Orwell lives!

I see where Chrystia Freeland's never-ending Vixen of Virtue tour is scheduling a "Press Freedom Summit" in London this summer, but I'm not sure why. After all, Canada ranks 18th world-wide in press freedoms, according to Reporters Without Borders, while the UK ranks 40th. Isn't that a bit like Angola and Cuba co-hosting a World Hockey Summit?

I've a hunch that as we lurch towards our autumn election the media will be ramping up the booga-booga about Russian meddling. Maybe our recently announced Critical Election Protocol Group can get some pointers on sniffing out Ruskie monkey business from the pros at Britain's "Integrity Initiative."

Unfortunately, when you get to their website you find a message saying all content has been removed pending an investigation into data theft that was intended to undermine their work in defending the free world from disinformation.

The good news is that their stolen stuff is now readily available on Russian websites RT and Sputnik! Sure makes for some interesting reading. The guardians of democracy seem to be long on initiative but dangerously short on integrity. They've been busy beavers planting their chosen "experts" (Bill Browder tops one such list) in major media across all platforms and smearing the government's political enemies!

In short, it's basically an anti-Russian propaganda outfit, funded by the British government and NATO, and one thing it certainly is not about is press freedom.