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Charles Rusnell
@charlesrusnell
Independent investigative journalist. Ex CBC, Edmonton Journal, Ottawa Citizen. Send tips in confidence to journalismtips@protonmail.com
May 9, 2024 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Here's an email exchange I had with Paul Moore, who was recently named CBC's head of Journalism Standards and Practices. In April 2020, when I worked at CBC, I found out premier Jason Kenney directly interfered in the hiring process for a new mental health and seniors advocate. 1
Image Instead, Kenney had health minister Tyler Shandro appoint UCP executive director Janice Harrington to the job. I pitched the story to Paul Moore, who was my manager. What followed was a 10-minute argument in which he insisted it's not the media's job to call out cronyism. 2
Jun 19, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
It's completely unfair. You're suggesting that anyone who criticizes the govt, is political. Dr. Zaidi was a UCP riding association board member, which is how he knew Shandro. How do you explain that contradiction? And you have no idea if the doctors are UCP supporters. 1 Carson states that even though they didn't file complaints, "based on their public statements about the government, it is fair to interpret their complaints as being coloured by politics." Except again, they didn't complain, they didn't offer to testify, they were compelled. 2
Jun 19, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
No, that is not what I said. No surprise that you're again being dishonest. You wrote a column based on the premise that some doctors, including Dr. Dukeshire, filed a complaint with the law society to "depose" @tylershandro. Except they didn't file complaints. That is a fact. 1 And another fact, the law society compelled them to testify in Shandro's hearing. But instead of admitting you made a major error and hung an entire sleazy attack on these people on that error, you're doubling down. 2
Jun 18, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
The premise of this column by @sarkonakj is false because she got a critical underpinning fact wrong. 1 #ableg
Jamie Sarkonak: Alberta's law society usurps public by going after Tyler Shandro nationalpost.com/opinion/jamie-… via @nationalpost @sarkonakj claims "a few doctors are trying to depose (now former) United Conservative Party provincial cabinet minister Tyler Shandro, who is a lawyer, by complaining to his professional regulator."
Except, the complainant was not a doctor nor was any witness at the hearing. 2
Nov 9, 2021 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
Remember this story? @ElectionsAB posted info about the equalization referendum that three constitutional law experts said was false, misleading and partisan. cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… #ableg #cdnpoli 1/ In the interview for the story, @electionab's Pamela Renwick insisted the info posted was accurate. She she said he it had been vetted by @trevortombe. Except, as I reported, I checked with him and he told me he didn't vet it and it was wrong. 2/
Mar 29, 2019 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
In response to popular demand, I'll take another crack at the series of chronological tweets about the kamikaze controversy I posted this morning. #ableg @jKenney and Jeff Callaway have denied Kenney’s campaign ran Callaway as a so-called “kamikaze” candidate. And Kenney says he only learned Callaway was resigning to endorse him night before it happened. What does the chronology of events show? 1/ #ableg