Latest from Jonathan Montpetit
CBC Investigates
How Rumble went from a family-friendly Canadian startup to a megaphone for U.S. election deniers
Started in Toronto in 2013, Rumble was once mainly known as a site where you could find wholesome pet videos. But it changed radically after investments by pro-Trump financiers.
CBC Investigates
How a B.C. business scion flipped to hawking supplements and conspiracy theories
Foster Coulson was co-president of his family’s reputable multimillion-dollar company until meeting a controversial doctor during the pandemic. The B.C. businessman has since embraced conspiracy theories and started a line of businesses that caters to the edges of the American right.
CBC Investigates
Major Russian disinfo site featuring anti-Trudeau articles prompts calls for new focus at public inquiry
The website Reliable Recent News has been identified by officials in Europe and the U.S. as a repository for pro-Kremlin articles that are distributed through a network of affiliated sites disguised to appear as legitimate news outlets.
CBC Investigates
Meet the right-wing Canadian influencers accused of collaborating with an alleged Russian propaganda scheme
The social media accounts of two Canada’s most vocal far-right pundits have fallen unusually silent after U.S. officials accused them of being collaborators of a covert Russian propaganda campaign.
Is Canada's food supply under threat from Russian hackers?
As Canadian farms increasingly become connected — with reams of farming data uploaded daily to cloud servers — they also become more exposed to cyber attacks, including from groups operating with tacit approval of the Russian government.
Analysis
How rallying around divestments helped unify Canada's pro-Palestinian movement
The encampments at Canadian schools follow months of protest marches, petitions, sit-ins and hunger strikes by pro-Palestinian activists. Some say the movement is stronger than it has ever been.
CBC Investigates
Bell Media, Angus Reid and other Canadian brands halt ads on X amid extremism concerns
Canadian advertisers are joining U.S. brands that are reconsidering their relationship with X, formerly Twitter, as hateful content has proliferated on the social media platform since it was bought by Elon Musk in October 2022.
CBC Investigates
U.S. conservatives are using Canadian research to justify anti-trans laws
A Toronto psychologist has become one of the most in-demand expert witnesses helping U.S. states defend laws that ban gender-affirming care. He says he's just sharing the science, but major medical associations disagree.
CBC Investigates
Inside the fundamentalist Christian movement that wants to remake Canadian politics
A fundamentalist Christian movement that gained momentum in Canada by challenging pandemic public health restrictions is now increasingly trying to become involved in electoral politics.
CBC Investigates
How the American anti-LGBTQ hate machine is posing a threat to Canadians
The level of hate directed at the LGBTQ community in the U.S. has reached a point where it poses a security threat to Canadians, says a former senior-ranking Canadian intelligence official.