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Julie Payette’s belated reference check

The GG gets new lobs on the job

Sep 22, 2020
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Julie Payette departed the Montreal Science Centre in 2016 and the Canadian Olympic Committee in 2017 following complaints about her treatment of employees, say sources.
cbc.ca/1.5732109 @AshleyBurkeCBC @KristenEversonPMO failed to check with key former employers before Payette’s appointment as Governor General: sources | CBC NewsSimple checks with past employers, including federally regulated agencies, could have turned up troubling evidence of Julie Payette’s treatment of subordinates before she was appointed governor general, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or his officials never made those calls, CBC News has learned.cbc.ca

September 22nd 2020

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One day before her potentially awkward speech from the throne, Julie Payette is the subject of another story from CBC News, about how the PMO didn’t look into her past prior to appointing her as a governor general capable of controversy. But the return of parliament will already be filled with enough uncertainties pending a confidence vote.


The backrooms of the nation

Twitter avatar for @sabrinananjiSabrina Nanji @sabrinananji
Ontario Liberal Party not living up to its candidate diversity mandate, nomination hopefuls allege 🔓 #onpoli
politicstoday.news/queens-park-to…Ontario Liberal Party not living up to its candidate diversity mandate, nomination hopefuls allege — Politics TodayMultiple would-be POC nomination candidates allege they were discouraged from seeking the Ontario Liberal nod in Toronto Centre.politicstoday.news

September 21st 2020

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After the Ontario Liberals acclaimed David Morris to try to win back Toronto Centre, a riding they lost to the NDP in 2018, other prospective contestants were left to wonder what happened to a provincial party pledge to do more to diversify its ranks. Toronto Centre was also where Marci Ien was just fast-tracked to run by federal Liberals.


“If we weren’t so backlogged on MRIs I’d send you to the MRI to get your brain scanned because I don’t think there’s anything in there.” The latest quotable quotes from Doug Ford concerned street racing yahoos amid Ontario’s resurgent COVID-19 case count, which has influenced a year without the Toronto Christmas Market.


Remote anchor weighed down

The recent Global News layoffs included Montreal fixture Jamie Orchard, who got to say goodbye to viewers after 23 years. While the station retains a reporting staff there, Orchard’s replacement, Tracy Tong, was already hosting four local market newscasts produced from Toronto. The first glitches of adding two more kept things interesting:

Twitter avatar for @fagsteinSteve Faguy @fagstein
More on Global’s decision to anchor Montreal’s local news out of Toronto, and clips of two rather glaring first-day gaffes
Global Montreal replaces Jamie Orchard with Toronto-based anchorYou can end the speculation of who will replace Jamie Orchard as lead anchor at Global Montreal: It’s Tracy Tong.blog.fagstein.com

September 22nd 2020

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CBC Tandem raises new concern at the Canadian Media Guild. The escalation of sponsored content strategy, which has expanded to incorporate podcasts, brought on more than just the union wondering what the CBC is up to. But a Toronto Sun front page against the initiative still left space to note the Emmy triumph of Schitt’s Creek.


Finally, dreaming of no DRM

Cory Doctorow, the Toronto-born writer whose war on copyright laws extend to his own science fiction, found over 5,000 people willing to pay an average of over $40 to support releasing his Attack Surface audiobook without digital rights management. The newest foe for Doctorow is the proprietary approach of Amazon:

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September 19th 2020

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