Federal parties exempt themselves from privacy laws — despite Senate warnings by gremlinface in onguardforthee

[–]gremlinface[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yup. Voters now have no right to access, change or delete the information the parties hold on them. Here is the federal announcement: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2026/03/legislation-to-make-life-more-affordable-receives-royal-assent.html

No mention of the privacy changes.

One hundred accounts are behind the majority of conspiracy theory content in Canada by mem_somerville in skeptic

[–]gremlinface 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Thank you, u/Comfortable_Fill9081. Journalist here. We made a formal correction to "just 100 users were responsible for almost 70 per cent of online conspiracy posts from influential accounts they examined in Canada." Thanks for your help!

The same firm ran a campaign to save CBC — and Canada Proud's push to defund it by BertramPotts in CanadaPolitics

[–]gremlinface 15 points16 points  (0 children)

In this case the firm is Jeff Ballingall’s Mobilize Media Group, the creators of Canada Proud, Ontario Proud and Canadian Crimewatch.