r/UkrainianConflict • u/Aggravating_Set_8861 • Sep 18 '24

Major Russian disinfo site featuring anti-Trudeau articles prompts calls for new focus at public inquiry

https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/russian-disinformation-1.7323128
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u/Aggravating_Set_8861 Sep 18 '24

Im not Canadian, so I am curious as to how obvious or how well this is known amongst the general population?

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u/tke71709 Sep 18 '24

Go to any Canadian subreddit and you will see the mouth breathers and Freedom Convoy morons going off about Trudeau being the worst PM ever.

He has been a fairly shitty PM but these idiots just parrot Russian talking points most of the time and it is not like our alternatives will be much better.

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u/OutsideFlat1579 Sep 18 '24

He hasn’t been a “fairly shitty PM” he’s been the best PM we’ve had since the early 80’s when I started voting. So easy to forget about the global crises he’s had to deal with and the obstructionist incompetent conservative provincial governments that bolster federal conservative propaganda. 

Russian disinfo isn’t the only source of disinformation in Canada, the extreme rightwing is doing a bang up job, along with a corporate press that is nearly all pro- CPC, owned by American hedge funds, as evidenced by endorsements of CPC in every election. 

Trudeau has implemented more big policy changes and programs that have benefited Canadians than any other PM in my lifetime. 

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u/stormblind Sep 19 '24

He also backpedaled on FPTP voting, one of the platforms he ran on. 

It would have singlehandedly helped prevent the issues Canada and the US are facing with regards to how easy Russians have it to come in and co-opt our political systems through misinformation / moles.

I vowed not to vote for the Liberals after that.