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The campaign to bring Neil to heel

Jun 26, 2019
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Blacklock's Reporter @mindingottawa
Foul-mouthed tweeter so vulgar he's blocked by MPs turns out to be gov't staffer. Take it away @Clerk_PCO social media monitors. UNLOCKED blacklocks.ca/twitter-king-i… #cdnpoli @karinagould @CharlieAngusNDP @DonDavies @ErinOTooleMP
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11:43 AM ∙ Jun 25, 2019
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Liberal party enthusiast Neil Waytowich made enough noise as @ThatsMrNeil that Blacklock’s Reporter started making inquiries about his background—which led to the revelation that he was employed as a federal civil servant. Waytowich says he left that job before he started rudely tweeting. And now he has more defenders on both sides of the aisle, in spite of his obsessive political aggressions.


A political stint gone to seed

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The Hill Times @TheHillTimes
GTA Liberal MP Tan facing allegations from former staffer and alleged girlfriend of wrongful dismissal, demands child support for two-year-old #cdnpoli bit.ly/2N9QIDj
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2:12 PM ∙ Jun 25, 2019
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The unexpected decision by Don Valley North MP Geng Tan to not seek re-election comes with a twist. The Epoch Times broke a story about a former staffer who says she was wrongfully dismissed, and who claims that Tan’s wife wanted her fired because of an extramarital affair that produced a child. The MP says that he was just a sperm donor.


Catherine McKenna won’t plastics-shame the PM. The environment minister concedes that convenience trumped conscientiousness in a tweeted photo of Justin Trudeau in the presence of disposable-looking cutlery.


Kiss off another French cousin

Queen’s Park says future appointments will be reviewed after Ontario’s Public Accountants Council appointee Katherine Pal was revealed to be the niece of Dean French’s wife.

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Travis Dhanraj @Travisdhanraj
#BREAKING: Source: Dean French’s nepotism continues to contaminate the Ford government #ONpoli "They keep having less qualified people put into positions of authority because they are one of the St. Mike’s 'lax' [lacrosse] boys.’" READ FULL STORY:
globalnews.caDean French’s ‘nepotism continues to contaminate the Ford government’: source“French’s nepotism continues to contaminate the PC government — even when he’s gone, his connections still run deep,” a PC Party source told Global News.
5:48 PM ∙ Jun 25, 2019
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“I can assure you, if I thought it smelled or I thought it was dirty I would have sent it to the dry cleaner.” John Tory talked to the National Post about his Raptors jacket, which the Toronto Archives wants him to donate.


Finally, a short turn of phrase

“Avenue” is currently being pronounced something like “aVEEnu” (or “aveeeenue,” or “Avenna-You,” or “ah-vee-na-yoo”) on computerized Toronto bus announcements. The TTC acknowledges it recently made this change, but there’s no way to please everyone:

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Matthew Belanger @XciteMatz
For some reason the #TTC bus is pronouncing Avenue as "Aveena-you" and now I kind of like it 🤔 @TTChelps
6:17 PM ∙ Jun 25, 2019
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TTC Customer Service @TTChelps
@XciteMatz Hi Matthew changed it to reflect a "Canadian" pronunciation as per some complaints we received that it sounded American. However, due to the current complaints we will be reverting to what it was before for the August board period. Glad you like it though! ^DM
6:31 PM ∙ Jun 25, 2019
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Matthew Belanger @XciteMatz
@TTChelps Thanks for the update! If it helps I noticed it's now mispronouncing Leduc Avenue as "Le Duck" (it's "Le Duke") so I think that got changed as well.
6:35 PM ∙ Jun 25, 2019

A newsletter that decodes the week in disinformation. Alheli Picazo is back with ms.info, which will reach your inbox on Wednesday afternoon—if you’re subscribed:

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