Monday, November 2, 2020

Another Day, Another Liberal Scandal Brewing: Facebook Oversight or Lobbying? Will Canadians Ever Learn?

Here comes the next Liberals' scandal walking straight down Yonge St plain as day.  Still have not learned from scandalous lobbying fiascos of the past...

"...FRIENDS [of Canadian Broadcasting] is alarmed to learn of the cozy relationship between one of Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s most senior officials … and Facebook’s most senior Canadian lobbyist,” the organization’s executive director, Daniel Bernhard, wrote in a letter to Guilbeault Thursday.

Of particular alarm for Bernhard is the fact that Chan told Ripley that he was open to hiring public servants who took a temporary leave of absence from their department to come work for Facebook. They could then later return to their public sector jobs.

“Incredibly, Mr. Ripley saw no problem with Facebook’s suggestion that these staffers return to public office after a short stint at Facebook, so that they could resume regulating the company that had just paid them handsomely,” Bernhard wrote to the minister..."

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