I went on The Breakdown yesterday to talk to Nate Pike about my book, Dark Phoenix: The Rise, Fall, and Re-emergence of Danielle Smith, the fallout from the referendums, Smith’s relationship with the separatist movement, right-wing populism and journalistic ethics.
Nate was the first interviewer to ask me whether the title is an X-Men reference. Tune in below to hear the answer!
Despite the facts that defacing a statue with easily removeable water based paint IS classified as vandalism and denying it besmirches, and criminalizes the reputation of the "vandal", there was no real damage to the property which object should be the focus.
The bust of a Ukrainian Nationalist mass murderer,Roman Shukheyvych, who was responsible for the death of thousands of Poles, jews and others during WW2.
A figure now venerated in Ukraine, a country under a martial law regime that Canada supports to the tune of $Billions.
Duncan Kinney, using a technically criminal, yet victimless act, and writing about it exposed this abhorrent monument to a mass murderer, Ukrainian Nationalism and Canadian Ukrainian complicity in this.
This was not arson, there was no injury or lasting damage to property.
It was a political act, drawing attention to dark secrets that still have yet to be revealed.
When will the government release the full Deschene redacted report?