Pete Iac
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Pete Iac
@peterpanflies.bsky.social

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If you can't read French, use Google Translate and check out this great story about driver license test cheating.

Driving school is alleged to have fit wannabe drivers with hidden earbuds to supply them with answers during the written exam. For the road test there was an accomplice who was lenient.
Ces élèves, ou leur instructeur de l’école Réflex, se touchaient bizarrement les oreilles avant d’entrer. Car c’est là que se cachait la clé de leur succès : de petits écouteurs sans fil de type AirPods, dans lesquels un complice leur soufflait les réponses.

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Permis de conduire obtenus frauduleusement | « C’est garanti, tu vas passer »
« Pas le temps d’aller à l’école et de niaiser ! », disaient-ils. Un réseau criminel infiltré à la Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) aurait aidé des milliers de tricheurs à obtenir le...
lp.ca
December 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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The US is now just the drunk crank at the end of the bar waving a gun around
Trump on the president of Colombia: "He's gonna have himself some big problems if he doesn't wise up ... he better wise up or he'll be next. I hope he's listening. He's gonna be next."
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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I think the proliferation of online betting apps and ads for them is a danger to society and requires much tighter regulation
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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The National Post is making a real run at the Toronto Sun’s title as the worst op-ed page in the country
Zeus wept.
I just can't.
October 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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This is what fascism looks like.
October 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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“Rachael Thomas is a coward for not contacting Cult MTL or myself directly.

“Rachael — if you believe the defamatory things you’ve said about my article, come on out from behind parliamentary privilege. Have the courage to speak your mind. Because my lawyer would love to speak to you.”
Rachael Thomas and the Conservatives are hypocrites
During a parliamentary committee meeting this week, Conservative MP Rachael Thomas took issue with a Cult MTL editorial.
cultmtl.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Ben Mulroney is blurring the lines between journalism, business, lobbying and partisan politics

The new host of Global News’ national political news show also works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted election events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives earlier this year
Ben Mulroney is Blurring the Lines Between Journalism, Business, Lobbying and Partisan Politics
New host of Global News’ politics show works for registered lobby groups, advises businesses and hosted events for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
pressprogress.ca
September 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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“It’s become very clear that the free market no longer works as it should when it comes to housing. At the end of the day, landlords would rather have an apartment sit empty than give someone a break. More social housing and stronger rent controls are needed. This is not the time for laissez-faire.”
Greedy landlords and speculators are killing Montreal's quality of life
Greedy landlords and speculators are contributing to the housing and affordability crisis in Montreal and killing our quality of life.
cultmtl.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Chez Hydro-Québec, il y a autant de consultants du privé que de cadres, l'équivalent de un pour dix employés. Des chiffres inédits obtenus par Radio-Canada montrent qu'ils sont 2290. Certains travaillent pour la société d'État depuis l'étranger. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/218...
Hydro-Québec emploie 2300 consultants du privé
Hydro-Québec emploie 2300 consultants du privé « très bien payés », soit autant que le nombre de cadres, révèlent des documents inédits.
ici.radio-canada.ca
July 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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🚨ATTENTION ALL FANTASY HOCKEY PLAYERS!🚨

The team @dobberhockey.bsky.social has gifted us copies of the 20th edition of their Ultimate #FantasyHockey guide for the 25-26 season & we're giving them away! RT this message and follow us and Dobber for your chance to win! #NHL
July 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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People may know Hampstead Mayor Jeremy Levi for his extreme rhetoric in support of the Netanyahu government. But within three years of being elected mayor, he oversaw an explosion of cash bonuses to the town’s highest paid employees and a culture of lavish spending
therover.ca/hampstead-ma...
Hampstead Managers Cash in while Workers Decry Harassment and Threats on the Job – The Rover
Bonuses to Hampstead’s highest-paid employees doubled under Mayor Jeremy Levi as workers repeatedly denounced a toxic culture.
therover.ca
June 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Unlocked: Don’t mistake new Conservative media tone for policy shift, say Tory pundits

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
Don’t mistake new Conservative media tone for policy shift, say Tory pundits
www.hilltimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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WATCH: “Don’t news people have to tell you what they know… when it happens?”

@jonstewart shreds @CNN & @jaketapper for obsessively pushing Tapper’s new book — even ghoulishly using Biden’s cancer diagnosis to do it.
Jon Stewart roasts CNN for their nonstop promotion of the Biden book.
May 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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April 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Six more sleeps.
April 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.
April 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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If Pierre Poilievre can't handle the media, who else will he avoid confronting? The Conservative leader’s tightly-controlled media circus is disquieting, by @justinling.ca www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com #journalism
April 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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CBC's Evan Dyer reports on how Pierre Poilievre is treating #cdnmedia on the campaign trail. Poilievre's staffers pushing reporters around. Denying access. Not allowing questions. #cdnpoli
April 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Conservatives confident attacking female journalist will distract from Poilievre’s comments about women’s “biological clocks”
NEW: CTV cancelled a fact-checking segment in response to political pressure from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
Audio recording shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
pressprogress.ca
April 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Schoolchildren are routinely slaughtered by AR-15s. Hundreds die.

[*crickets* "Thoughts and prayers" *crickets*]

A couple unoccupied cars are set on fire. No one is hurt.

["THIS HORROR WILL NOT STAND!!! We MUST act to STOP it from ever happening AGAIN!!!!" We will pass new LAWS BANNING IT!!!]
March 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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🚨THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL AND YOU SHOULD CARE🚨

"There are hundreds of people jailed in Quebec every year for minor infractions. Why? Access to a fair trial is quietly becoming luxury most cannot afford."

Vital story from @titocurtis.bsky.social and Hal Newman for @therovermedia.bsky.social:
Quebec's Injustice System – The Rover
There are hundreds of people jailed in Quebec every year for minor infractions. Why? Access to a fair trial is quietly becoming luxury most cannot afford.
therover.ca
February 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM