Pardon the fact that Trump pardoned Black

Elton John helped support this Lord

Conrad Black @ConradMBlack

When my assistant said there was a call from the White House, I picked up, said “Hello” and started to ask if this was a prank (suspecting my friends in the British tabloid media), but the caller spoke politely over me: “Please hold for the president.”

nationalpost.comConrad Black: The President of the United States called. I was being pardoned, at lastWhen my assistant said there was a call from the White House, I picked up, said ‘Hello’ and started to ask if this was a prank

Writing the book Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other couldn’t have hurt Conrad Black’s campaign to get a full pardon from his POTUS pal. Boldface names who lobbied Trump to do this included Rush Limbaugh, Henry Kissinger, and Sir Elton John.

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He’s heeding the Christchurch Call

Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau

Technology has changed the way we live our lives, but we must act now to eliminate hatred & misinformation online. At the #TechforGood dinner in Paris, government & industry leaders discussed how we can make sure the digital world is a safe & secure place that benefits everyone.

Donald Trump skipped a summit of world leaders looking to crack down on online extremism, but Canada was there, en route to creating a digital charter. Concurrently, a scoop from Blacklock’s Reporter claims that federal agencies will soon measure the reliability of media outlets to determine which ones are eligible for federal support.

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The NDP opposes Jordan Peterson speaking to a Commons committee. While he was introduced to politics through the New Democrats, the party isn’t into the professor testifying about online hate. (JBP cancelled the appearance because of a family emergency.)

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Bernier says the end is actually Nye

While the People’s Party builds up a whole comment section’s worth of candidates, its leader’s name continues to be attached to an eclectic constellation of fighting words:

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Ontario Place will be joining Toronto’s heritage property register. Not even Michael Ford dissented from a city council vote to do this. Meanwhile, as Tourism Toronto undergoes a provincial budget cut, the organization is giving Ontario Place a test for its future.

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The price of playing Peak TV

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting is touting a new poll showing public support for CBC, just as the topic of making foreign streaming services charge taxes is coming back around:

CBC Toronto @CBCToronto

"Why should consumers pay sales tax on Rogers, Bell and other domestic internet services and not on foreign companies? Why allow the tax system to influence people's consumer choices?"

bit.lyWhy a ‘Netflix tax’ is no longer political poison | CBC NewsStephen Harper made it next to impossible heading into the 2015 election for any political party to propose a tax on Netflix, Google and other foreign online services. But two provinces are now charging sales tax on those foreign media companies, suggesting that at least some governments now see the…

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The action at Corus could soon not bore us. Shaw Communications cashed out of broadcasting in favour of telecom, even though the Shaw family remains in control of Corus. Nonetheless, a share sale may be a signal that the media company is set for a shakeup of its assets, if regulations don’t stand in the way.

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Finally, the blind item of justice

Roger Friedman, the Showbiz 411 writer regularly linked at the Drudge Report, makes intriguing claims about an unnamed legal drama that’s apparently now developing in Ontario Superior Court. (Do you have any idea of what it is? Hit reply on this email to answer.)

Showbiz 411 @showbiz411

Law: A Real Life John Grisham Type Case Going on in a Toronto Courtroom, Unknown to Canadian Press and Potentially Explosive showbiz411.com/2019/05/15/law… via @showbiz411

showbiz411.comLaw: A Real Life John Grisham Type Case Going on in a Toronto Courtroom, Unknown to Canadian Press and Potentially ExplosiveLAW & DISORDER: Netflix, HBO, and Dick Wolf: if you’re looking for the material for a mini-series, I think’s developing right now in Toronto’s Ontario Superior Court of Justic…