Latest from Jonathan Montpetit
Charging a soldier with terrorism may be a first, but Canadian military has history of extremism in its ranks
Suspected cases of right-wing extremism are not new to the Canadian Forces. It’s been a recurring issue for over 30 years, one the military has dealt with intermittent resolve and uneven results.
How young men are changing what conservatism looks like in Canada
During Canada’s last federal election, roughly equal numbers of young men and women voted Conservative. Since then, young people have gone in opposite directions: young women identify increasingly as progressive, and young men increasingly as conservative.
Fact-checking has become partisan. Can it survive the backlash from conservatives and Big Tech?
Meta’s decision to end its fact-checking program is causing a reckoning among fact-checkers about the value and effectiveness of their work amid the daily tidal wave of falsehoods.
Bots and Indian TV push fake news about Canada in wake of Hindu temple clashes
A wave of misinformation about Canadian institutions is being amplified by suspected bot accounts on social media and by pro-Modi news outlets in India, raising concerns it could imperil relations between Sikhs and Hindus in Canada.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.