CIRCLE WITH A DOT

I was just watching About That with Andrew Chang on CBC. And wow, it was quite the love in of Mark Carney. I had wondered how anyone could actually feel that Carney is standing up to Trump, given all the blatant capitulation to almost all of Trump's whims that Carney has shown. Well, this show demonstrated that for me. It ignored stuff like: changing our tax policy, altering the Liberal platform's outlined defence spending, tossing commitments to maintain public services (now they're even phasing out pharmacare), supporting Trump's illegal war in Iran (later "with regret", but still supporting), tossing environmental policy out the window, etc, all to appease Trump.Instead, it focused on Carney's Davos speech and some of Trump's tweets about this. I felt like I was watching a Liberal produced propaganda advertisement, designed to convince everyone that Carney's elbows are "up", rather than down so low that they're now dragging on the pavement.#media #cbc #cdnmedia #canpoli #markcarney #cdnpoli

Bill C-22 Creates New Surveillance Powers. The Privacy Commissioner Has No Role in Overseeing Any of Them.https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/bill-c-22-privacy-commissioner-no-oversight-role#cdnpoli #cdnmedia

Bill C-22 Doesn't Read Your Texts. It Doesn't Have To.https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/bill-c-22-what-one-year-of-metadata-reveals#cdnpoli #cdnmedia

Bill C-22 Is at Committee. Here Are the MPs Who Put It There — And How to Reach Them.https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/bill-c-22-mps-who-moved-it-to-committee#cdnpoli #cdnmedia

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/after-misunderstanding-federal-officials-are-open-to-changes-on-police-search-powers-billI think watering down the backlash against #BillC22 to a "misunderstanding" is either willfully ignorant or intentionally misleadingthe majority of Canadians against C-22 have not misinterpreted the bill, but rather have a lack of faith in the institutions the bill relies on to properly functionyou need to trust the government, judiciary, the police and the CSIS not to misuse the billand Canadians simply cannot trust institutions any longer. #cdnpoli #cdnmedia

Bill C-22 Just Passed Second Reading. With a Liberal Majority, the Path to Royal Assent Is Now Mostly Clear.https://parliamentaudit.ca/news/bill-c-22-second-reading-update-april-20-2026#cdnpoli #cdnmedia

#EVENT: Our editor-in-chief David Beers, alongside these other incredible panelists, will talk everything media democracy in this fireside chat on May 28 at 5:30 p.m. at the Vancouver Harbour Centre. Reserve your ticket for the free event and learn more here. #CdnMedia #canpoli https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/media-democracy-days-spry-memorial-panel-tickets-1989103762900

“I’m loving being out again in public, talking to people non-stop.” #vanpoli #CdnMedia https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/05/12/City-Hall-Reporter-Jumping-Journalism-Politics/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“If we ignore it, then we’re sort of validating it too. It’s almost like complicity by not saying something.” #CdnMedia #canpolihttps://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/05/06/White-Supremacist-Ideas-Canadian-Media-Politics/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

The Tyee team is humbled and delighted to receive four more national journalism award nominations — including one for General Excellence in digital publishing — after celebrating two major wins in recent days. 🥳 #CdnMedia https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2026/04/28/Four-More-Tyee-Nominations-Plus-Major-Wins/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial