How propaganda works in #Canada: Compare how many times @CBC state broadcaster covered #JulianAssange who revealed #US-@NATO war crimes v. #AlexeiNavalny who was supported by US-NATO. CBC has only 391 results for #Assange & 1 story in 2 years despite extradition threat. 1/4 🧵 By contrast, @CBC has 3442 articles for #Navalny that's 10X more than #Assange👇 West supported Navalny even though he had extreme right wing, racist positions i.e. against immigrants, but because Navalny opposed Putin. West wants regime change in #Russia & 🇨🇦 media helping. 2/4

1/10 PM @JustinTrudeau & #NATO @jensstoltenberg just visited #Canada’s biggest fighter jet base, CFB Cold Lake, in #Alberta. Canadians should know that the land for this @RCAF_ARC base & air weapons range was stolen from First Nations 70 years ago. bit.ly/3CxYLCb 🧵⬇️ 2/From 1952-1960 Liberal govt gave minimal compensation to Dene & Cree peoples for taking land then stopped all payments. Loss of land had devastating consequences: poverty, despair & trauma. They lost traditional hunting grounds & sacred sites that were under Treaties 6, 8 & 10.

1/5 On #NationalPeacekeepersDay, it's important to confront the myth that #Canada is a #peacekeeping country - it's not. Canada is ranked #71 in world w only 54 soldiers wearing @UN blue helmets, according to @UNPeacekeeping statistics: bit.ly/3zJDWR1 ⬇️ 🧵 2/ In 2015 @JustinTrudeau govt came to power promising more peacekeeping, but didn't. In 2017 govt also launched #ElsieInitiative to increase women in @UN #peaceoperations, but only 18 Canadian ♀️ are on #peacekeeping. #Canada doesn't do peacekeeping because it doesn't want to.

1/5 Latest by Chris Hedges: "@NATO and the arms industry that depends on it for billions in profits, has become the most aggressive & dangerous military alliance on the planet." He's right, but what does #Canada 🇨🇦 think of #NATO & arms dealers? 🧵
bit.ly/3OWwXe8 2/5 For #Canada, "@NATO is the cornerstone of Canadian security and defence policy." It's the basis of not only Canadian defence policy but also our foreign policy: bit.ly/2KMm1CX ⬇️ Yet as Hedges writes, #NATO is a "global war machine". 🇨🇦 is part of this war machine.

1/Hey @Justin_Ling, regarding your hit job on @EvaKBartlett on @CBC, you failed to mention that your special guest @timsquirrell works for @ISDglobal, which is funded by #US govt, Republican & CIA-affiliated donors & is partnered w pro-@NATO think tanks.🧵 2/Despite its claims, @ISDglobal is not independent but closely aligned with funders and partners linked to the US @StateDept, @NATO countries and pro-#Ukraine & anti-#Russia organizations like the @OpenSociety. It gets worse. bit.ly/3usGvFe