Christopher Waddell
@cwaddell27.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
Publisher - J-Source, senior editor Canada Press Freedom Project
Publisher - J-Source, senior editor Canada Press Freedom Project
Very interesting that the money lost by colleges almost matches the money the Ontario government committed to its Skills Development Fund to distribute to its friends
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Here’s how much the cuts to Canada’s international students have hurt Ontario colleges and universities
New post-secondary figures obtained by the Star reveal massive revenue losses, expected to get worse with the latest federal cuts to foreign students.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Very interesting that the money lost by colleges almost matches the money the Ontario government committed to its Skills Development Fund to distribute to its friends
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I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This wild story by @thelocal.to involves @thewalrus.ca and a very odd lie about writing for us. Meet a catfish journalist:
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This wild story by @thelocal.to involves @thewalrus.ca and a very odd lie about writing for us. Meet a catfish journalist:
Why is the Ontario government not giving this training money to the province's colleges that are being starved of funding by the government and forced to charge exorbitant fees to international students to make up the shortfall.
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Secret data reveals which low-scoring applicants still received millions of dollars from the Ford government’s skills fund
Data obtained by the Star shows 26 applicants scoring 50 per cent or lower received $36.6 million from Premier Ford's Skills Development Fund earlier this year.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Why is the Ontario government not giving this training money to the province's colleges that are being starved of funding by the government and forced to charge exorbitant fees to international students to make up the shortfall.
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I spent some in Texas recently, looking at Trump's America a year(ish) after his election last year.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I spent some in Texas recently, looking at Trump's America a year(ish) after his election last year.
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My review of Allan Levine's Dollar a Year Men - cihe.ca/2025/11/10/t...
“The most transformative time in Canadian history” - CIHE
Review of Dollar a year men by Allan Levine, by Christopher Waddell
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November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My review of Allan Levine's Dollar a Year Men - cihe.ca/2025/11/10/t...
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An update on my column: Parliamentary committee drops most contentious parts of its demand for data on research funding. It now wants aggregated, not disaggregated data. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
An update on my column: Parliamentary committee drops most contentious parts of its demand for data on research funding. It now wants aggregated, not disaggregated data. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think
A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade
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November 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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I tried to cobble together a narrative of the industrial-scale corruption of the Trump state, and to think about why it's not breaking through.
www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/guide-to-d...
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A Guide To Donald Trump's Kleptocracy
Donald Trump is getting richer. That's a threat to democracy.
www.bugeyedandshameless.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I tried to cobble together a narrative of the industrial-scale corruption of the Trump state, and to think about why it's not breaking through.
www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/guide-to-d...
www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/guide-to-d...
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If you've been watching the Blue Jays, you've probably seen Ontario's Ring of Fire ads and if you're anything like me, flags may have gone up in your brain.
Appreciate this reporting from @thenarwhal.ca that looks into this some more.
thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...
Appreciate this reporting from @thenarwhal.ca that looks into this some more.
thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...
Don’t be fooled by the Ontario Ring of Fire ads aired during Blue Jays games | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s ads during Blue Jays World Series games suggest mines are up and running in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario, but that’s not true
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October 31, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If you've been watching the Blue Jays, you've probably seen Ontario's Ring of Fire ads and if you're anything like me, flags may have gone up in your brain.
Appreciate this reporting from @thenarwhal.ca that looks into this some more.
thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...
Appreciate this reporting from @thenarwhal.ca that looks into this some more.
thenarwhal.ca/opinion-blue...
saw David Byrne last night at Massey Hall in Toronto - spectacular show even better than described in this Variety review from a couple of weeks ago before the tour started - variety.com/2025/music/r...
Why David Byrne’s Dazzling ‘Who Is the Sky?’ Tour Is Essential: Concert Review
David Byrne's new tour is a dazzling combination of hits, deep cuts and new material with explosive visuals and the band in constant motion.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
saw David Byrne last night at Massey Hall in Toronto - spectacular show even better than described in this Variety review from a couple of weeks ago before the tour started - variety.com/2025/music/r...
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Job opening. The Globe and Mail is seeking a Quebec-based reporter to team up with Eric Andrew-Gee.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Job opening. The Globe and Mail is seeking a Quebec-based reporter to team up with Eric Andrew-Gee.
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Ontario limiting first-round applications for residency positions from international medical graduates to only those who completed at least two years of high school in the province, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #MedEd #IMGs
Ontario will apply new limits on residency applications from international medical graduates
Graduates who did not attend an Ontario high school must wait until the second round of applications
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October 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Ontario limiting first-round applications for residency positions from international medical graduates to only those who completed at least two years of high school in the province, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com #MedEd #IMGs
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I really enjoyed this Coyne column. Said tech oligarchs need to way more attentive to the way public opinion is shifting against them. Coyne is just about the furthest thing from a "soak the rich" socialist, and yet....
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Opinion: The tech oligarchy poses a unique threat to democracy
Today’s uber-rich have converted their obscene wealth into outsize power, wielded in the name of bizarre millenarian ideologies
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October 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I really enjoyed this Coyne column. Said tech oligarchs need to way more attentive to the way public opinion is shifting against them. Coyne is just about the furthest thing from a "soak the rich" socialist, and yet....
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More shit for the Ontario voter to eat. Eat it up yum.
NEW: Clients of lobby firms connected to the premier and his nephew were given tens of millions from the Skills Development Fund.
Clients of Rubicon — a lobbying firm owned by the premier’s campaign manager — got more than $100M, records show.
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Clients of Rubicon — a lobbying firm owned by the premier’s campaign manager — got more than $100M, records show.
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Clients of lobby firms connected to premier, his nephew given tens of millions in training funds
Groups represented by a lobbying firm owned by the premier’s campaign manager got more than $100 million in grant money, a Trillium analysis has found
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October 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
More shit for the Ontario voter to eat. Eat it up yum.
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"Speight Rasees collapsed on Nov. 28. The next day, during the first race, two-year-old Mad Chatter had to be euthanized." @nickhunebrown.bsky.social 📸: @chloeellingson.bsky.social @thelocal.to
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Breakdown at the Racetrack | The Local
Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of f...
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September 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Speight Rasees collapsed on Nov. 28. The next day, during the first race, two-year-old Mad Chatter had to be euthanized." @nickhunebrown.bsky.social 📸: @chloeellingson.bsky.social @thelocal.to
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