Honoured to testify before Parliament about transnational repression - especially alongside courageous voices like @therchinsherap and Maria Cheung. Thanks to @shuvaloymajumdar for asking about the pressing need for Parliament to pass @jamesbezan’s Magnitsky amendment bill S219.

Refreshing to chat about the threat of health related foreign influence with people on the real front lines: medical professionals + leaders who protect our health + nearly 1,500 in the room. Terrific discussion w/ the ever-inspiring Tim Caulfield, Sen Kutcher + @formerantivax.bsky.social

RT & Tucker Carlson Target Canada’s Sovereignty, Urging US Sponsored Regime Change - DisinfoWatch RT’s Twitter account has published an edited version of a Tucker Carleson  video that suggests that the United States should use force to influence Canada a change in Canada’s government,...

RT is laundering Tucker Carlson’s calls for regime change in Canada, annexation as the “51st state,” and stoking Alberta grievance politics.

This is how foreign propaganda attacks Canadian unity, sovereignty + inflames separation narratives.

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A typically repulsive Medvedev and RT attack on Estonian + Ukrainian territorial integrity laced with misogynistic hate directed @kajakallas.bsky.social

Kremlin-linked X cluster targets Estonia’s sovereignty and Kaja Kallas - DisinfoWatch Several Kremlin-aligned accounts are pushing a neo-imperialist narrative built on historical manipulation, falsification, and a blatantly misogynistic attack on Kaja Kallas. The campaign follows a fam...

Former Russian President Medvedev + RT are pushing Russian neo-imperial narratives targeting Estonia’s sovereignty + Ukraine’s territorial integrity.

They mix historical falsification with misogynistic attacks on Kaja Kallas to legitimize Kremlin revanchism.

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'I think he overplayed his hand': Expert on being questioned by MP Ma on forced labour in China YouTube video by CTV News

Canada’s Parliament recognized the PRC’s treatment of Uyghurs as genocide in 2021. Now a former Conservative, and sitting Liberal Canadian MP appears to reject the existence of forced labour camps in Xinjiang. Utterly appalling.

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I had the great pleasure and privilege of speaking with Brazilian journalists, civil society leaders, and government officials about Canada’s experience with foreign information and influence operations this week. Canada ignored these threats for too long; I hope Brazil can learn from our mistakes.

Resuming our🧵”Fascist Russia is a Threat to Canada”, see the great @kyivindependent.com article👇- it cites @marcuskolga.bsky.social that
Moscow has escalated influence ops in 🇨🇦. As @stankutcher.sencanada.ca rightly notes: "We may not think we're at war with Russia, but Russia is at war with us."

Dan Boeckner est un tankie raciste. Il supportait l'invasion de l'Ukraine.

A Canadian musician deeply offends Estonians, draws the ire of expats Dan Boeckner, a 48-year-old Canadian musician, on 12 March posted on X deeply offensive remarks about Estonians, drawing the ire of Estonian expats in Canada and elsewhere.

Arcade Fire guitarist launches apallignly hateful anti-Estonian and misogynistic attack on former PM Kaja Kallas: estonianworld.com/life/a-canad...

Globe editorial: Iran is a new front in the fight against the authoritarian bloc There are many risks, but the U.S.-Israeli attacks could mean the end of a repressive regime allied with Putin’s Russia

Thinking of the innocent lives stolen, and the terror millions have endured in Ukraine and across the Middle East, fueled by Iran’s Shahed drones and weapons of terror. International law failed to protect them. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

Canadian AI software could flip Russia's disinformation war on Europe A new artificial intelligence (AI) agent could equip Europe to better defend itself against the barrage of Russian disinformation attacks. Cipher is Canadian-developed AI software that has proven to ...

“Cipher is a human-in-the-loop AI agent system that requires a user to oversee the process to detect Russian disinformation campaigns in English.”

Quotes @marcuskolga.bsky.social

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Rapid and persistent AI assisted monitoring and analysis of foreign authoritarian disinformation can enable rapid, preemptive inoculation against emerging narratives.

Great to see Canada’s Cipher AI’s capabilities highlighted by the Kyiv Independent:

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Canadian researchers develop AI tool to fight online disinformation Researchers say artificial intelligence has helped them ramp up the fight against online disinformation meant to divide Canadians and distort perceptions of reality.

Proud to be part of a Canadian team developing an AI tool to detect and counter online disinformation. We need scalable AI to detect and counter information warfare in real time. Builds on years work at DisinfoWatch to strengthen our ability to expose + respond fast. www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...

Russian hits Ukraine energy sites in 'most powerful blow" so far this year The attack - which reportedly consisted of more than 70 missiles and 450 drones - comes after a so-called "energy truce" expired at the weekend.

Russia is weaponizing -20°C cold to kill civilians by destroying Ukraine’s power, heat, and water. There’s no time for expressions of concern. The West must establish a humanitarian SkyShield over Ukraine. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Moscow to MAGA: Pro-Kremlin Pravda Network Amplifying Alberta Separatism - DisinfoWatch The Pravda News Network has been identified by France’s Viginum, as the distribution platform for the Russian “Portal Kombat” disinformation operation.  The claims in this post are anchored in current...

🚨The pro-Kremlin Pravda network is amplifying false claims about Alberta separatism, including a MAGA fantasy “+2 U.S. senators” payoff. Alberta isn’t a U.S. state. Kremlin-aligned disinfo targeting Canadian unity. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/mosc...

Impose sanctions on refineries that buy Russian crude oil to end war, says Bill Browder Putin critic says plants in China, India and Turkey are funnelling up to $1bn a day to Kremlin

Eight refineries are funneling $500m–$1bn a day to Moscow by buying Russian oil. Sanction them, and Putin’s war economy collapses within six months says @billbrowder.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...

In an uncertain climate, Canada needs a civil defence corps Sweden and Estonia, among other countries, have demonstrated that democratic preparedness does not require panic

Defensive and democratic preparedness isn’t panic, it’s part of deterrence. Canada must follow the Estonian, Swedish and Finnish examples to prepare Canadians for future crisis and conflict and establish a civil defence corps. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e82d8...

These far-left pro-authoritarian extremists have no sense of irony 😂

NDP blocks Yves Engler’s wife from leadership race, calling her a proxy candidate The party’s vetting committee said Bianca Mugyenyi was ‘advancing the political vision of a rejected candidate’

Engler’s NDP candidacy was rightly rejected for “echoing ‘Russian state propaganda’” about Ukraine and NATO. “The Canadian Foreign Policy Institute” is equally active in spreading such narratives. Good move by the NDP. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e82d8...

Russian Pravda News Platform Amplifying Alberta Secessionist Events - DisinfoWatch Russia’s Pravda News Network has published what appears to be an AI generated video promoting an Alberta secessionist rally schedule for Monday, January 26, on its Russian VK social...

🚨 DisinfoWatch has identified a Russian-linked Pravda disinformation network amplifying Alberta secessionist events.
The Pravda network amplifies Kremlin narratives to stoke division and undermine Canada’s cohesion, and among allied democratic nations. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/russ...

Russia and Ukraine discussing peace talks in Abu Dhabi, unknown if new deal is coming YouTube video by CTV News

Vladimir Putin expresses Russia’s “commitment to peace” every night by bombing Ukrainian cities and terrorizing, freezing, and killing civilians — and Trump, along with his real estate agent Witkoff, is enabling it.

My two cents for CTV News last night:
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A painfully obvious warning of the coming tsunami of MAGA- and Trump-aligned influence operations targeting Canada’s national cohesion.

Trump: "RECORD NUMBERS ALL OVER THE PLACE! SHOULD I TRY FOR A FOURTH TERM?"

So according to Nora Loreto, Chrystia Freeland is responsible for a million casualties in Ukraine.

Not Putin who invaded Ukraine and refused every call for a ceasefire.

The queen of bad takes.

A vulgar and explicit threat against Canada this morning. Canadians must prepare now to defend our nationhood and sovereignty.

Bannon claims Canada is “hostile” to the United States and "Hemispheric Defence" - DisinfoWatch In a recent podcast, close Trump associate, Steve Bannon suggested that Canada is both a threat and a “ vital national security interest” to the United States and “these people...

Donald Trump associate, Steve Bannon, claims Canada is “hostile” to the United States and central to “Hemispheric defence” — echoing a broader narrative that paints Canada as a strategic threat rather than a partner. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/bann...

RT falsely claims “CANADA WILL DECLARE WAR ON USA FOR GREENLAND — CARNEY” - DisinfoWatch A Twitter/X post on Russian state platform RT, twists Canadian PM Mark Carney’s remarks about supporting Danish/Greenland sovereignty within NATO into a false war declaration. Multiple independent rec...

RT falsely claims Canada will declare war on the US over Greenland, allegedly citing PM Mark Carney. This is entirely fabricated. Canada supports Greenland’s sovereignty through diplomacy and not war. It's designed to divide allies and incite panic. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/rt-f...

Canada at war with Russia? Why the debate has shifted from ‘if’ to ‘when’ Baltic countries offer Canada a clear blueprint for countering Russian coercion, preparing for crisis and building resilience without surrendering democratic values.

University of Regina's Dr. @brianmcquinn.bsky.social and @marcuskolga.bsky.social say that Canada, like our Baltic allies in Europe, must prepare for what is looking increasingly like an inevitability: war with Russia.

Read more in @ca.theconversation.com: bit.ly/45fI9g2

Canada at war with Russia? Why the debate has shifted from ‘if’ to ‘when’ Baltic countries offer Canada a clear blueprint for countering Russian coercion, preparing for crisis and building resilience without surrendering democratic values.

Canada must learn from Estonia + Baltic allies to prepare for Russian aggression: sabotage, airspace violations, cyberattacks, and relentless information campaigns. No longer if, but when. theconversation.com/canada-at-wa...