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Feb 28, 2020
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Congratulations to @LucilleCollard & @StephenBlais on hard fought victories! stevendelduca.ca/by-elections #onpoli
stevendelduca.caCongratulations Stephen Blais and Lucille CollardToday, voters in Ottawa—Vanier and Orléans sent a clear message to Doug Ford and elected two strong community champions in Stephen Blais and Lucille Collard.
2:50 AM ∙ Feb 28, 2020
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The presumptive next Ontario Liberal leader’s swimming pool scandal couldn’t sink two replacement candidates for Ottawa MPPs, which now brings the party count to eight. Two byelections also meant that Canada’s most famous fringe candidates didn’t need to run against one other: as a result, 32 people voted for John Turmel, and 95 ballots were cast for Above Znoneofthe.


A truly Formica table summit

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Patrick Brown @patrickbrownont
Had a good breakfast meeting with @fordnation this morning to go over #Brampton’s priorities. We had a productive discussion on our health care emergency, CCTV cameras & post secondary education. Our City Council has an ambitious agenda to move Brampton forward! #onpoli #brampoli
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4:38 PM ∙ Feb 27, 2020
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Doug Ford wouldn’t be Ontario’s premier today without the fall of Patrick Brown. Even though they went more than a year in their current roles without a meeting, Brampton’s mayor now boasts of a budding buddy relationship. This diner sit-down found Brown bringing up his city’s growing gang activity, and its want for a new university.


RCMP admit that Clearview AI was used in 15 cases and helped rescue two kids. The admission by the Mounties that the controversial facial-recognition software played a role in sexual-exploitation investigations was followed by the privacy commissioner’s office announcing that it was launching an investigation into its use.


What the CBC seems useful for

Two journalism professors have written a book called The End of the CBC?, which former CBC news editor-in-chief Tony Burman has expounded upon for his Toronto Star column—and so round and round the doom prophecies go. But its platforms come in handy for whatever requires spinning when management changes are announced:

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As general manager and editor-in-chief of CBC News since May 2009, McGuire has been responsible for English language news content and programming across the public broadcaster's different platforms: radio, television, digital and social.
cbc.caHead of CBC News Jennifer McGuire leaving CBC as part of leadership restructuring | CBC NewsCBC’s head of news, Jennifer McGuire, is stepping down after more than a decade in the role and leaving CBC at the end of this week, the public broadcaster announced Thursday.
8:00 PM ∙ Feb 27, 2020
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The revolting McMonstrosity of Postmedia Place. Toronto Sun reporter Bryan Passifiume tweeted about the “extra cream cheese” bagel debacle on Tuesday, it started making all the global clickbait website rounds on Wednesday, and McDonald’s tried making amends on Thursday. The journey ends with a Sun story about the viral bite.


Finally, some big ego inflation

Cameo remains very good to Kevin O’Leary: the price of short video selfies from “Mr. Wonderful” rose from $499 to $1,200 within a year—no doubt aided by his willingness to seemingly shoot shout-outs to any business. The service also acts as an obsession for the Vancouver podcast Blocked Party, which can’t get enough of deconstructing it:

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Thank you to our good friends over at @TheAtlantic for letting us write about Cameo for them
theatlantic.comCameo Is Weirder Than Anyone ExpectedWelcome to the dark, chaotic, utterly mesmerizing soul of modern celebrity.
5:26 PM ∙ Feb 27, 2020
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