation
into a sexual misconduct allegation against Vic Fedeli.
Brown wrote about the accusation in his explosive new tell-all memoir,
Takedown: The Attempted Political Assassination Of Patrick Brown, in
which he outlines his dramatic exit from the Progressive Conservative
party earlier this year over allegations of sexual misconduct. He has
vigorously denied the claims.
Tags: 2017, Andrea Horwath, Brampton, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Lisa MacLeod,
Ontario, Ontario New Democratic Party, Patrick Brown, Peel Region,
Progressive Conservative, Queen's Park, Vic Fedeli
==============================
Doug Ford cuts environment watchdog, scales back rent control
November 15, 2018, Rachel Browne, Vice News
https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/qvqbxv/doug-ford-cuts-environment-watchdog-scales-back-rent-control
Fedeli framed these moves as bolstering the auditor general and
ombudsman roles. "You're going to see everything strengthened and
expanded," he explained. "The premier has promised, he continues to say
we want efficiencies not cuts."
While Fedeli said the government had no plans to cut its own employees,
the government is planning to scrap three legislative oversight
positions, and fold them into other areas such as the auditor general
and ombudsman offices by next year. This includes the environment
commissioner, children's advocate, and the French-language commissioner.
"The deficit is real, our debt is real, the challenge ahead of us is
real," said Fedeli, adding that, "we will balance the budget," without
providing specifics as to when that would happen.
Tags: 2017, Andrea Horwath, Brampton, Canadian Press, Doug Ford, DougWiki,
French Language Services Commissioner, Liquor Control Board of Ontario,
Ontario, Ontario Child Advocate, Ontario New Democratic Party, Patrick Brown,
Progressive Conservative, Queen's Park, Toronto, Vic Fedeli
==============================
Doug Ford says sexual misconduct allegations against minister are 'smear
campaign,' slams 'lies' in Patrick Brown book
November 15, 2018, Paola Loriggio, Canadian Press, National Post
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/ford-says-sexual-misconduct-allegations-against-minister-are-smear-campaign
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his finance minister
Wednesday, saying allegations of sexual misconduct against the veteran
legislator referenced in a book by former Progressive Conservative
leader Patrick Brown are nothing but a "disgusting smear campaign."
Ford threw his support behind Vic Fedeli in a series of tweets, calling
him "honourable, ethical and decent" and denouncing the allegations in
Brown's book as "lies."
Minister @VictorFedeli is one of the most honourable, ethical, and
decent individuals I have ever had the privilege of knowing and working
with. I stand behind him completely from this disgusting smear campaign.
He has my full support. See his statement below. pic.twitter.
com/HkwhgDdcYe - Doug Ford (@fordnation) November 14, 2018
Tags: Brampton, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Ontario, Ontario New Democratic Party,
Patrick Brown, Progressive Conservative, Sara Singh, Toronto, Vic Fedeli
==============================
Doug Ford's anti-Semitism problem
November 15, 2018, Enzo DiMatteo, Now Magazine
https://nowtoronto.com/news/doug-ford-anti-semitism/
When Doug Ford says things like, "There is no place in Ontario for
anti-Semitism," as he did on Monday in response to what looks like an
anti-Semitic incident in the city's north end, it's hard not to feel a
little sick to your stomach. Ford is slippery that way. On the one
hand, he presents himself as premier "For The People." On the other,
he's a Donald Trump knock-off in a cheaper suit spreading his own brand
of white lies north of the border.
According to police, four 17-year-olds in religious attire were walking
near Bathurst and Lawrence when they were kicked and punched by another
group making "derogatory comments about their religion." A pair of
sunglasses was stolen from one of the victims. One suspect has been
arrested and other suspects still being sought are described by police
as being in their early teens.
I know the area well. It's home to one of the country's largest Hasidic
communities. I live just up the street and on any given evening you can
see men, women and young people making their way to one of the
synagogues, or Hebrew day schools that double as synagogues along
Bathurst.
Tags: Alt-Right, Anti-Racism Directorate, Anti-semitism, Canada, Donald
Trump, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Etobicoke, Faith Goldy, Ford cuts, Ford Fest,
Israel, Jennifer Keesmaat, Jewish, John Tory, Karen Mock, Kathleen Wynne,
Michael Tibollo, Ontario, Pittsburgh, Republican, Toronto, Twitter
==============================
Kenney says UCP member who made 'vile' remarks still in party
November 15, 2018, Clare Clancy, Edmonton Journal
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/kenney-says-ucp-member-who-made-vile-remarks-still-in-party
The UCP member who took heat for comparing the rainbow flag and the
flags bearing Nazi and communist symbols is still a card-carrying
member of the party, says Leader Jason Kenney.
"It's our board that deals with expulsions," Kenney told reporters
Wednesday. "I condemned Mr. Carpay's remarks as being vile and
offensive. He does not in any way speak for the United Conservative
Party.
"He apologized for and retracted his offensive remarks."
Tags: Alberta, Anti-semitism, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Press, Carbon tax,
DougWiki, Edmonton, Germany, Homophobia, Jason Kenney, John Carpay, Justice
Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, LGBTQ, New Democratic Party, Ottawa,
Parliament Hill, Postmedia, Rebel Media, Rhodesia, Russia, United
Conservative Party, White supremacist, YouTube
==============================
Ontario Tories cut taxes and oversight protections for environment,
vulnerable children, and francophones
November 15, 2018, Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2018/11/14/ontario-tories-cut-taxes-and-oversight-protections-for-environment-vulnerable-children-and-francophones.html
Premier Doug Ford is cutting taxes for low-income earners, lifting some
rent controls, and slashing oversight protections for the environment,
vulnerable children, and Ontario's French-speaking minority. Ford's
changes, which also include loosening restrictions on political
fundraising, came in Thursday's fall economic statement from the
Progressive Conservatives with a smaller-than-expected $500 million
drop in the $15 billion deficit and no timeline for balancing the
provincial budget.
Finance Minister Vic Fedeli called the slight shrinkage in red ink "a
pretty good start," but warned further cuts loom in next spring's
budget. "It's going the right way and it will take time and it will
require an extraordinary effort," added Fedeli, blaming the previous
Liberal government for "15 years of reckless spending and mismanagement.
" In the meantime, Ontarians will have more time to stock up on beer,
wine and liquor as the government allows authorized retailers like the
LCBO, The Beer Store, and some supermarkets to sell alcohol between the
hours of 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. seven days a week.
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
Tags: 2002, Andrea Horwath, Beer Store, Bonnie Lysyk, Brampton, California,
Cap and trade, Cash for access, Climate change, Donation, Doug Ford,
DougWiki, Education cuts, Environmental, Environmental cuts, Ford cuts,
Fran?ois Boileau, Francophone cuts, French Language Services Commissioner,
John Fraser, Kathleen Wynne, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Markham, Mike
Schreiner, Milton, Ontario, Ontario New Democratic Party, Ontario Place,
Progressive Conservative, Quebec, Queen's Park, Robert Benzie, Toronto,
Twitter, Vic Fedeli
==============================
Leaked Papers Reveal Secret Plan to Target Millennials and Influence
Alberta's 2019 Provincial Election
November 15, 2017, PressProgress
https://pressprogress.ca/leaked-papers-reveal-secret-plan-to-target-millennials-and-influence-albertas-2019-provincial-election/
A conservative think tank sought half a million dollars from wealthy
donors to bankroll a secret project aimed at targeting Millennials and
influencing the outcome of Alberta's 2019 provincial election.
Leaked papers newly obtained by PressProgress show the Manning Centre
requested $500,000 to "increase support among Millennials for
conservative values, policies and candidates."
The leaked papers suggest the Manning Centre is planning to share its
research and messaging strategies with "influential conservative
leaders, including the conservative leadership provincially in Alberta
and federally."
Tags: 2019, Abortion, Alberta, Andrew Scheer, Brian Jean, Canada, Canadian
Taxpayers Federation, Conservative Party of Canada, DougWiki, Fraser
Institute, Hamish Marshall, Jason Kenney, Leela Aheer, Manning Centre,
Preston Manning, Rebel Media, Reform Party, United Conservative Party
==============================
Ontario introduces legislation to secure $85M for mercury cleanup near 2
First Nations
November 15, 2017, Matt Prokopchuk, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/grassy-narrows-trust-1.4402873
The Ontario government says it will secure in a trust $85 million to
fund mercury cleanup and remediation efforts in the English-Wabigoon
River system in northwestern Ontario.
The money was first announced by the province in June, 2017.
The trust fund pledge was made as part of the Liberals' fall economic
statement, tabled on Tuesday. The statement typically serves as a
mid-year tweak to the budget.
Tags: 2016, 2018, Canadian Press, DougWiki, First Nations, Grassy Narrows,
Japan, Mercury poisoning, Ontario, Simon Fobister
==============================
Robert Spencer targets Stanford students in blog ahead of event
November 15, 2017, Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Inside Higher ED
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/11/15/robert-spencer-targets-stanford-students-blog-ahead-event
In a digital war of words, Robert Spencer, widely considered to be an
anti-Islam extremist, mocked Stanford University students who
criticized him before his talk at the elite institution Tuesday night.
On his blog Spencer named students, posted photos and videos of them,
and referred to them as "fascists."
Student organizations and faculty members publicly expressed deep
concerns with both Spencer's invitation to the campus (extended by the
Stanford College Republicans) and his continuous "harassment" of
students online.
Stanford administrators remained silent on specific blog posts by
Spencer, but released multiple more general statements. One statement
from President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell did not
reference Spencer, but promised an inclusive campus environment. They
also at length defended the need for free speech in higher education.
Tags: American Freedom Defense Initiative, Breitbart, Charles Murray, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Islamophobia, Jihad Watch, Ku Klux Klan, Milo
Yiannopoulos, Pamela Geller, Republican, Richard Spencer, Robert Spencer,
Southern Poverty Law Center, Stanford University, UK, Young Americas
Foundation
==============================
Does Patrick Brown know what his teenage candidate thinks about the 'sins' of
'homosexuality'?
November 15, 2016, PressProgress
https://pressprogress.ca/does_patrick_brown_know_what_his_teenage_candidate_thinks_about_the_sins_of_homosexuality/
Although Brown's been spotted knocking on doors with Oosterhoff in the
lead up to this week's provincial by-election in Niagara
West-Glanbrook, social conservatives have loudly accused the Tory
leader of "muzzling" the teenage candidate ? and it's not hard to guess
why.
Oosterhoff's social media accounts show multiple examples of the public
office seeker posting hardline religious literature.
In one Facebook posting from last year, Oosterhoff cites a right-wing
religious blog that criticizes society for celebrating the "sin" of
"homosexuality":
Tags: 2006, 2014, Abortion, Canada, Christian, DougWiki, Facebook,
Homophobia, LGBTQ, Niagara West, Ontario, Patrick Brown, Progressive
Conservative, Sam Oosterhoff, Toronto, Twitter
==============================
Is IKEA the New Model for the Conservative Movement?
November 15, 2013, Jane Mayer, New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/is-ikea-the-new-model-for-the-conservative-movement
In every state in the country, there is at least one ostensibly
independent "free-market" think tank that is part of something called
the State Policy Network- there are sixty-four in all, ranging from the
Pelican Institute, in Louisiana, to the Freedom Foundation, in
Washington State. According to a new investigative report by the Center
for Media and Democracy, a liberal watchdog group, however, the think
tanks are less free actors than a co?rdinated collection of corporate
front groups-branch stores, so to speak-funded and steered by cash from
undisclosed conservative and corporate players. Although the think
tanks have largely operated under the radar, the cumulative enterprise
is impressively large, according to the report. In 2011, the network
funnelled seventy-nine million dollars into promoting conservative
policies at the state level.
Tracie Sharp, the president of the S.P.N., promptly dismissed the
report as "baseless allegations." She told Politico, "There is no
governing organization dictating what free market think tanks research
or how they educate the public about good public policy."
But notes provided to The New Yorker on what was said during the S.P.N.
's recent twenty-first-annual meeting raise doubts about Sharp's
insistence that each of the think tanks is, as she told me, "fiercely
independent." The notes show that, behind closed doors, meeting with
some eight hundred people from the affiliated state think tanks, Sharp
compared the organization's model to that of the giant global chain IKEA.
Tags: Alt-Right, Center for Media and Democracy, Donors Capital Fund, Donors
Trust, George Soros, Koch Bro, Mother Jones, Open Society Institute,
Politico, State Policy Network, Tracie Sharp, Wisconsin
==============================
'You'll never see me again'
November 15, 2008, Kate Hilpern, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/15/family-relationships-fdr-defoo-cult
He has not been in touch with any of his relatives since. But Tom is
not a missing person. His family know roughly where he is. It's just
that he won't talk to them and they suspect he never will. "He got
hooked in by an online cult," Barbara says. "The website convinces
vulnerable people that they should hate their parents and should leave
their family."
Even the wording of Tom's letter is from the website. Its founder says,
"The letter should buy you six to 12 months before your family come
looking for you and that will give you time to get used to living
without them."
Tags: Barbara Weed, Cult Information Centre, Freedomain Radio, Stefan Molyneux
==============================
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Portable DougWiki download: http://tiny.cc/xdb37y
==============================
Cenotaph vandal suspect said he did it to protest firing of Don Cherry
November 15, 2019, Kayla Goodfield, CTV News
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/cenotaph-vandal-suspect-said-he-did-it-to-protest-firing-of-don-cherry-1.4687189
TORONTO -- The 33-year-old man who allegedly sprayed graffiti on the
cenotaph at Old City Hall said in a Facebook post he did it to protest
the firing of Don Cherry.
On Tuesday morning, the words "ye broke faith" and "with us" were seen
spray-painted onto two sides of the monument located in downtown
Toronto at Queen and Bay streets. The words appear to reference the
line, "If ye break faith with us who die," from John McCrae's poem "In
Flanders Fields."
Officers with the Toronto Police Service confirmed they received a call
regarding the vandalism at 7 a.m. on Tuesday. City officials were later
seen power washing the cenotaph, removing the paint, in the noon hour
that same day.
Tags: Bonnie Crombie, Canada, Christian, Don Cherry, Doug Ford, DougWiki,
Facebook, John Tory, Mississauga, Ontario, Toronto, Toronto Police, Twitter
==============================
Jason Kenney's 'anti-Alberta' inquiry gets increasingly compromised
November 15, 2019, David Climenhaga, blogs, rabble.ca
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/alberta-diary/2019/11/jason-kenneys-anti-alberta-inquiry-gets-increasingly
I don't care what anyone from the United Conservative Party says, this
can't have been a good couple of days for Premier Jason Kenney and his
government.
For one thing, it's not just the Swedes. As Bloomberg News went on to
explain, "the Riksbank's initiative comes as central bankers around the
world are becoming increasingly concerned with the threats posed by
climate change." That includes the Bank of England, headed by its
Canadian governor, Mark Carney -- from the UCP perspective, an obvious
member of the accursed "Laurentian elite," even if he was born in Fort
Smith, N.W.T.
As for Knight Legg, even if he used to be a banker and was working
against that "misinformation campaign of defamation," as the premier's
spokesthingy Harrison Fleming explained, Wednesday's revelations by the
NDP aren't necessarily going to endear a lot of Albertans to his
indulgent ways, especially if some positive results aren't evident soon.
Tags: Alberta, Australia, Calgary Herald, Canada, Canadian Energy Centre,
CBC, Charles Rusnell, Climate change, Coin, Dave Knight-Legg, Doug
Schweitzer, DougWiki, England, Globe and Mail, Greta Thunberg, Harrison
Fleming, Jason Kenney, Justin Trudeau, London, Mark Carney, New Democratic
Party, Ontario, Politics, Postmedia, Progressive Conservative, Quebec,
Queensland, Steve Allan, Stockholm, United Conservative Party, Western
Australia, Wexit, Wildrose
==============================
'Proud' pages souring on Scheer?
November 15, 2019, Charlie Pinkerton, iPolitics
https://ipolitics.ca/2019/11/15/proud-pages-souring-on-scheer/
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has apparently fallen out of favour
with the conservative group best known for its online advocacy that
helped elect Doug Ford in Ontario.
iPolitics reviewed the Canada Proud Facebook page on Friday and found
that it had posted 200 times since the election. While almost half the
posts (87) negatively targeted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, there
were less than 10 that even mention Scheer. Some were negative.
Three days after the election, Canada Proud asked twice in posts that
were accompanied by articles, "Should Scheer get one more kick at the
can?"
Tags: 2018, Abortion, Andrea Horwath, Andrew Scheer, Canada, Canada Proud,
Doug Ford, DougWiki, Erin O'Toole, Facebook, Jeff Ballingall, Justin Trudeau,
Kathleen Wynne, LGBTQ, Ontario, Ontario New Democratic Party, Ontario Proud,
Ottawa, Progressive Conservative, Quebec, Queen's Park, SNC Lavalin, Toronto,
Toronto Star, Twitter, Warren Kinsella, Winnipeg
==============================
Saskatchewan hires Stephen Harper to help expand province's trade in Asia
November 15, 2019, Adam Hunter, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-hires-harper-asian-trade-1.5360660
The Saskatchewan government has hired former Prime Minister Stephen
Harper to help expand its trade relationships in Asia.
Harper is the chairman and CEO of the consulting firm Harper and
Associates, which says it "combines the global network, experience and
insight of a G-7 Leader to create value for clients."
The province has entered into a one-year contract with Harper's firm
for $240,000.
Tags: 1990, 1991, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2018, Center for Responsive Politics,
DougWiki, Hong Kong, Japan, Justin Trudeau, Lobbyist, Minneapolis, New
Democratic Party, Regina, Reuters, Ryan Meili, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan
Party, Saskatoon, Scott Moe, Shanghai, Stephen Harper, Washington, Zurich
==============================
A lesson in reaction to John Carpay's rainbow flag comparison: the cross does
not justify lunacy
November 15, 2018, Michael Coren, Toronto Star
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/11/15/shaming-the-voice-of-christ-with-fanaticism.html
I was shocked when it was revealed that Christian conservative lawyer
John Carpay had compared the rainbow flag to the Nazi swastika. Not
because Carpay had drawn the grotesque juxtaposition, but because it
had taken so long for such a sentiment to be made public. Last
Saturday, Calgary-based Carpay, a leading voice with the Justice Centre
for Constitutional Freedoms, and ubiquitous within social conservatism,
spoke at a conference organized by Rebel Media, where the sewers
breathe and the ghouls come out to play.
"How do we defeat today's totalitarianism?" he asked rhetorically.
"You've got to think about the common characteristics. It doesn't
matter whether it's a hammer and sickle for communism, or whether it's
the swastika for Nazi Germany or whether it's a rainbow flag, the
underlying thing is a hostility to individual freedoms." He later
apologized, explaining that he was actually discussing totalitarianism
when he listed the rainbow flag with the emblem under which 12 million
people were slaughtered in death camps - including, of course, many gay
men. Such apologies are usually signs of being sorry because someone is
caught, not because they are genuinely contrite. Change of heart and
mind come about not due to pressure, but because of personal conviction.
I've known Carpay for many years, and he's not an evil man. A little
eccentric, extremely conservative, but not evil. What he is, however,
is a committed right-wing Christian, and that's a world few of us know
well.
Tags: Andrew Scheer, Calgary, Canada, Catholic Church, Christian, Doug Ford,
DougWiki, Germany, Jesus, John Carpay, Jordan Peterson, Justice Centre for
Constitutional Freedoms, LGBTQ, Ontario, Rebel Media, Russia, Toronto
==============================
Dershowitz Received $120K from Anti-Muslim Gatestone Institute
November 15, 2018, Eli Clifton, LobeLog
https://lobelog.com/dershowitz-received-120k-from-anti-muslim-gatestone-institute/
On cable news, Dershowitz has emerged as a go-to Trump-defender and
critic of the left wing of the Democratic Party, all while
self-identifying as a "liberal Democrat." Over the summer, Dershowitz
loudly complained about being shunned by Martha's Vineyard's largely
liberal residents.
But Dershowitz's shift to the right, and the frequent defense of the
Trump administration, has coincided with a lucrative source of income
for the retired professor.
Dershowitz's work for the anti-refugee and anti-Muslim Gatestone
Institute paid him $120,000 in 2017, making him one of the group's
highest paid contractors, according to tax disclosures reviewed by
LobeLog.
Tags: Alan Dershowitz, Alt-Right, Anti-Defamation League, Brett Kavanaugh,
Daniel Pipes, Gatestone Institute, Gavin McInnes, Geert Wilders,
Islamophobia, Jack Posobiec, Jeffrey Clark, John Bolton, Lee Fang, Naomi
Perlman, Nina Rosenwald, Pittsburgh, Pizzagate, Proud Boys, Rebekah Mercer,
Rebel Media, Robert Mercer, Sheldon Adelson, Toronto
==============================
Doug Ford calls Patrick Brown's claims 'shameful and disgusting' during
heated Queen's Park exchange
November 15, 2018, Nick Boisvert, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-brown-allegations-1.4907330
Premier Doug Ford slammed former PC leader Patrick Brown as a person
with "zero credibility" and said the claims in his new book are
"shameful and disgusting" during a heated exchange today at Queen's Park.
Ford responded to pointed questions from Andrea Horwath, in which the
NDP leader called on the premier to launch an independent investigation
into a sexual misconduct allegation against Vic Fedeli.
Brown wrote about the accusation in his explosive new tell-all memoir,
Takedown: The Attempted Political Assassination Of Patrick Brown, in
which he outlines his dramatic exit from the Progressive Conservative
party earlier this year over allegations of sexual misconduct. He has
vigorously denied the claims.
Tags: 2017, Andrea Horwath, Brampton, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Lisa MacLeod,
Ontario, Ontario New Democratic Party, Patrick Brown, Peel Region,
Progressive Conservative, Queen's Park, Vic Fedeli
==============================
Doug Ford cuts environment watchdog, scales back rent control
November 15, 2018, Rachel Browne, Vice News
https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/qvqbxv/doug-ford-cuts-environment-watchdog-scales-back-rent-control
Fedeli framed these moves as bolstering the auditor general and
ombudsman roles. "You're going to see everything strengthened and
expanded," he explained. "The premier has promised, he continues to say
we want efficiencies not cuts."
While Fedeli said the government had no plans to cut its own employees,
the government is planning to scrap three legislative oversight
positions, and fold them into other areas such as the auditor general
and ombudsman offices by next year. This includes the environment
commissioner, children's advocate, and the French-language commissioner.
"The deficit is real, our debt is real, the challenge ahead of us is
real," said Fedeli, adding that, "we will balance the budget," without
providing specifics as to when that would happen.
Tags: 2017, Andrea Horwath, Brampton, Canadian Press, Doug Ford, DougWiki,
French Language Services Commissioner, Liquor Control Board of Ontario,
Ontario, Ontario Child Advocate, Ontario New Democratic Party, Patrick Brown,
Progressive Conservative, Queen's Park, Toronto, Vic Fedeli
==============================
Doug Ford says sexual misconduct allegations against minister are 'smear
campaign,' slams 'lies' in Patrick Brown book
November 15, 2018, Paola Loriggio, Canadian Press, National Post
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/ford-says-sexual-misconduct-allegations-against-minister-are-smear-campaign
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his finance minister
Wednesday, saying allegations of sexual misconduct against the veteran
legislator referenced in a book by former Progressive Conservative
leader Patrick Brown are nothing but a "disgusting smear campaign."
Ford threw his support behind Vic Fedeli in a series of tweets, calling
him "honourable, ethical and decent" and denouncing the allegations in
Brown's book as "lies."
Minister @VictorFedeli is one of the most honourable, ethical, and
decent individuals I have ever had the privilege of knowing and working
with. I stand behind him completely from this disgusting smear campaign.
He has my full support. See his statement below. pic.twitter.
com/HkwhgDdcYe - Doug Ford (@fordnation) November 14, 2018
Tags: Brampton, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Ontario, Ontario New Democratic Party,
Patrick Brown, Progressive Conservative, Sara Singh, Toronto, Vic Fedeli
==============================
Doug Ford's anti-Semitism problem
November 15, 2018, Enzo DiMatteo, Now Magazine
https://nowtoronto.com/news/doug-ford-anti-semitism/
When Doug Ford says things like, "There is no place in Ontario for
anti-Semitism," as he did on Monday in response to what looks like an
anti-Semitic incident in the city's north end, it's hard not to feel a
little sick to your stomach. Ford is slippery that way. On the one
hand, he presents himself as premier "For The People." On the other,
he's a Donald Trump knock-off in a cheaper suit spreading his own brand
of white lies north of the border.
According to police, four 17-year-olds in religious attire were walking
near Bathurst and Lawrence when they were kicked and punched by another
group making "derogatory comments about their religion." A pair of
sunglasses was stolen from one of the victims. One suspect has been
arrested and other suspects still being sought are described by police
as being in their early teens.
I know the area well. It's home to one of the country's largest Hasidic
communities. I live just up the street and on any given evening you can
see men, women and young people making their way to one of the
synagogues, or Hebrew day schools that double as synagogues along
Bathurst.
Tags: Alt-Right, Anti-Racism Directorate, Anti-semitism, Canada, Donald
Trump, Doug Ford, DougWiki, Etobicoke, Faith Goldy, Ford cuts, Ford Fest,
Israel, Jennifer Keesmaat, Jewish, John Tory, Karen Mock, Kathleen Wynne,
Michael Tibollo, Ontario, Pittsburgh, Republican, Toronto, Twitter
==============================
Kenney says UCP member who made 'vile' remarks still in party
November 15, 2018, Clare Clancy, Edmonton Journal
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/kenney-says-ucp-member-who-made-vile-remarks-still-in-party
The UCP member who took heat for comparing the rainbow flag and the
flags bearing Nazi and communist symbols is still a card-carrying
member of the party, says Leader Jason Kenney.
"It's our board that deals with expulsions," Kenney told reporters
Wednesday. "I condemned Mr. Carpay's remarks as being vile and
offensive. He does not in any way speak for the United Conservative
Party.
"He apologized for and retracted his offensive remarks."
Tags: Alberta, Anti-semitism, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Press, Carbon tax,
DougWiki, Edmonton, Germany, Homophobia, Jason Kenney, John Carpay, Justice
Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, LGBTQ, New Democratic Party, Ottawa,
Parliament Hill, Postmedia, Rebel Media, Rhodesia, Russia, United
Conservative Party, White supremacist, YouTube
==============================
Ontario Tories cut taxes and oversight protections for environment,
vulnerable children, and francophones
November 15, 2018, Rob Ferguson, Toronto Star
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2018/11/14/ontario-tories-cut-taxes-and-oversight-protections-for-environment-vulnerable-children-and-francophones.html
Premier Doug Ford is cutting taxes for low-income earners, lifting some
rent controls, and slashing oversight protections for the environment,
vulnerable children, and Ontario's French-speaking minority. Ford's
changes, which also include loosening restrictions on political
fundraising, came in Thursday's fall economic statement from the
Progressive Conservatives with a smaller-than-expected $500 million
drop in the $15 billion deficit and no timeline for balancing the
provincial budget.
Finance Minister Vic Fedeli called the slight shrinkage in red ink "a
pretty good start," but warned further cuts loom in next spring's
budget. "It's going the right way and it will take time and it will
require an extraordinary effort," added Fedeli, blaming the previous
Liberal government for "15 years of reckless spending and mismanagement.
" In the meantime, Ontarians will have more time to stock up on beer,
wine and liquor as the government allows authorized retailers like the
LCBO, The Beer Store, and some supermarkets to sell alcohol between the
hours of 9 a.m. and 11 p.m. seven days a week.
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
Tags: 2002, Andrea Horwath, Beer Store, Bonnie Lysyk, Brampton, California,
Cap and trade, Cash for access, Climate change, Donation, Doug Ford,
DougWiki, Education cuts, Environmental, Environmental cuts, Ford cuts,
Fran?ois Boileau, Francophone cuts, French Language Services Commissioner,
John Fraser, Kathleen Wynne, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Markham, Mike
Schreiner, Milton, Ontario, Ontario New Democratic Party, Ontario Place,
Progressive Conservative, Quebec, Queen's Park, Robert Benzie, Toronto,
Twitter, Vic Fedeli
==============================
Leaked Papers Reveal Secret Plan to Target Millennials and Influence
Alberta's 2019 Provincial Election
November 15, 2017, PressProgress
https://pressprogress.ca/leaked-papers-reveal-secret-plan-to-target-millennials-and-influence-albertas-2019-provincial-election/
A conservative think tank sought half a million dollars from wealthy
donors to bankroll a secret project aimed at targeting Millennials and
influencing the outcome of Alberta's 2019 provincial election.
Leaked papers newly obtained by PressProgress show the Manning Centre
requested $500,000 to "increase support among Millennials for
conservative values, policies and candidates."
The leaked papers suggest the Manning Centre is planning to share its
research and messaging strategies with "influential conservative
leaders, including the conservative leadership provincially in Alberta
and federally."
Tags: 2019, Abortion, Alberta, Andrew Scheer, Brian Jean, Canada, Canadian
Taxpayers Federation, Conservative Party of Canada, DougWiki, Fraser
Institute, Hamish Marshall, Jason Kenney, Leela Aheer, Manning Centre,
Preston Manning, Rebel Media, Reform Party, United Conservative Party
==============================
Ontario introduces legislation to secure $85M for mercury cleanup near 2
First Nations
November 15, 2017, Matt Prokopchuk, CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/grassy-narrows-trust-1.4402873
The Ontario government says it will secure in a trust $85 million to
fund mercury cleanup and remediation efforts in the English-Wabigoon
River system in northwestern Ontario.
The money was first announced by the province in June, 2017.
The trust fund pledge was made as part of the Liberals' fall economic
statement, tabled on Tuesday. The statement typically serves as a
mid-year tweak to the budget.
Tags: 2016, 2018, Canadian Press, DougWiki, First Nations, Grassy Narrows,
Japan, Mercury poisoning, Ontario, Simon Fobister
==============================
Robert Spencer targets Stanford students in blog ahead of event
November 15, 2017, Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Inside Higher ED
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/11/15/robert-spencer-targets-stanford-students-blog-ahead-event
In a digital war of words, Robert Spencer, widely considered to be an
anti-Islam extremist, mocked Stanford University students who
criticized him before his talk at the elite institution Tuesday night.
On his blog Spencer named students, posted photos and videos of them,
and referred to them as "fascists."
Student organizations and faculty members publicly expressed deep
concerns with both Spencer's invitation to the campus (extended by the
Stanford College Republicans) and his continuous "harassment" of
students online.
Stanford administrators remained silent on specific blog posts by
Spencer, but released multiple more general statements. One statement
from President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell did not
reference Spencer, but promised an inclusive campus environment. They
also at length defended the need for free speech in higher education.
Tags: American Freedom Defense Initiative, Breitbart, Charles Murray, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Islamophobia, Jihad Watch, Ku Klux Klan, Milo
Yiannopoulos, Pamela Geller, Republican, Richard Spencer, Robert Spencer,
Southern Poverty Law Center, Stanford University, UK, Young Americas
Foundation
==============================
Does Patrick Brown know what his teenage candidate thinks about the 'sins' of
'homosexuality'?
November 15, 2016, PressProgress
https://pressprogress.ca/does_patrick_brown_know_what_his_teenage_candidate_thinks_about_the_sins_of_homosexuality/
Although Brown's been spotted knocking on doors with Oosterhoff in the
lead up to this week's provincial by-election in Niagara
West-Glanbrook, social conservatives have loudly accused the Tory
leader of "muzzling" the teenage candidate ? and it's not hard to guess
why.
Oosterhoff's social media accounts show multiple examples of the public
office seeker posting hardline religious literature.
In one Facebook posting from last year, Oosterhoff cites a right-wing
religious blog that criticizes society for celebrating the "sin" of
"homosexuality":
Tags: 2006, 2014, Abortion, Canada, Christian, DougWiki, Facebook,
Homophobia, LGBTQ, Niagara West, Ontario, Patrick Brown, Progressive
Conservative, Sam Oosterhoff, Toronto, Twitter
==============================
Is IKEA the New Model for the Conservative Movement?
November 15, 2013, Jane Mayer, New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/is-ikea-the-new-model-for-the-conservative-movement
In every state in the country, there is at least one ostensibly
independent "free-market" think tank that is part of something called
the State Policy Network- there are sixty-four in all, ranging from the
Pelican Institute, in Louisiana, to the Freedom Foundation, in
Washington State. According to a new investigative report by the Center
for Media and Democracy, a liberal watchdog group, however, the think
tanks are less free actors than a co?rdinated collection of corporate
front groups-branch stores, so to speak-funded and steered by cash from
undisclosed conservative and corporate players. Although the think
tanks have largely operated under the radar, the cumulative enterprise
is impressively large, according to the report. In 2011, the network
funnelled seventy-nine million dollars into promoting conservative
policies at the state level.
Tracie Sharp, the president of the S.P.N., promptly dismissed the
report as "baseless allegations." She told Politico, "There is no
governing organization dictating what free market think tanks research
or how they educate the public about good public policy."
But notes provided to The New Yorker on what was said during the S.P.N.
's recent twenty-first-annual meeting raise doubts about Sharp's
insistence that each of the think tanks is, as she told me, "fiercely
independent." The notes show that, behind closed doors, meeting with
some eight hundred people from the affiliated state think tanks, Sharp
compared the organization's model to that of the giant global chain IKEA.
Tags: Alt-Right, Center for Media and Democracy, Donors Capital Fund, Donors
Trust, George Soros, Koch Bro, Mother Jones, Open Society Institute,
Politico, State Policy Network, Tracie Sharp, Wisconsin
==============================
'You'll never see me again'
November 15, 2008, Kate Hilpern, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/15/family-relationships-fdr-defoo-cult
He has not been in touch with any of his relatives since. But Tom is
not a missing person. His family know roughly where he is. It's just
that he won't talk to them and they suspect he never will. "He got
hooked in by an online cult," Barbara says. "The website convinces
vulnerable people that they should hate their parents and should leave
their family."
Even the wording of Tom's letter is from the website. Its founder says,
"The letter should buy you six to 12 months before your family come
looking for you and that will give you time to get used to living
without them."
Tags: Barbara Weed, Cult Information Centre, Freedomain Radio, Stefan Molyneux
==============================
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