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Meta created the perfect void on Facebook for Canada Proud to fill with hate rhetoric and disinformation.
News Is Blocked on Meta's Feeds in Canada. Here's What Fills the Void. Hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages such as Canada Proud is thriving on Facebook as the election nears.
April 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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👇 disinformation generator on Facebook.

Canada Proud, an advertising group close group close to Carney's Conservative opponent, Poilièvre, has been buying advertisements on Facebook.

canadaproud.org

thelogic.co/news/canada-...
Canada Proud is dominating Facebook ahead of the election The conservative group's posts about the election are finding a huge audience in the vacuum created by Meta's ongoing ban on all news in Canada • CANADA PROUD • Canada Proud is running a MASSIVE CROSS-COUNTRY CAMPAIGN to make sure that he NEVER becomes our prime minister. With your support, we will reach MILLIONS of Canadians with the TRUTH about Mark Carney that the media won't tell us. So donate now to help us DEFEAT MARK CARNEY! • CANADA PROUD • Donate to Defeat Trudeau For every $5 we receive, we reach another 1,000 Canadians with our ads on social media. Chip in what you can.
April 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Reposted from T Ryan Gregory’s account:
April 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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www.elections.ca/content.aspx...
If I use a pencil to mark my ballot, my choice can be smudged or erased or my vote not properly counted. I need to use a pen to make sure that my vote counts. Accurate information: So long as your ballot is marked properly, it will be counted. • Read more To properly mark a ballot, an elector must make a clear mark in the circle beside their chosen candidate's name. The ballot must not be marked in more than one circle, and there must be no writing or mark on the ballot that could identify the elector. By law, poll workers must provide a black-lead pencil to electors. Pencils are widely used in elections around the world. In Canada, pencils have always been used in federal elections because they do not dry up or have the risk of ink blotting, which could lead to a spoiled ballot. However, in a federal election, nothing prevents you from using your own pen or other writing tool to mark your ballot. Election workers never handle a marked ballot without the elector or witnesses being present and ballot boxes are secured
April 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Ah, now I see what his hurt feelings are screeching about.
April 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Sort of like this.
A maple MAGA struts around with a ‘F*ck Carney’ flag causing the female voter to cast a vote for the Liberal candidate.
April 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Here’s a visualization of the same Canadian 🇨🇦 voter turnout data.

www.elections.ca/content.aspx...
Line chart representing percentage of voter turnout by province and territory of the last seven Canadian federal elections.
April 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Let’s hope voter turn out exceeds previous 🇨🇦federal elections.
First column is election year, last column is percentage of voter turnout.
Chart representing voter turnout in Canadian federal elections 2008 to 2021. First column is election date, last column is % voter turnout. In the September 20, 2021, election voter turnout was 62.6%
April 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Here’s another version of same data on 🇨🇦 voter turnout.
Line chart showing voter turnout for most recent 4 Canadian federal elections by province or territory. Source voter turnout visualization - 2004 to 2021 Elections Canada
April 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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The first column is the election year, the last column is % of voter turnout. www.elections.ca/content.aspx...
April 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Here’s the alt text version
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Following my Day One Executive Order, the Office of Personnel Management will be issuing new Civil Service Regulations for career government employees. Moving forward, career government employees, working on policy matters, will be classified as "Schedule Policy/Career," and will be held to the highest standards of conduct and performance. If these government workers refuse to advance the policy interests of the President, or are engaging in corrupt behavior, they should no longer have a job. This is common sense, and will allow the federal government to finally be "run like a business." We must root out corruption and implement accountability in our Federal Workforce!
April 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Here’s the alt text version.
Keep in mind: If speaking out feels dangerous now, imagine how much worse it will get if we stay silent.
April 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Here’s that image with alt text. Everyone should be paying attention.
Tronold Dump now declaring that he’s the only one that can speak for what the law is. It’s about time Congress reel this clown in. Trump signs an executive order claiming that only the president can speak for a “what the lie is“. “Trump will write the laws… Not Congress, not Courts!” Fox News chyron that states: “Breaking News: Trump to sign executive order on “
April 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Also, 🍊 💩 is like an architect.
An image with Steve Whitcock, flanked by three other men, unnamed. The state of play: Steve Whitco compares l’Elysee palace in Paris to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. “it’s fabulous what it looks like. He (Trump) actually works on it himself. He’s like an architect.”
April 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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When I quit X in Nov 2024 and joined Bluesky, this platform had just crossed the threshold of 16 Million users. Five months later the user count has more than doubled. 👀
A graphic describing Bluesky and author stats as of April 17, 2025. Aggregate stats for all posts in jaz’s Bluesky index. 35,014,970 users 1.361 billion total posts 2.532 billion total follows 7.137 billion total likes
April 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Here’s the same image with alt text. #Elbowsup 🇨🇦
“I congratulate President Trump on his victory, and look forward to joining him in his war against woke, leftist ideology” …. Pierre Pollievre , 6 Nov 2024.
April 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Here is the image with alt text. #Elbows up 🇨🇦
A real conservative option is healthy counterbalance in a healthy democracy. Pierre Poilievre is an acolyte of authoritarian populism. This is never healthy. You are on notice. Going to make sure you are never going to lead my country. I don’t make idle threats.
April 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Here’s that photo with alt text. #Handsoff
Only 3.5% of the population needs to engage to topple a dictator. Saturday April 19 protest across the nation join the movement Hands off !!!
April 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Here’s the same picture with alt text #Elbowsup
Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, looking sharp with a banker’s haircut and dressed in a dark suit with a light blue tie is looking slightly off camera and pointing his right finger off camera. A Canadian flag is hanging from a pole in the background. Prime Minister Carney is encouraging people to get out and vote.
April 13, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Here’s the version with alt text
The Brilliant Move That Put Trump on Notice (from VoteReggie.ca) - Remember when Mark Carney increased Canada’s holdings of U.S. Treasury Bonds while the world braced for Trump’s trade wars and annexation talk? Might have missed it — boring news, really… except it wasn’t boring at all. This wasn’t just about safeguarding Canada’s economy. It was strategy. Leverage. Precision. A masterclass in financial diplomacy that went mostly unnoticed. While most headlines missed it, Carney was in the EU, not for optics, but strategy. Quiet meetings. Big players. Plans laid. If things went off the rails, Canada was ready — and wouldn’t act alone. A coordinated, calm off-loading of U.S. Treasury Bonds. Not a panic. A precision strike. The kind of move that makes the markets listen. Then came the Carney–Trump call. And the message landed: Hurt us, and we’ll hurt you — economically. Dumping U.S. debt? Canada could start it. Others would follow. The U.S. dollar? Sinks like a rock. And suddenly, Trump knew how to say “Prime Minister.” That’s not noise. That’s financial deterrence. That’s how global respect is earned. So while Trump was yelling about Canada being “delinquent” on NATO payments, here’s what he left out: Countries like Canada, Japan, and China are financing the U.S. government — including its military. As of early 2025: • Foreign countries hold $8.53 trillion in U.S. debt • Canada holds over $350 billion So… who’s really getting the free ride? Carney didn’t just buy bonds. He gave Canada a seat at the power table — and a grip on the lever that could shift global economics. Trump talks tough. Mark Carney moves markets. Poilievre just isn’t capable
April 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Here’s the alt text version
There’s something especially disturbing about the richest man on earth taking food away from the poorest. And there’s something even more disturbing about the American people who support this BS.
April 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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This is why Trump did a complete turn around on tariffs today. Remember when Mark Carney increased Canada’s holdings of U.S. Treasury Bonds while the world braced for Trump’s trade wars and annexation talk? Might have missed it — boring news, really… except it wasn’t boring at all. This wasn’t just about safeguarding Canada’s economy. It was strategy. Leverage. Precision. A masterclass in financial diplomacy that went mostly unnoticed. While most headlines missed it, Carney was in the EU, not for optics, but strategy. Quiet meetings. Big players. Plans laid. If things went off the rails, Canada was ready — and wouldn’t act alone. A coordinated, calm off-loading of U.S. Treasury Bonds. Not a panic. A precision strike. The kind of move that makes the markets listen. Then came the Carney–Trump call. And the message landed: Hurt us, and we’ll hurt you — economically. Dumping U.S. debt? Canada could start it. Others would follow. The U.S. dollar? Sinks like a rock. And suddenly, Trump knew how to say “Prime Minister.” That’s not noise. That’s financial deterrence. That’s how global respect is earned. So while Trump was yelling about Canada being “delinquent” on NATO payments, here’s what he left out: Countries like Canada, Japan, and China are financing the U.S. government — including its military. As of early 2025: • Foreign countries hold $8.53 trillion in U.S. debt • Canada holds over $350 billion So… who’s really getting the free ride? Carney didn’t just buy bonds. He gave Canada a seat at the power table — and a grip on the lever that could shift global economics. Trump talks tough. Mark Carney moves markets.
April 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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This is an example of a post written by the 🟠 💩himself. No insults, but the all caps and initials at the end.
April 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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12 hours ago I posted this. hope prevailed today.
As a Canadian, I hope millions of Americans show up for this March today. time to get off the devices and into the streets
April 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Look what hope did ❤️
West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets – – nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.
April 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM