Former Global News reporter Rachel Gilmore appeared before a House of Commons committee to speak about Russian interference and disinformation campaigns. Gilmore said Russian interference and disinformation campaigns “is obviously a very important topic, and I have some big feelings about it.” “To kick things off, I’m sure you all remember the Freedom Convoy,” said Gilmore in a Tuesday speech at a House of Commons Public Safety and National Security Committee meeting. “Well as part of my coverage at the time, I joined several Telegram channels and groups where organizers and supporters gathered to exchange everything from planning details to fringe conspiracy theories.”.However, she said what people might not have realized is Russia invaded Ukraine a few days after the Freedom Convoy. “So it was an interesting time to be monitoring all those Telegram channels because all of sudden, the ones that had been posting about the Convoy and COVID, groups with tens of thousands of members primed to distrust experts, government, media, and institutions shifted to posting about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — often claiming Russia’s invasion was justified because of reasons the government and the mainstream media won’t tell you,” she said. Canadian entrepreneur Karl Harrison said Gilmore was acting foolish. “This idiot really knows how to make a complete twat of herself,” said Harrison. .Acceptable Views publisher Alexander Brown asked if people did not have enough of User Mag publisher Taylor Lorenz this week. “We really had to bring the Canadian model to Parliament?” said Brown..Gilmore said in 2022 she does not take orders from the Canadian government about what to write. .Rachel Gilmore says she does not parrot Canadian government talking points.“I know people who say this kind of stuff don't actually read my work,” she said. “If the government did tell me what to write (spoiler: they don't) I doubt it would include this: https://globalnews.ca/news/9279581/trudeau-iran-tweet-deleted-15000-death-sentence/.”
