Can’t fight the seething about the election

But the next five weeks have arrived

Conservative Party @CPC_HQ

Watch and share - Typical Trudeau Liberals, say one thing and do another.

Attacking the election call with Willy Wonka cringe content led some Conservative MPs to question the taste of their own social media squad even before the writ was dropped. The opposition tried again by highlighting Liberal hypocrisy of Team Trudeau claiming no plans to push a vote.

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Babies can only be air-kissed

Jagmeet Singh @theJagmeetSingh

We can deliver a future that includes everyone – that’s more affordable, equal, hopeful, and secure.  And that’s what I’m fighting for.

“We are having a baby!!!!” was what Jagmeet Singh and his wife, Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu, had to offer just before the election call. But now comes the test of how close he can get to power after the NDP got to hold its balance. Green leader Annamie Paul is also going for gains, but plans to confine her own campaigning to try and win Toronto Centre.

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Hamilton’s turn at a toppled statue of John A. Macdonald. Since the city voted against removing it from Gore Park, four attendees of an Indigenous Unity rally tried to do it themselves, and now police are seeking four suspects. Meanwhile in Toronto, the Egerton Ryerson statue is gone for good, but a school rebrand is still being pondered.

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Canada’s platform war chest

Rumble gained a new user in Donald Trump, a few months after the Toronto-based video platform sued Google for favouring YouTube in search results. The view counts are set to increase now that Tulsi Gabbard and Glenn Greenwald are among those Rumble is paying out of its latest funding round, stoking the articles that bring on rebuttals:

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

My first video on Rumble: on why the spate of censorship from Big Tech monopolies the last few months is particularly menacing, why it's vital to support free speech platforms, and how today's WPost article perfectly illustrates corporate media deceit:

rumble.comOnline Censorship and The Washington Post’s Propaganda TacticsIn our debut video, I explain why I think free speech platforms like Rumble are so vital to support; outline how I intend to use this new platform to strengthen our journalism; and dissect the Washing

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R. Murray Schafer dead at 88. The composer who popularized the term “soundscape” to define the noises we live amongst also coined “schizophonia” to describe the splitting of an original sound and its electroacoustic reproduction. Schafer explored these ideas in works performed across Canada. His birth date, July 18, was also proclaimed World Listening Day.

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Finally, much ado about MCU

Simu Liu became known as outspoken after the plug was pulled on Kim’s Convenience. The actor similarly took to Twitter to clap back at Disney CEO Bob Chapek calling a 45-day theatrical exclusivity for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings an ”interesting experiment.” Selling seats for the Asian-led Marvel movie is now Liu’s mission:

Simu Liu (刘思慕) @SimuLiu

Pre-orders have opened. Help us make history on September 3rd!!!

fandango.comShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)Marvel Studios’ “Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings” stars Simu Liu as Shang-Chi, who must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization. The film also stars Tony Leung as Wenwu, Awkwafina as Shang-Chi’s friend Katy and Mich…