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Jan 7, 2025 | 
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves a news conference after announcing his resignation at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Canada on January 6, 2025 ( AFP / Dave Chan) Copyright © AFP 2017-2024. Any commercial use of this content requires a subscription. Click here to find out more.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
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"Get Guaranteed Payments in Canada!" the caption of a September 17, 2024 Facebook post exclaims.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
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"The Canadian police have been hiding this from you," says a voiceover in an August 30, 2024 Facebook video with more than 225,000 views. The clip claims dealerships have an overstock of overseas vehicles, forcing them to sell cars for "pennies on the dollar."The caption also alleges people in the province of can to assist with securing pre-approval for a car loan, regardless of one's credit situation.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
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AFP Canada / AFP FranceJuly 26, 2024 at 2:17 PM·4 min readAs France prepared a massive security operation to protect the Olympic Games, a video purporting to depict Hamas threatening to attack Paris circulated on social media. But the Palestinian militant group has denied creating the clip, the French Interior Ministry said it was not able to verify its authenticity and experts say it appears to be part of a disinformation campaign.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
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"I am David McKay, president of the Royal Bank of Canada. Today is your lucky day," the head of Canada's biggest bank (archived here) appears to say in a Facebook video shared July 7, 2024. "I have sent invitations to exactly 500 people.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
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AFP Canada5 July 2024 at 11:55 am·2-min readPosts promoting products to treat prostate conditions featuring the top health official in Canada's British Columbia province are not legitimate. The ads link to sites unrelated to health remedies and Bonnie Henry's office said she had made no such endorsement. "At the Canadian Congress of Urology, Dr. Bonnie Henry presented a new method of prostate repair to get rid of prostatitis at home," the text of a June 30, 2024 Facebook post claims.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
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AFP CanadaJune 25, 2024 at 11:02 AM·2 min readVideo advertisements on Facebook appear to show Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing a new AI investment program offering massive returns for Canadians. But the clip is altered, and the pages spreading the posts have previously had content removed for violating Meta's advertising standards. "Every citizen of Canada who contributes $350 will receive $35,500 monthly," claims text over a video shared in a June 20, 2024 Facebook post.
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May 9, 2024 | 
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"The Canadian government is going to charge you $25K if you want to leave," claims a May 4, 2024 post on X. It shares a screenshot of a block of text that says Canada's government is considering new emigration fines, claiming "insider sources" said the fees could include "a $25,000 departure penalty along with a doubling of the existing departure tax for those seeking to relocate abroad." Copies of the same screenshot spread across X and jumped to Facebook and Instagram.
