Month: November 2020

democracy wherefore art thou?…

    Tech giants like Facebook and YouTube have created toxic algorithms that push people to extreme content, littered with hate speech and lies. It’s one of the ways groups spreading  disinformation are able to grow by the tens of thousands in a matter of hours.

    This latest selling point of democracy, championed by the 21 century techno class of myth makers, is the peddling of the bifurcated democratic notion and monetization of “free speech” that trumps individual justice, freedom and safety.

    Big money in those algorithms.

    Big hurt for democracy!

    spending secrecy…

      Parliamentary budget officer rebukes Trudeau government over spending secrecy

      While the government says most of the money is intended for COVID-19 relief, the PBO suggested Parliament was hamstrung in its ability to oversee government spending because of the Liberals’ secrecy.

      “While the sum of these measures is significant, the amount of information that is publicly available to track this spending is lacking, thus making it more challenging for parliamentarians to perform their critical role in overseeing government spending and holding it to account,” reads the report. 

      The budget office went on to note that the Liberals have yet to provide a complete list of COVID-19 measures announced so far, or updated estimates on how much those measures will cost.

      “This lack of data is not a result of it not being available,” the PBO report added. “The Department of Finance had been providing biweekly updates to the standing committee on finance, but stopped when Parliament was prorogued in August.”

      Source : The Canadian Press Nov 4, 2020