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ALT Screenshot of part of an email from PayPal addressed to Ezra Levant. It says in big letters at the top: "You can no longer do business with PayPal" It explains that PayPal determined he was "in violation of PayPal's Acceptable Use Policy"
ALT September 1, 2021, tweet from Roman Baber (Roman_Baber): Like most Public Health nonsense, the passport won't stop the spread. But it will cause apartheid, hate, bankruptcy and an unprecedented Gov't intervention in our lives. @fordnation sold Ontario out. He can't stand up to the Covid mob. #FireFord #onpoli He links to a Brian Lilley column about Ford moving ahead with vaccine passports. To which Marina Glogovac (@MarinaGlogovac) replied: Vaccinated+had Covid, but, I will not step into any establishment that requires passports, on principle. Did the living in a communist country thing, thank you. Plus, it's completely illogical. Both groups spread the same! This is not about safety."
ALT December 4, 2021, tweet from Baber: I lived the first 9 years of my life in Communist USSR. See pic of me in a Soviet school uniform. When I compare @fordnation gov't conduct to that of Communist regimes, I don't do so lightly. Speaker @MPPArnottWHH turned off my mic. I finish the statement from my office. #onpoli There's a video of him speaking. To which Glogovac replied: I lived the first 26 years of my life - and like you, I see what's coming. Here we have a curious and powerful emergence of ""mass formation"" - a psychological phenomenon that enabled all totalitarian regimes. Us /them. Passports, memberships. Segregation. Those with resources win
ALT July 27, 2021, tweet from Baber: Ontario CMOH, Dr. Moore, joyfully telling parents that vaccinated children and unvaccinated children will be subjected to two different sets of rules in school. We must not permit @fordnation & @Sflecce to create two classes of Ontario children. #onpoli #onted To which Glogovac replied: Does not matter what he thinks! It matters what Pfizer executives think and want - we are witnessing a policy and government capture by a massive corrupt drone corporation. Dig deeper folks.
ALT A letter to the Toronto Star NOTE: THIS IS AN INTERNAL MESSAGE. PLEASE DO NOT SHARE PUBLICLY. To: Irene Gentle, Editor in Chief of the Toronto Star Wayne Parrish, Torstar’s senior vice-president editorial John Boynton, President and Chief Executive Officer of Torstar and Publisher of the Toronto Star David Callum, Toronto Star Human Resources On Wednesday, August 19, Rosie DiManno sent a hateful, racist reply-all email in response to Shree Paradkar’s appointment as internal ombud as “part of developing structures to ensure Black, Indigenous and journalists of colour have a way to be safely and clearly heard by colleagues, decision makers and leaders.” DiManno called the role of an internal ombudsperson — a position developed to create a safe space for BIPOC newsroom members to raise editorial concerns — a "fucking abomination." This is an unacceptable denigration of the concerns and experiences of BIPOC newsroom members; it is in effect an example of the kind of racism…
ALT DiManno has been degrading and aggressive to members of multiple departments and has never faced repercussions that we have seen, given their continuous occurrence. This bullying happens over the phone, in direct emails and out in the open. Our managers have not acted. We are all aware of the pervasive abuse these teams have been subjected to. We feel this impunity reflects a larger culture at this newsroom. In the wake of DiManno's reprehensible comments, only one staff member addressed DiManno’s behaviour directly. This speaks to the invisible hierarchies in place in the Star newsroom. Afterward, Wayne Parrish and John Boynton sent an email expressing support for Paradkar. We want them and other senior managers at the Star to publicly condemn DiManno's comments. Failure to do so suggests that some in this newsroom follow different rules than the rest of us. Additionally, if our predominantly white newsroom leaders do not address this, it clearly reinforces the need for…
ALT The Star has expressed a commitment to anti-racism, pledged to listen, learn and take meaningful action. We ask that the company do so now. We insist management enforce DiManno's participation in anti-racism training, for DiManno to apologize to the newsroom and demonstrate an understanding of why these measures are necessary. Signed, the impacted and supporters of those impacted:
ALT Screenshot of Instagram story from @suzannerogerstoronto showing herself and her family, including her husband Edward, posing with Donald Trump. The text says "A SPECIAL WAY TO END THE NIGHT!"
ALT YouTube just informed us that our channel is being demonetized. That's going to cost us about $400,000 a year in lost revenue!
![[69] I accept that the “neo-Nazi sympathizer” comment is a serious one. I would not, however, draw an inference that it resulted in serious reputational harm to Mr. Levant on the record in this case. First, the statement was fairly quickly removed from the article in question. Second, the article itself drew limited attention, given the evidence that it generated slightly fewer than 16,000 views on the internet. Third, is the evidence regarding the state of Mr. Levant’s reputation as reflected in the affidavits filed on behalf of the respondent. Balanced against all of that is the sole statement of Mr. Levant in his affidavit:
I believe that the dissemination of these defamatory statements has damaged my reputation in this regard, and accordingly, Rebel News and I should be entitled to compensation.
That statement is not only self-serving, it is completely devoid of any foundation for the belief.](/pic/orig/media%2FFKNO6BvXMAIWYdi.png)
ALT [69] I accept that the “neo-Nazi sympathizer” comment is a serious one. I would not, however, draw an inference that it resulted in serious reputational harm to Mr. Levant on the record in this case. First, the statement was fairly quickly removed from the article in question. Second, the article itself drew limited attention, given the evidence that it generated slightly fewer than 16,000 views on the internet. Third, is the evidence regarding the state of Mr. Levant’s reputation as reflected in the affidavits filed on behalf of the respondent. Balanced against all of that is the sole statement of Mr. Levant in his affidavit: I believe that the dissemination of these defamatory statements has damaged my reputation in this regard, and accordingly, Rebel News and I should be entitled to compensation. That statement is not only self-serving, it is completely devoid of any foundation for the belief.
ALT Four white panellists on CBC's Power & Politics, with the chyron "SINGH DEFENDS SIKH RALLY APPEARANCE" in front of each of them.
ALT Some of the Post’s marquee columnists, albeit right-leaning, have tended to take a variety of positions on subjects ranging from carbon pricing to socio-cultural issues, and so editors were told the paper had to become more reliable in its conservative politics. “But really!?” one editorial employee remembers thinking when they were briefed on the meeting. “The National Post not conservative enough?!”
ALT Iype — who had objected to Libin’s earlier proposed role and whose editorial board had come into direct conflict with the government Postmedia was wooing — was removed from his position at the Journal and reassigned to a newly created role. Two sources at Postmedia’s corporate headquarters in Toronto, familiar with management’s thinking, confirmed that the company was displeased with the political orientation…
ALT Union rejects management’s decision to publish Ezra Levant guest column September 17, 2019 Yesterday, a guest column appeared in The Globe and Mail’s Opinion section on the topic of press freedom in Canada. It was written by Ezra Levant, and the fact that it was published represents a serious error in judgment.
ALT A Facebook post from Sue-Ann Levy from an hour ago: Well I did it! After a year of incredible challenges, the loss of my dad and the sudden decline of my mom, I have decided to leave the Toronto Sun after 31 years. It was a very emotional decision after 31 years pursuing my passion. I came out on the front page of the Toronto Sun in 2007,, met my wife on a story and grieved the loss of my sweet dad on the front page last Nov. 30. I have loved advocating for all kinds of people and telling politicians what they deserve to hear. I don't love the change in the climate for conservative journalists and the feeling of being bullied online or the attitude of the woke that they can attack you right in your face now if you don't agree with them. Hopefully that very ugly part of human nature will repair itself but for now, I'm off to do many other things. Among them: I'm going to pursue a love of acting I had to put aside when I became a journalist. I will say farewell in the Sun before I go.
ALT The University of Toronto professor has, in recent months, begun working out of the fifth floor of Postmedia’s Toronto offices, on a project to be announced. He also recently dined with members of its board of directors, and his viral success and ability to mobilize young consumers is of explicit interest to company executives. According to multiple sources, he has a good working relationship with Godfrey and MacLeod
ALT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Indigenous Journalist Arrested While Reporting on Land Defense Haldimand County - September 3rd - 2020 Karl Dockstader - Oneida of the Thames Bear Clan - is a freelance journalist working for One Dish, One Mic Indigenous media who was arrested and charged yesterday for reporting during a land action at 1492 Land Back Lane. Criminalizing a member of the Indigenous media sets a dangerous precedent in a society that is supposed to have a free press. Karl spent last week at 1492 Land Back Lane to do an immersive story for One Dish, One Mic as independent media. He understood that as a journalist that as long as he didn't actively assist the land defenders that his status as a journalist would protect his work. On the last day he was there for the week - August 29th - he made the following editorial commentary: https://twitter.com/OneDishOneMic/status/1299849385858281473?s=20
ALT …one prominent writer for the newspaper chain expressed concerns to them in private conversations that Libin’s views on climate change could pose a threat to any attempts to objectively cover issues such as carbon pricing, and that the company gave a vague non-answer when the writer asked what would happen to stories that feature favourable views of carbon taxes.
![Turning to the cases at hand, there is evidence that these actions were commenced in an effort to quell the public expressions made. They bear the indicia of a SLAPP lawsuit. …
· a history of the plaintiff using litigation or the threat of litigation to silence critics;
· a financial or power imbalance that strongly favours the plaintiff;
· a punitive or retributory purpose animating the plaintiff's bringing of the claim; and
· minimal or nominal damages suffered by the plaintiff.
[83] Three of those four factors are present in these cases, the sole exception being a financial or power balance that strongly favours the appellants. There is a history of the appellants using litigation to silence critics. Indeed, Mr. Levant has publicly proclaimed that commencing such lawsuits is part of a deliberate campaign, which he calls his “stop de-platforming strategy”. Other aspects of his public statements…](/pic/orig/media%2FFKNS9ISXsAUZ3Jt.png)
ALT Turning to the cases at hand, there is evidence that these actions were commenced in an effort to quell the public expressions made. They bear the indicia of a SLAPP lawsuit. … · a history of the plaintiff using litigation or the threat of litigation to silence critics; · a financial or power imbalance that strongly favours the plaintiff; · a punitive or retributory purpose animating the plaintiff's bringing of the claim; and · minimal or nominal damages suffered by the plaintiff. [83] Three of those four factors are present in these cases, the sole exception being a financial or power balance that strongly favours the appellants. There is a history of the appellants using litigation to silence critics. Indeed, Mr. Levant has publicly proclaimed that commencing such lawsuits is part of a deliberate campaign, which he calls his “stop de-platforming strategy”. Other aspects of his public statements…
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