I don't think so. It delves a little into "politics as sports," which I never appreciate, but Jason Markusoff isn't prone to carrying water for Smith or the UCP.
Based on your description, I don't think your father would have qualified for MAID in its current form - recipients must be able to provide informed consent immediately before receiving medical assistance in dying, with very narrow exceptions.
That seems like a little much - there's plenty of foreign media that produces worthwhile content.
Blacklisting certain outlets, on the other hand...
He's not Mr. Right...but he is Mr. Right Now.
Dominion Review is a Canadian publication providing novel and dissenting perspectives on issues that matter to our country.
Oh.
And look at that, the site's editor has been published in...
-The Epoch Times (19 times!)
-The Financial Post (4 times)
-The Vancouver Sun (twice)
-The Western Standard
And other publications that I'm sure are highly esteemed and worth our time.
I guess they think "respectful and firm" is their best shot at taking a stand without alienating their base.
I don't think it's going to play.
I truly wish I had some advice for you, but I honestly have no idea what to say to someone who thinks a "news" source like that is worth a grain of salt.
I found their website (not going to link it here), and it looks like a bog-standard right-wing misinfo outlet to me.
The overall advisory level remains green, "Take normal security precautions."
The whole thing was ill-advised, and the execution makes it even worse.
In the picture, the white line crossing it out looks more like vandalism than part of the actual ad.
"I provided a specific list of demands the next prime minister, regardless of who that is, must address within the first six months of their term to avoid an unprecedented national unity crisis," Smith said in a statement Thursday after a morning meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Alberta capital.
So it's extortion, then.
Sure, but I think...
...covers that pretty effectively.