Canada Bureau Chief @NYTimes. Previously NYT Brussels. Past lives East Africa, Europe @WSJ. Greek-Greek https://t.co/tQulNeLisI 💌matina.stevis@nytimes.com
Apr 16 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
When I moved to Toronto in August, in my neighborhood, in meetings & social gatherings, I kept hearing about Ontario Place & the Ontario govt contract w a European company to build a spa/water park. It felt like something that mattered to people so I decided to look into it
By November I had found a great researcher in Bucharest & my brilliant colleague @RebeccaRuiz had come on board to help. Rebecca is a member of our investigative team in London. We started with Romania, where Therme's spa is, diving deep into corporate filings.
Mar 19 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
SCOOP: Canada is in advanced talks to participate in the new EU military industry project, highlighting how traditional US allies are teaming up to Trump-proof their military production. The budding deal would see Canada get EU contracts to build in Canadian factories.
Two officials with direct knowledge of the advanced talks, 1 from Canada & 1 from the EU, told me that Canada is in pole position to ramp up its integration into the EU military industry and away from or parallel to the US. Carney & von der Leyen discussed in detail on Sunday.
Mar 17 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
A very interesting press conference in London with PM Carney on a number of topics. I will post several top points here.
I will start with the fact that, pressed about his revealing his personal assets by @StephanieLevitz of the Globe, the PM said he was sticking to all rules.
He was then further challenged by @RosieBarton to offer assurances that there are no conflicts of interest in his investment positions. The PM told Rosemary to “look inside herself” and accused her of starting her questioning from a position of “ill will.”
Mar 1 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
I visited the Alberta-Montana border after an RCMP release caught my eye: a group of 9 people, 5 of them children, had crossed on foot early Feb from the US. Grainy images showed 2 little girls in pink winter gear & more kids walking w adults trudging suitcases thru snow #cdnpoli
I'd been looking for a good time to visit the border to report on Canada's efforts to reinforce operations there as part of its response to Trump's demands to curb irregular migration & stave off tariffs. RCMP agreed to give me & @photobracken good access to the border & staff.
Jan 17 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
So, I spent a little time diving into the ownership of the underlying websites promoting these glaringly fake tweets on Canadians' timelines.
On April 13th I got an email from a stranger, @FayadMulla
He was on Lesbos & had footage from 2 days prior showing migrants getting rounded up on land & ditched in the Aegean by the coast guard
Did I want to see it?
If you think the answer was an easy "yes," you're wrong.
@FayadMulla I am a Greek of Eastern Aegean heritage who has spent a decade writing about migration from the E.U. & Africa.
I know how many people have tried to get compelling evidence of these widely known practice. The bar is very high, and invariably you get abused for trying.
