Doug Ford has a new favorite saying — "Common-sense conservation". Environmentalists say the slogan is less about conservation than selling deregulation to the public, with little clarity on the consequences.

My latest reporting for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social

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Doug Ford’s ‘common-sense conservation’ is a fast track to extinction, experts warn.

The #Ontario government has gutted protections for endangered species to pave the way for a ‘wild west’ of unchecked development.

New from @xavierrichervis.bsky.social:

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For @torontolifemag.bsky.social, I got to cover the fascist boy wonder while he was in town for a crypto conference.

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Toronto #police move to upgrade facial recognition technology despite concerns of racial bias, surveillance overreach, and misuse at protests.

“Torontonians should see this as a real threat."

Journalist Xavier Richer Vis obtained new documents about the companies:

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#NEW: Toronto police want to obtain facial recognition tech that can "continuously compare" suspect images against new images added to its booking database. I got hold of some of the documents companies sent in.

My investigation for
@ricochetmedia.bsky.social

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Meet Eric Wickham, @pressprogress.ca’s new Ontario Reporter

For @ericwickham.ca, journalism is all about helping other people: “Good journalism is a public service.”

YO @ericwickham.ca LET’S. FUCKING. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

So the RCMP can absolutely, incontrovertibly, lie and mischaracterize what evidence they collected, and when you request that evidence, they can then say "well you didn't request the right evidence." And the whole time, the event they're lying about gets more distant, fading in people's minds.

Hustle culture but for saving the news industry from collapsing

Please welcome @andremarrgoulet.bsky.social - the director of Harbinger, my coworker at @unrigged.bsky.social, and truly the kindest man in Canadian media to Bluesky!

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke is calling for the end of Canada’s public postal service because its workers have gone on strike.

The company’s leaders are increasingly pushing extreme right-wing positions in Canada. Gutting Canada Post would effectively end delivery in many rural and remote communities.

“Among the concerns that were raised was the danger of the report being abused by Russia’s propaganda machine to undermine Ukraine.”

As if Russia isn’t going to use Canada’s refusal to release the names for propaganda.

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they’re calling the second trump term the most “reddit” administration in history

Palestinian journalists and media outlets aren't on BlueSky — and might not move here — so pleading this platform to not let a genocide become background noise amid the fun-new-club vibes

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If this works I'm going to be so happy

Eric is half right....

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Hi I'm Xavi! About me: I'm a Toronto-based investigative journalist & editor at Canadian Business magazine, who specializes in data-driven reporting (👇 an example of my work). I cover all sorts of things - policing, lobbying, all things data. Send me a DM anytime! theijf.org/doug-fords-i...

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