EXCLUSIVE: An elementary teacher in Windsor, Ontario berated Muslim students for skipping LGBTQ pride day, telling them their abstention was “disgusting” and “an incredible show of hatred” that makes her not want to be their educator. Recording obtained by @TrueNorthCentre. @TrueNorthCentre The incident took place at Northwood Public School. There were reports of a very high absence rate at the school on its pride day. According to Life Site News, approximately 600 out of the school’s 800 students stayed home – a 75% absentee rate. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

FACT CHECK: There is this conspiracy going around on the internet about how Pierre Poilievre's wife Ana was the CEO of COVID-19 testing company Switch Health, and that all references to this have since been scrubbed from the internet. This is COMPLETELY FALSE. (a thread 🧵) 1. Switch Health has two CO-CEOs, Marc Thomson and Dilian Stoyanov, who are both co-founders of the company. switchhealth.ca/who-we-are/

I am at Carleton University where a talk called “Journalists and Online Hate” featuring Global’s Rachel Gilmore, Columnist Erica Ifill, CBC President Catherine Tait, & Minister Marco Mendicino among others is about to start. I will share updates throughout the night below. ⬇️ Carleton journalism head Allan Thompson opens the event, warns that it will contain “harsh disturbing language.” He does a land acknowledgment, and says he is conscious as a “fifth generation settler”. Says journalists must challenge and dismantle white supremacist mindsets.

I’m at the Dominion-Chalmers Centre where Carleton University is holding an event called “Journalism Under Siege”. It’s a panel on the #FreedomConvoy with members of the legacy media. I will provide regular updates in this thread ⬇️ Despite Ontario lifting restrictions & passports, I had to show proof of vaccination to access the event. I also had to say “no” to a list of COVID screening questions. Social distancing is in place & masks are a must.

For background on the event:
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