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How one Canadian is trying to keep a fast-growing social media platform troll-free
Canadian Aaron Rodericks is head of trust and safety for Bluesky Social. Can he keep the rapidly growing social media platform free of trolls and misinformation, and stop foreign actors from using Bluesky to try to interfere in Canada's next election?
Chrystia Freeland — the minister with the mile-wide mandate — leaves a massive hole in cabinet
Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from cabinet. Does it mean the end of her political career?
Did Justin Trudeau's meeting with Donald Trump break a 225-year-old U.S law?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s meeting with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump last week likely violated a 225-year-old U.S. law, but experts say it's highly unlikely that Trump will face any consequences.
MPs call on owner of pulp and paper firm to testify on links to controversial company
Parliament’s Natural Resources committee voted unanimously Monday to call on Paper Excellence owner Jackson Wijaya to testify, following news that he is assuming sole control of controversial pulp and paper giant Asia Pulp and Paper from his father.
Minister notes 'concerning' reports about pulp and paper giant's behaviour, vows to monitor situation
The Canadian government will monitor Canada’s largest pulp and paper company to ensure it respects the promises it made the federal government as the company’s owner takes over his family’s controversial Indonesian-Chinese pulp and paper conglomerate, Natural Resource Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told a parliamentary committee Wednesday.
Canadian MPs among social media users pivoting from X to Bluesky in the wake of U.S. vote
In the wake of the U.S. election, many social media users have started to migrate from X to Bluesky, including some Canadian MPs. The move also comes as some experts warn that X and its owner Elon Musk could influence the next Canadian election.
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'We got completely played for suckers,' MP says of recent takeovers in Canadian forestry
Opposition MPs are aghast that after buying up two major Canadian companies, the foreign owner of one of Canada’s biggest forestry businesses is now also formally taking over an Indonesian-Chinese pulp and paper conglomerate from his family — a company he has long denied operating in tandem with.
RCMP plans to go undercover online to trap violent extremists
Faced with the threat of ideologically motivated violent extremism, which has resulted in several attacks in recent years, RCMP officers will be carrying undercover surveillance online, engaging with suspected extremists.
Staffing at Canada's embassy in Moscow falls to 'bare bones' level
Staffing at Canada's embassy in Moscow has dropped so low that if Canada were to expel any Russian diplomats from Canada, it could result in the embassy's closure.
Trudeau tells inquiry some Conservative parliamentarians are involved in foreign interference
In astonishing testimony before the foreign interference inquiry Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he has the names of Conservative parliamentarians who are involved in foreign interference.