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Jane McDonald's avatar

That was a fantastic interview with Paul Palango. Thank you for giving him and the Portapique story the platform they deserve. Nice to see not all media have lost their instincts (your crime-reporting background shows, Jen). I read 22 Murders, visited Portapique recently, and am now halfway through Anatomy of a Cover-up. I agree with others here: Palango should get the Order of Canada.

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Jen Mazzarolo's avatar

THIS is why Canadians are losing trust in their institutions. Exactly this. Great interview Jen! Paul has also been interviewed recently on other pods. I will be getting those books.

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Steve Knechtel's avatar

Damn...Paul Palango should get the Order of Canada for telling us " how Canada works ".

So what did 2.3 Million Pal/Rpal holders get from this fucked up, beyond tragic story ?...a massive pile of UnCanadian defamatory bullshit in the form of multiple OICs and C-21.

The Liberal Govt. ( looking at you, Billy 'take back the streets' Blair ) has a lot to answer for. I am also resigned to the fact that I likely won't live long enough to see it happen; it's how Canada works.

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Freddy Lam's avatar

Not just Bill, but also Lametti (minister of Justice) and Lucki (RCMP Commissioner) at that time

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Angus MacAskill's avatar

I have not read Palango’s books, but so far what I’ve heard would be just as consistent with the RCMP trying to cover up gross incompetence in their handling of the attack, rather than a pre-existing relationship with Wortman.

Some of Palango’s statements come off to me like the words of a man who's being led by confirmation bias rather than by the facts alone. When he said something to the effect of he'd “seen this all before” and he knew what to look for, alarm bells started ringing in my head.

Although I agree with his broader points about the overall environment of secrecy in government institutions (a topic discussed on the Line many times before), and the typical Canadian “inquiry” being a tightly stage-managed affair whose goal is to spare agencies and personnel from embarrassment as much as it is to set out a factual record of what happened.

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Angus MacAskill's avatar

And the part about the victims’ families being given NDAs just floored me. How in God’s name can anyone justify that.

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JC Pyette's avatar

Very happy to see Paul Palango meeting The Line, at long last. Great conversation and a great match of fearless journalism and a bold platform that knows the value of old-school reporting.

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Jeff McGowan's avatar

What a load. Questions are not the equivalent of proof and the failure to explain everything does not negate all that is explained. It's always impressive when he fills in his own questions with grand leaps. It would be more impressive if people were not only cynics but actual skeptics.

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A Bieber's avatar

An excellent interview! I applaud Jen for asking very relevant questions!

For an in-depth look at the mass shooting and subsequent cover-up, I recommend listening to the podcast The Rodgers Brief - „Dispersing the fog“ , episodes 16-18. Adam Rodgers and Paul Palango have a frank discussion about the subject.

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Ian Nolan's avatar

It wouldn’t surprise me. I only heard of their Moonlight Tours practice a few months ago, and that’s not to even mention stifling any inquiry into Highway 16, “the Highway of Tears”, which they’ve been dragging their feet on for whatever reason.

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Applied Epistemologist's avatar

Live tomorrow: is the Pope Catholic?

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