More DULF. Here's the cole's notes: some kids were paid by the govt to buy and sell cocaine, heroin and meth and were then arrested by the same govt for doing it.

I don't do cocaine, heroin or meth. So why am I so interested in this story? Maybe because I'm from Vancouver.

A 🧵 Vancouver lives on shifting ground—both literally and politically. It sits on the Ring of Fire, perched above plates that grind in the darkness beneath the coastline. It’s also Canada’s anarchic coastal relative—brother, sister, non-binary cousin or some combination of all three.

In a world of stephen bronsteins, be a Jim McMurtry. cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

When challenged on so-called “Liberal bail” and, specifically, Bill C-75, Justice Minister Sean Fraser admonished opposition members—and Canadians—to “read the bill” before criticizing it. So I did.

A 🧵. 1/ Given the recent spotlight on bail reform, one might assume the issue has been over-examined. In truth, Bill C-75—introduced by and passed under former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould in 2018—represents the first major overhaul of Canada’s bail system in nearly 30 years.

A woman in Vancouver was denied access to a "2SLGBTIAQ+-friendly" outdoor theatre because her hair violated the venue's "Code of Conduct Cultural Appropriation policy." This video is THE BEST. It's like a real life SNL skit. So many nuggets of gold, too — from the "blue haired manager" to Crystal calling herself "a retard" and then following it up with "I can call myself whatever I want." Every time I watch it I feel I catch something new.

LIVE: After eight weeks of trial and two dismissed juries, a final verdict is expected today in the highly weird Hockey Canada trial.

Although I was physically present in London, Ont. just a few weeks ago, I will be attending the trial remotely today and providing updates here. Concurrently, my colleague and friend @walid_tamtam will be helping to cover the ongoing sentencing hearing for Tamara Lich and Chris Barber in Ottawa, Ont—as both matters are happening simultaneously. I will try my best to provide coverage from both London and Ottawa if I can.

Someone asked us to track down a video of what appeared to be South Asian men shooting guns into the woods on-top of a Jeep Wrangler with a B.C. license plate.

Ask and ye shall receive.

Here's how we did it.

A 🧵. First, the story.

The video came to our attention earlier this week when it went viral on X.

Various commenters noted that the license plate appeared to share a resemblance with British Columbia plates.

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Been listening to the judicial interim release hearing for Gaganpreet Singh Randhawa in Supreme Court all morning.

He is the only individual who has been arrested and publicly linked to what police described as "the largest, most sophisticated drug superlab" in Canadian history. On Friday, October 25, 2024, RCMP Federal investigators conducted a series of coordinated enforcement actions across Metro Vancouver, and executed search warrants on a massive drug superlab in Falkland, BC, and associated locations in the city of Surrey, BC.

Khalistan, the trucking industry, Immigration fraud, and fentanyl trafficking: what’s the connection, if any?

A discombobulated and confusing 🧵featuring @GordMagill. 1/ He who controls the trucking industry controls the drugs: this on its own ought to be an accepted axiom of virtually all crime reporters, historians, and drug/trucking experts—or even, more generally, any interested observers in trucking, drugs, and crime.

"My theory on the last Cdn Election: You won't like it."

Canadian "conservatives" of all stripes—be it "right of centre, small 'c,' big 'C,' whatever—haven't been very kind over the last few years.

And, yes, I'm talking about you 🫵 — so please take this very personally.

A 🧵. 1/ To the "conservative/right wing" creator crowd (which I guess I'm a part of now): up until this point, you've been right about absolutely everything.

You were right about lockdowns, about vaccines, about the Convoy—you even correctly predicted the U.S. election.

Good on ya!

Canada clearly has a money laundering problem.

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You can’t just walk into a bank and deposit cartel profits. Unless it's a Canadian bank, apparently. 1/ An unelected banker is going to become prime minister of Canada apparently without being forced to answer a single critical question.

Alas, there's no better time than now, I surmise, to start asking questions about Canadian money laundering on his behalf.

Canada clearly has a fentanyl problem.

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Important questions arise over this problem: What do we do to fix it? And how much of North America's fentanyl problem is Canada's fault?

Trump's tariffs reignited the fentanyl conversation, so let's take a clear-eyed look at it: 1/ In Canada, the number is 21. That's the average deaths per day of fentanyl overdoses. In the United States, the number rises to over 200. This isn’t a small problem, it's a big problem. And if we’re going to tackle the problem, we need to look at it honestly and unemotionally.

The @JCCFCanada challenge to prorogation hearing in the federal court taught me a lot more about Section 3 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms—and I think that Section is relevant when it comes to the possibility of Mark Carney potentially becoming the Prime Minister of Canada. Section 3 says: "Every citizen of Canada has the right to vote in an election of members of the House of Commons or of a legislative assembly and to be qualified for membership therein."

UPDATE: Someone has allegedly "pulled the fire alarm" during our lunch break at the Supreme Court/Federal Court of Appeals building where Trudeau's prorogation of Parliament is being legally challenged. We're back from the fire alarm incident.

HAPPENING NOW: After a short delay and a bit of a last minute change of location, court is in session for the challenge to the Trudeau government's prorogation of Parliament. I ran into @NorthrnPrspectv along the way, who is sitting next to me in the Court of Appeals.

"A 🧵 I Wrote on the Legal Challenge to Prorogation on an Airplane to Ottawa"

1/ Justin Trudeau’s Jan. 6, 2025 “resignation speech” at Rideau Cottage went the way of Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau—it took off and blew away, like flaming flying pinecones in the wind. 2/ Remarkably, even as the PM’s notes scattered into the snow, he stayed on message: announcing his intention to resign and to prorogue Parliament ahead of a Liberal leadership race.

The Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF)'s lawyer, Sujit Choudhry, is taking the Emergencies Act to task now. He shares some really fascinating information and historical parallels between the FLQ October Crisis and the Emergencies Act. I'll have to learn more about that! "This was not Canada's January 6," Choudhry says, noting that "The Section 58 explanation did not address the requirements of Section 3A of the Emergencies Act," referring to the CSIS Act requirement, which was not met.

“Reviewing the Foreign Interference Documents”

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The Trudeau govt has confirmed its Foreign Interference Commission Report will be published by the end of this month. I've reviewed some of the documents—here are my notes and some important themes you should be aware of. 1/ The Trudeau govt does not care.

Elections Canada identified "loopholes in leadership contests" as a serious concern. The decision to proceed with a leadership race without consideration for closing these loopholes shows the Trudeau Liberals just don't care about interference.

"The Story of Gaganpreet Singh Randhawa"

The next bail hearing for the only man charged in the largest drug bust in Canadian history is set to take place tomorrow. Here's everything you need to know about Gaganpreet Randhawa:

A 🧵. 1/ Most of the information out there on Gaganpreet Randhawa is sketchy or just plain wildly imaginative. Talk of "Trans-national” crime links by the RCMP has prompted all sorts of rumors and speculation—from alleged links to the Mexican Sinaloa cartel to the Khalistan movement.

"I Found a Documentary Unlike Anything I've Ever Seen"

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Scott Kesterson's "Bards of War: Fighting Is Everything" is insane. Amidst the Canada-US spat and a lot of Canadians feel like a bag of dirt—this documentary will surely stir some maple syrup into your double double. Here it is in all of its glory. I've been told that there was once a website where you could buy it—we all should.

This is the most captivating documentary I've ever seen.

"Fake Programs By Fake People": The Unauthorized Story of the Trudeau-Singh Government's Legacy of Promising Everything and Delivering Nothing.

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From "free dental care" to "affordable housing" to "$10/day childcare" the legacy of the Trudeau gov't will be one of fakeness. 1/ Introduction:

In a world of photo ops and platitudes, the Trudeau-Singh government has mastered the art of politics as performance. But behind the curtain lies a trail of broken promises, half-baked programs, empty rhetoric, falsehoods and fraud. Let's unpack this legacy.

The real scandal of the CBC's recent story about Patrick Brown isn’t Patrick Brown—it’s the story itself. This shoddy Pravda-like production offers a case study in how not to do journalism, and a stark reminder of why public trust in media is eroding. Let’s unpack this.

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Here's the crux of this story: according to unnamed and anonymous sources, the CBC says, Indian consular officials interfered in the Conservative Party leadership race, undermining the campaign of Patrick Brown - one supposes - to help Pierre Poilievre secure the victory.