Thread by @MsAmyMacPherson

1. Not sure who is the bigger propagandist: Macfarlane, Fife, Wells, or Coyne #CDNmedia

I invite everyone to read @HarrisAuthor's book RE the tumultuous years of PM Harper, #PartyOfOne

He said we wouldn't recognize #CDNpoli when he was done

(Disclosure: My work is on pg 360)

https://twitter.com/EmmMacfarlane/status/1102949605216378881

2. How easy it is for a propagandist to forget the facts when glossing over history #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

RCMP robocalls report remains sealed

Investigation against Nigel Wright remains sealed

Sen Duffy sues for defamation

Bill C51 ended privacy rights

Harper v. Supreme Court

3. Forgetting right-wing propaganda from Harper apostles con't #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

Senator Brazeau usurps Indigenous consultation on reserves via CAP

In-&-Out scandal

F-35s

Gave NATO docs to Hells Angels

Parliament prorogued to hide detainee torture

G20 ends protest rights

4. Forgetting right-wing propaganda from Harper apostles con't #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

CPP converted to risky investment practices in weapons

Sent spec-ops veterans to fight privately against ISIS to conceal boots on the ground

Press freedom ends, cancelled scrums, spied on journos

5. Forgetting right-wing propaganda from Harper apostles con't #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

Parliamentary press gallery revoked

Govt's own news propaganda created "24/7"

Spec-ops veterans hired to pose as actors campaigning for Conservatives

Enemy List created & all opposition spied on

6. Forgetting right-wing propaganda from Harper apostles con't #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

Canada kicked off UN Security Council due to consistent abuse of domestic rights

Rule of Law politicized to appoint Supreme Court Justice Marc Nadon, resulting in costly Supreme Court rejection

7. Forgetting right-wing propaganda from Harper apostles cont #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

Harassed Supreme Court Justice Beverley McLachlin to interfere with the Rule of Law & judicial independence, to the point of a showdown *meant* to challenge public's faith in constitutional guardian

8. Forgetting right-wing propaganda from Harper apostles con't #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

Gave up border security to the US

Permitted FBI to use guns in their foreign pursuit of criminals on Canadian soil

Ended CIDA's humanitarian mission, converting to business loans over foreign aid

9. Forgetting right-wing propaganda from Harper apostles cont #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

Muzzled, threatened & fired Canadian scientists to force denial of climate change

Contracted Stratfor (despite Middle East torture charges) to spy on coastal Indigenous nations opposed to pipelines

10. Forgetting right-wing propaganda from Harper apostles con't #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

Destroyed all govt libraries & burned all institutional books

Sold Canadian govt research to private interests & denied Canadian authors access to their own work

11. Forgetting right-wing propaganda from Harper apostles cont #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

Placed physical marks (blue dots) on Indigenous people to identify 'trouble-makers' who might oppose educational changes enacted by govt

Ignored epidemic of missing & murdered Indigenous women

12. Forgetting right-wing propaganda from Harper apostles con't #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

Hired American tech & PR companies to interfere in the Canadian election

Stacked the board of CBC with card-carrying Conservatives to muzzle press freedom

13. Forgetting right-wing propaganda from Harper apostles con't #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

Sold Nexen to Chinese govt to take control of Canadian oil

Sold the Wheat Board to Saudi Arabia to take control of Canadian agriculture

China & Saudis are now strong-arming Canada's economy

14. Forgetting right-wing propaganda from Harper apostles con't #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

Created Foreign Investment Protection Act so foreign countries can sue Canada & provinces + municipalities for limiting their market access

It denied any competitive protections for Canadian biz

15. Forgetting right-wing propaganda from Harper apostles cont #CDNpoli #CDNmedia

I could do this all night because there was no end to the way Harper Govt changed Canada so it would never look the same again

Conservatives kept this promise despite Macfarlane's ignorance