1/34 🧵#CDNpoli #SLAPP
I've received a threatening letter from lawyers on behalf of @MercedesGlobal & @GlobalNews to prevent me from speaking about Stephenson's role in #CDNmedia as the wife of Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole's #Elxn44 director
This #thread is my response
I've received a threatening letter from lawyers on behalf of @MercedesGlobal & @GlobalNews to prevent me from speaking about Stephenson's role in #CDNmedia as the wife of Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole's #Elxn44 director
This #thread is my response
2/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
I will not comply with demands made in bad faith by @GlobalNews & @MercedesGlobal, nor will I shrink from unfounded #SLAPP allegations that are libelous against me. I ask that you cease & desist with this harassment. Here are my reasons (con't):
I will not comply with demands made in bad faith by @GlobalNews & @MercedesGlobal, nor will I shrink from unfounded #SLAPP allegations that are libelous against me. I ask that you cease & desist with this harassment. Here are my reasons (con't):
3/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
On the 1st page of your error-laden defamation notice, you claim that I've caused @GlobalNews & @MercedesGlobal "serious damage" but fail to state any negative consequences & fail to provide evidence of damage
Is Elections Canada investigating?
On the 1st page of your error-laden defamation notice, you claim that I've caused @GlobalNews & @MercedesGlobal "serious damage" but fail to state any negative consequences & fail to provide evidence of damage
Is Elections Canada investigating?
4/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
"May have violated" election "campaign finance laws" is a speculative statement
This is grey area for #CDNlaw because no wife of a political leader's executive staff has ever sought to infiltrate #CDNmedia & direct election coverage in the past
"May have violated" election "campaign finance laws" is a speculative statement
This is grey area for #CDNlaw because no wife of a political leader's executive staff has ever sought to infiltrate #CDNmedia & direct election coverage in the past
5/34 🧵#CDNpoli #Elxn44
As a journalist & voter, I verily believe this grey area of election law must be addressed to preserve #PressFreedom, press independence required to function as a Fourth Estate, the principles of western democracy, & to insulate #CDNmedia from propaganda
As a journalist & voter, I verily believe this grey area of election law must be addressed to preserve #PressFreedom, press independence required to function as a Fourth Estate, the principles of western democracy, & to insulate #CDNmedia from propaganda
6/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
RE pg 2: I disagree that any #CDNlaw precedents have been set pertaining to the wife of a political leader's executive running election news for a major broadcaster
Mercedes may or may not have given private permission to her husband, Dan Mader
RE pg 2: I disagree that any #CDNlaw precedents have been set pertaining to the wife of a political leader's executive running election news for a major broadcaster
Mercedes may or may not have given private permission to her husband, Dan Mader
7/34 🧵#CDNpoli #Elxn44
How can @GlobalNews & their lawyer speak on behalf of the Conservative Party of Canada to know its rationale in using clips via Mercedes Stephenson, if it's not working with the Erin O'Toole campaign?
You require written statement from the CPC to confirm
How can @GlobalNews & their lawyer speak on behalf of the Conservative Party of Canada to know its rationale in using clips via Mercedes Stephenson, if it's not working with the Erin O'Toole campaign?
You require written statement from the CPC to confirm
8/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
That still doesn't resolve the issue of Mercedes Stephenson's conflict of interest with her husband Dan Mader, the CPC (who he works for in executive capacity), & @GlobalNews
Nor does it address GN's ethical failure to provide public disclosure
That still doesn't resolve the issue of Mercedes Stephenson's conflict of interest with her husband Dan Mader, the CPC (who he works for in executive capacity), & @GlobalNews
Nor does it address GN's ethical failure to provide public disclosure
9/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
@GlobalNews is not in a position to speak to what happens in Mercedes Stephenson's bedroom with her lawfully married husband
Furthermore, I tagged GN in my threads & they chose not to respond, despite the ability to DM with this #SLAPP letter
@GlobalNews is not in a position to speak to what happens in Mercedes Stephenson's bedroom with her lawfully married husband
Furthermore, I tagged GN in my threads & they chose not to respond, despite the ability to DM with this #SLAPP letter
10/34 🧵#CDNpoli #Elxn44
So with respect, it is @GlobalNews that is operating in malice with a blatant attempt to muzzle me, as well as chill #CDNmedia from investigating their alleged ethical breach regarding conflict of interest with the Conservative Party of Canada
So with respect, it is @GlobalNews that is operating in malice with a blatant attempt to muzzle me, as well as chill #CDNmedia from investigating their alleged ethical breach regarding conflict of interest with the Conservative Party of Canada
11/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
You're also in no position to tell me what I do or don't know, based on your malicious framing of me & faulty assumptions
I'm not a lawyer & not required to be familiar with #CDNlaw precedents, nor do I currently work for MSM to be in the loop
You're also in no position to tell me what I do or don't know, based on your malicious framing of me & faulty assumptions
I'm not a lawyer & not required to be familiar with #CDNlaw precedents, nor do I currently work for MSM to be in the loop
12/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
In fact, you're harassing a legally blind journo & that info is repeatedly available throughout my Twitter account, for you to bother knowing
I required assistance to hear & post your #SLAPP letter because your font is too small in PNG format
In fact, you're harassing a legally blind journo & that info is repeatedly available throughout my Twitter account, for you to bother knowing
I required assistance to hear & post your #SLAPP letter because your font is too small in PNG format
13/34 🧵#CDNpoli #Elxn44
If you have any future comms they will need to be sent in PDF format or mailed. I didn't have to do you the courtesy of receiving your threat in its current form & I can't ensure a personal assistant will be available to meet 24-hr arbitrary deadlines
If you have any future comms they will need to be sent in PDF format or mailed. I didn't have to do you the courtesy of receiving your threat in its current form & I can't ensure a personal assistant will be available to meet 24-hr arbitrary deadlines
14/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
Seems to me the lawyer for @GlobalNews & @MercedesGlobal may also find himself in a conflict of interest, because if you really want to litigate, there may be hair-splitting over GN's rules & Stephenson's compliance that may put them at odds
Seems to me the lawyer for @GlobalNews & @MercedesGlobal may also find himself in a conflict of interest, because if you really want to litigate, there may be hair-splitting over GN's rules & Stephenson's compliance that may put them at odds
15/34 🧵#CDNpoli #Elxn44
It's apparent Mercedes Stephenson misled @GlobalNews or their shared lawyer, in claiming that I failed to confirm my #OSINT evidence with her
She blocked me on 08/21/21 to specifically evade responding & your contact today is outrageously disingenuous
It's apparent Mercedes Stephenson misled @GlobalNews or their shared lawyer, in claiming that I failed to confirm my #OSINT evidence with her
She blocked me on 08/21/21 to specifically evade responding & your contact today is outrageously disingenuous
16/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
On page 3 you've made a misleading claim that @GlobalNews Parliamentary Bureau Chief Mercedes Stephenson separated from Erin O'Toole's campaign director, Dan Mader, in 2018
She's never sought to tell me this & public records contradict her
On page 3 you've made a misleading claim that @GlobalNews Parliamentary Bureau Chief Mercedes Stephenson separated from Erin O'Toole's campaign director, Dan Mader, in 2018
She's never sought to tell me this & public records contradict her
17/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
As noted in a prior thread you're attempting to have destroyed, Mercedes Stephenson was attending political events with her husband Dan Mader until at least the end of June 2018 & after she began at @GlobalNews
As noted in a prior thread you're attempting to have destroyed, Mercedes Stephenson was attending political events with her husband Dan Mader until at least the end of June 2018 & after she began at @GlobalNews
https://twitter.com/MsAmyMacPherson/status/1428719617636282370
18/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
So I'm not going to delete my threads without a court order & they're preserved in internet archives that I don't control anyway
Trying to suppress that info now will speak to an attempt on your part to destroy evidence that may prove perjury
So I'm not going to delete my threads without a court order & they're preserved in internet archives that I don't control anyway
Trying to suppress that info now will speak to an attempt on your part to destroy evidence that may prove perjury
19/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
You're in a real pickle now because if you attempt to have Twitter censor me or suspend my account in lieu of litigation you're poised lose, it would ignite another potential conflict of interest with Twitter exec & CPC staple, Michele Austin
You're in a real pickle now because if you attempt to have Twitter censor me or suspend my account in lieu of litigation you're poised lose, it would ignite another potential conflict of interest with Twitter exec & CPC staple, Michele Austin
20/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
You can't have your cake & eat it too. On one hand you say I didn't reach out to Mercedes Stephenson (false) & on the other you say she "advised me" (also false)
Neither @MercedesGlobal nor @GlobalNews has ever had the courage to speak with me
You can't have your cake & eat it too. On one hand you say I didn't reach out to Mercedes Stephenson (false) & on the other you say she "advised me" (also false)
Neither @MercedesGlobal nor @GlobalNews has ever had the courage to speak with me
21/34 🧵#CDNpoli #Elxn44
And there is no innuendo. I verily believe Mercedes Stephenson acted in a conflict of interest with the Conservative Party of Canada to further a political agenda that Mrs. Stephenson-Mader stands to benefit from financially
But "colluded" is your word
And there is no innuendo. I verily believe Mercedes Stephenson acted in a conflict of interest with the Conservative Party of Canada to further a political agenda that Mrs. Stephenson-Mader stands to benefit from financially
But "colluded" is your word
22/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
Lawyers usually stay in their own lane (or consult relevant authorities) & proficiency at libel law does not equate with being an expert at divorce law
Separating doesn't undo their conflict of interest for up to 6 yrs
Lawyers usually stay in their own lane (or consult relevant authorities) & proficiency at libel law does not equate with being an expert at divorce law
Separating doesn't undo their conflict of interest for up to 6 yrs
https://twitter.com/MsAmyMacPherson/status/1428719629468381191
23/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
So now I've got a lawyer misrepresenting the law to a legally blind person, in the effort to scare me into obeying the demands of his dubious clients
If you really, really, really want to litigate, I will take that part to LSO/LSUC
So now I've got a lawyer misrepresenting the law to a legally blind person, in the effort to scare me into obeying the demands of his dubious clients
If you really, really, really want to litigate, I will take that part to LSO/LSUC
24/34 🧵#CDNpoli #Elxn44
FTR, it wasn't normal for West Block to be taken off air during the summer. In all years prior it broadcast regularly
But guess what happened the moment I said so. All the years that aired during summer were immediately deleted from @GlobalNews website
FTR, it wasn't normal for West Block to be taken off air during the summer. In all years prior it broadcast regularly
But guess what happened the moment I said so. All the years that aired during summer were immediately deleted from @GlobalNews website
25/34 🧵#CDNpoli #Elxn44
I'm already in a position to contact LSO/LSUC, given the ridiculous claim made in the prior photo
You say multiple tweets were "calculated" to "imply" Stephenson was disciplined, but the evidence shows precisely otherwise
►archive.is/NC4Xe
I'm already in a position to contact LSO/LSUC, given the ridiculous claim made in the prior photo
You say multiple tweets were "calculated" to "imply" Stephenson was disciplined, but the evidence shows precisely otherwise
►archive.is/NC4Xe
26/34 🧵#CDNpoli #Elxn44
I also won't back down that Mercedes Stephenson & @GlobalNews broadcast doctored audio
It doesn't require investigation to know that parts of the convo between Brennan & Vance were edited because 99% of Brennan is omitted
►globalnews.ca/news/8101455/c…
I also won't back down that Mercedes Stephenson & @GlobalNews broadcast doctored audio
It doesn't require investigation to know that parts of the convo between Brennan & Vance were edited because 99% of Brennan is omitted
►globalnews.ca/news/8101455/c…
27/34 🧵#CDNpoli #Elxn44
RE "...expect a new thread sometime this evening. I've resolved to deal with Mercedes Stephenson definitively"
That's exactly what I'm doing because I have reams of evidence to support my work, though it's delayed by one night due to your harassment
RE "...expect a new thread sometime this evening. I've resolved to deal with Mercedes Stephenson definitively"
That's exactly what I'm doing because I have reams of evidence to support my work, though it's delayed by one night due to your harassment
28/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
RE page 4: There's no hope in Hades I will help @GlobalNews & @MercedesGlobal set an anti #FreedomOfExpression precedent by agreeing to have all Twitter posts preemptively vetted by the people they're about
You're on your own with #censorship
RE page 4: There's no hope in Hades I will help @GlobalNews & @MercedesGlobal set an anti #FreedomOfExpression precedent by agreeing to have all Twitter posts preemptively vetted by the people they're about
You're on your own with #censorship
29/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
I'm not retracting anything, nor am I seeking Mercedes Stephenson's permission to speak. If @GlobalNews & @MercedesGlobal wish to be praised, they'll need to operate ethically & responsibly to warrant accolades based in fact
I'm not retracting anything, nor am I seeking Mercedes Stephenson's permission to speak. If @GlobalNews & @MercedesGlobal wish to be praised, they'll need to operate ethically & responsibly to warrant accolades based in fact
30/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
I'll just note that I find it curious @GlobalNews isn't prepared to silence me regarding Mercedes Stephenson's established history of reporting in a conflict of interest (from the same thread cited in your #SLAPP letter)
I'll just note that I find it curious @GlobalNews isn't prepared to silence me regarding Mercedes Stephenson's established history of reporting in a conflict of interest (from the same thread cited in your #SLAPP letter)
https://twitter.com/MsAmyMacPherson/status/1428719590494900230
31/34 🧵#CDNpoli #Elxn44
Finally, plz be advised that Mercedes Stephenson & @GlobalNews' dishonesty has caused my reputation verifiable harm
I request an apology published on globalnews.ca by 5pm on #Sept19 & for @MercedesGlobal to tweet it
►archive.is/A41NX
Finally, plz be advised that Mercedes Stephenson & @GlobalNews' dishonesty has caused my reputation verifiable harm
I request an apology published on globalnews.ca by 5pm on #Sept19 & for @MercedesGlobal to tweet it
►archive.is/A41NX
32/34 🧵#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #Elxn44
Postscript
@IshatReza: Please cease & desist with libeling me, delete your disinformed tweet, & post an apology for speaking in confusion on Twitter. You're a lawyer who should know better & LSO remains an option
►archive.is/A41NX
Postscript
@IshatReza: Please cease & desist with libeling me, delete your disinformed tweet, & post an apology for speaking in confusion on Twitter. You're a lawyer who should know better & LSO remains an option
►archive.is/A41NX
33/34 🧵#CDNpoli #Elxn44
Postscript
@MarkBourrie: Please cease & desist with libeling me, delete your defamatory tweet with zero basis in reality, & apologize on Twitter
►archive.is/ezGqG
You've already been disciplined & LSO remains an option
►archive.is/BPjX8
Postscript
@MarkBourrie: Please cease & desist with libeling me, delete your defamatory tweet with zero basis in reality, & apologize on Twitter
►archive.is/ezGqG
You've already been disciplined & LSO remains an option
►archive.is/BPjX8
34/34 🧵
For purpose of continuity, here are all 4 pages of the @GlobalNews #SLAPP letter together. I dispute each allegation as dishonest & defamatory, so much so that another lawyer @MarkBourrie is now defaming me as Qanon & spreading a #FakeNews Buffalo Chronicle conspiracy
For purpose of continuity, here are all 4 pages of the @GlobalNews #SLAPP letter together. I dispute each allegation as dishonest & defamatory, so much so that another lawyer @MarkBourrie is now defaming me as Qanon & spreading a #FakeNews Buffalo Chronicle conspiracy
35/34 🧵#CDNmedia #Elxn44
I remain confident that my evidence will meet & exceed judicial scrutiny. I kindly advise @GlobalNews to re-evaluate its pursuit of a frivolous & vexatious case against me. I have hundreds of forensically preserved files & you have only a biased opinion
I remain confident that my evidence will meet & exceed judicial scrutiny. I kindly advise @GlobalNews to re-evaluate its pursuit of a frivolous & vexatious case against me. I have hundreds of forensically preserved files & you have only a biased opinion
@threadreaderapp Unroll, please & thank you
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