iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Jan 15, 2021 12:30am
It started with
Rebel News commander Ezra Levant touting an “exclusive interview” with Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, in which he “vowed to cancel all remaining joint exercises with China’s People’s Liberation Army,” and“expressed his disappointment” that “China propaganda outlets like Xinhua and the People’s Daily” have reportedly been accredited by the Parliamentary Press Gallery.
Within minutes, O’Toole’s lead spokesperson, Mélanie Paradis, took to Twitter to publicly challenge the avowedly right-wing outlet’s characterization of the story: It wasn’t an interview at all, but an email exchange between Levant and O’Toole’s press secretary one that had happened in December following the initial flurry of reports on the now-nixed Canada-China joint military training exercises.