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Wab Kinew is a prominent Canadian politician, author, and former broadcaster. Currently serving as the Premier of Manitoba, he brings a unique blend of experience in journalism, education, and public service to his role. His leadership focuses on building a stronger, more inclusive province for all its residents. #Canada #Manitoba #CanadianPolitics #Leadership

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Except that it is not extraordinary. It's run of the mill, now.

Here's one from 2 days ago where actors pretended to be Canadians promoting the Albertan Separatist movement, and it turns out to be being run not by anyone who actually believes in Albertan Separatism, but by …

… people from the Netherlands looking to cash in on YouTube monetization whilst remaining anonymous.

https://youtube.com/v/NXafC7tlqt0

#Canada #CanadianPolitics #Alberta #YouTube #CBC #FacelessYouTube

Exposing fake Canadians pushing to join the U.S. | Visual investigations

YouTube

"The critics who cry nationalization are not really arguing about economics. They are arguing about whether there is still a place in our political imagination for the idea that some spaces belong to everyone and cannot be allowed to become the exclusive property of whoever can extract the most profit from them."

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/05/opinion/canada-avi-lewis-public-options-nationalization

#CanadianPolitics #CanPol #PublicOption

Markets serve customers. Public options serve citizens

NDP Leader Avi Lewis promoted public options for groceries and precipitated a debate about nationalism, a concept that is misunderstood.

Canada's National Observer
The Line Podcast: SCOOP: Jen blew the whistle to keep people safe. Alberta brushed her off #Alberta #SpeakUp #Accountability #Transparency #CanadianPolitics www.readtheline.ca/p/the-line-p...

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The Line Podcast: SCOOP: Jen blew the whistle to keep people safe. Alberta brushed her off

If there's any accountability left in Canada, now would be a good time to see it.

The Line
Carney is governing like a right winger—but Liberals are giving him a pass ⋆ The Breach

At this weekend’s Liberal Party convention in Montreal, Martin Lukacs hit the floor to ask delegates and MPs what they think about Carney’s right wing agenda of austerity, militarism, and fossil fuel support .

The Breach
Here’s why Canada needs to ditch age‑based immigration points | The-14

Canada should remove age-based immigration points as they risk discrimination, undermine merit and ignore contributions of older newcomers in Canada

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Authorities estimate only 5–10% of fraud is reported, which means the real harm may be closer to $24B–$48B.

That is rent, groceries, retirement savings, emergency funds, small business cash flow, and family support pilfered from people and the Canadian economy.

Now place Alberta’s Electors List exposure inside that reality.

https://open.substack.com/pub/lawrencenault/p/alberta-should-not-wait-for-fraud

#Alberta #Privacy #Fraud #Cybersecurity #CanadianPolitics #DataBreach

Alberta Should Not Wait for Fraud to Happen

The Electors List breach should trigger a live reporting and response system — not another delayed report after the damage is done.

Lawrence Nault
Albertans and other Canadians are not as divided as it may seem, new survey data shows

Think Albertans and other Canadians are worlds apart? New data suggests the divisions aren't as deep as you think. The results may surprise you.

The Hub

Young Canadians want AI companies to make chatbots less addictive: report

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11823983/young-canadians-ai-report/

... Mark Carney launched GFANZ to unite global finance around net-zero; when the big banks quietly quit, he walked away too. Now he's rebranded as Canada's nationalist bulwark against Trump - e.g. his Davos conference bravado. 🤨

Sam Slick always had a new clock to sell.

#CanadianPolitics #MarkCarney #SamSlick #cdnpoli