Clayton DeMaine

The cancellation of the English debate media scrums by the Leaders Debate Commission, a Liberal government entity, was an attack on independent media that ended in a devastating loss for Canada's democracy amid one of its most consequential elections in Canadian history.

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The Independent Press Gallery condemns the unjustified suppression of press freedom during the English-language Leaders Debate @debates_can https://t.co/0BrxJMxm6R

Rebel News @ezralevant says the debate commission asked him to leave and he refused. Exclusive interview on the scene at the English debate following the commissions decision to cancel media access to the candidates. https://t.co/Gi39IRoWQq

legacy journalist yells at independent media "What journalistic reason could you possibly have for having 13 people in this room." Several independent media outlets were in attendance including True North, @junonewscom, and @WSOnlineNews. Notably all different outlets. https://t.co/Jx53J2HyoJ

Debates commission representative announces that media will not be able to ask the federal leaders questions. More to come follow @junonewscom for coverage. https://t.co/A2BhzbFSs5

Wall of police guarding the CBC broadcasting tents likely from the supposed threat of independent journalists. This following the English debate media scrum being cancelled by debates commission. https://t.co/qhs5dDuCkC

RT @junonewscom: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre arrives with his wife Anaida at the CBC/Radio-Canada HQ for the official French-langu…

RT @junonewscom: Anti-Israel protesters are present at the French-language election debate. https://t.co/rMpFjAHqu0

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made his second long-form podcast appearance of the election campaign and discussed U.S. relations, the role of the media and how the Liberals were copying his policies. Read more via @junonewscom https://t.co/Yna6HsdFfb

A leading Jewish advocacy group has accused legacy media in Canada–particularly the CBC–of enabling the spread of antisemitism through biased reporting, disinformation and a failure to provide balanced perspectives on Israel and Jewish issues. https://t.co/vNYSkAyrPl

The federal director of Canada’s leading taxpayer advocacy group is releasing a new book on the disastrous carbon tax and its failure to address climate change. Read more via @junonewscom https://t.co/Y4K7y5vlJT

Candidates in the Eglinton–Lawrence federal riding participated in a virtual debate hosted by a @bnaibrithcanada to outline how their parties would address rising antisemitism and other issues that matter to the Jewish community. Read more @junonewscom https://t.co/rTCIjziLf1

A Canadian Jewish advocacy group reported a record-breaking rise in antisemitism since last year, detailing anti-Jewish incidents of harassment, violence and vandalism spiking by more than double its rate in just two years. Read more via @junonewscom https://t.co/cnXS9yv93V

Both Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney recently visited British Columbia to court voters—but the size of their crowds told very different stories. Read more via @junonewscom https://t.co/gIYLKnEntG

Peel Regional police announced it was endorsing Poilievre and the local Conservative candidate Sue McFadden in the ongoing federal election. The group cited Conservatives pledging to improve public safety and ending criminal catch and release policies. https://t.co/K1hSv9yFaa

Mark Carney’s father, Robert Carney–a former residential school principal–made several comments that would likely be considered “residential school denialism” and referred to Indigenous children as “culturally retarded," in a decades-old CBC interview. https://t.co/71bkNu6EKt