{"id":93688,"date":"2023-06-17T19:02:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T00:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=93688"},"modified":"2023-06-17T19:02:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T00:02:42","slug":"93688","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=93688","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BLUF<br \/>\nAbout this potential conflict of interest, retired Canadian colonel David Redman\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/retired-colonel-says-media-act-as-shills-for-govt-as-canadians-sound-off-on-filtering-of-news\/\">recently testified<\/a>\u202fthat legacy media outlets are<em><strong> \u201cministries of propaganda,\u201d<\/strong> <\/em>with multiple\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/former-cbc-reporter-says-outlet-suppressed-negative-stories-about-covid-shots-lockdowns\/?utm_source=\">former mainstream media employees<\/a>\u00a0also making similar comments about their past employers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/media-blames-climate-change-for-canadian-wildfires-despite-arrest-of-multiple-arsonists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media blames \u2018climate change\u2019 for Canadian wildfires despite arrest of multiple arsonists<\/a><br \/>\n<em>While the mainstream media continues to point to &#8216;climate change&#8217; as the source of the wildfires, reports show that multiple people have been arrested in connection with dozens of intentionally set fires in the country.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/lifesitenews.com\/\">LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2014 Despite the arrest of multiple arsonists, the mainstream media in Canada seems intent on attributing the nation\u2019s recent wildfires to \u201cclimate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As wildfires continue to spread across western, and now central and eastern Canada, burning forestland and homes, the mainstream media\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/climate\/canada-wildfire-data-change-1.6854186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continues<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/wildfires-climate-change-carbon-88-1.6852178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">imply<\/a>\u00a0that climate change is the main culprit, despite a growing number of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/news\/local-news\/cold-lake-area-man-facing-10-arson-charges-after-string-of-wildfires-blazes-rcmp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/7923834\/alberta-wildfires-arson-bonnyville-lac-la-biche\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showing that arsonists<\/a>\u00a0have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9673400\/arson-alberta-wildfires-intentionally-set-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a>\u00a0for allegedly setting dozens of fires.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral arsonists have been arrested in the past weeks in different provinces for lighting forest fires,\u201d People\u2019s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaximeBernier\/status\/1666446446076260352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cBut the lying woke media and politicians keep repeating that global warming is the cause.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Several arsonists have been arrested in the past weeks in different provinces for lighting forest fires. But the lying woke media and politicians keep repeating that global warming is the cause.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rdZsnG9b6F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/rdZsnG9b6F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaximeBernier\/status\/1666446446076260352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The severe nature of the wildfires has caused Canadians to wonder why they have spread so rapidly, especially as many of the affected areas are not typically impacted by wildfires of this degree or at this time of the year.<\/p>\n<p>In the past months, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have arrested several arsonists who have been charged with lighting fires across several provinces including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/atlantic.ctvnews.ca\/police-in-n-s-report-two-cases-of-arson-in-new-glasgow-1.6420967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nova Scotia<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca\/en\/news\/2023\/person-arrested-whitehorse-rcmp-suspicious-fire-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yukon<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bc.ctvnews.ca\/arrest-made-in-arson-that-destroyed-kelowna-convenience-store-rcmp-say-1.6430111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Columbia,<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9673400\/arson-alberta-wildfires-intentionally-set-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alberta<\/a>. The motive behind lighting the fires is unclear.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>One Albertan, John Cook, has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/news\/local-news\/cold-lake-area-man-facing-10-arson-charges-after-string-of-wildfires-blazes-rcmp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested and charged<\/a>\u00a0with 10 counts of arson after setting a string of wildfires in and around Cold Lake, a hamlet near Edmonton.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition to damaging vehicles and structures, Cook was charged with setting aflame the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9659136\/rcmp-suspicious-fire-church-alberta-cold-lake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints<\/a>\u00a0in Cherry Grove, Alberta.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A Vancouver man charged with arson has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bc.ctvnews.ca\/arrest-made-in-arson-that-destroyed-kelowna-convenience-store-rcmp-say-1.6430111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a>\u00a0until his trial on October 9, with Cpl. Michael Gauthier asserting that he is not a risk to light further fires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subscribe-form-inserted\">\u201cThis incident was not random in nature and we do not believe there is risk to other members of the public or businesses from the individual who was arrested,\u201d Gauthier stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subscribe-form-inserted\">Despite the numerous arrests, mainstream media outlets continue to publish articles attributing the wildfires to climate change.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRise in extreme wildfires linked directly to emissions from oil companies in new study,\u201d the\u00a0<em>Canadian Broadcasting Corporation\u00a0<\/em>(CBC)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/wildfires-climate-change-carbon-88-1.6852178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanadian forest fires are the latest costly climate disaster that public accounts fail to capture,\u201d another CBC headline\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business\/fires-climate-accounting-column-don-pittis-1.6846066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read<\/a>.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cClimate change is increasing the risks of wildfires in the country, experts say,\u201d Global News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9735170\/nova-scotia-wildfires-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attested<\/a>.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW68802887 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW68802887 BCX2\">Despite these claims,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW68802887 BCX2\" href=\"https:\/\/cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca\/ha\/nfdb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW68802887 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW68802887 BCX2\">statistics<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW68802887 BCX2\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW68802887 BCX2\">\u00a0from\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW68802887 BCX2\">Canadian National Fire Database<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW68802887 BCX2\">\u00a0reveal that wildfires across Canada have decreased in recent years, having peaked in 1989.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_876986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-876986\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-876986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CNFDB-graph-charting-wildfires-in-Canada-since-1980.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1228\" height=\"723\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-876986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graph from the Canadian National Fire Database showing wildfire prevalence in Canada from 1980 to 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Notably, the mainstream media outlets attributing the increase of wildfires to climate change have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/exclusive_news_media_who_secretly_took_trudeaus_61m_pre-election_pay-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received funding<\/a>\u00a0from the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, which is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/trudeaus-proposed-fertilizer-restrictions-face-growing-pushback-over-food-shortage-concerns\/\">actively pushing<\/a>\u00a0for increased bans on using natural resources in Canada to combat \u201cclimate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About this potential conflict of interest, retired Canadian colonel David Redman\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/retired-colonel-says-media-act-as-shills-for-govt-as-canadians-sound-off-on-filtering-of-news\/\">recently testified<\/a>\u202fthat legacy media outlets are \u201cministries of propaganda,\u201d with multiple\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/former-cbc-reporter-says-outlet-suppressed-negative-stories-about-covid-shots-lockdowns\/?utm_source=\">former mainstream media employees<\/a>\u00a0also making similar comments about their past employers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLUF About this potential conflict of interest, retired Canadian colonel David Redman\u202frecently testified\u202fthat legacy media outlets are \u201cministries of propaganda,\u201d with multiple\u00a0former mainstream media employees\u00a0also making similar comments about their past employers. 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