The Toronto Star is Canada's largest-circulating newspaper, a venerable institution that was the inspiration for Superman's Daily Planet. They're a partisan paper in the British tradition, well understood to be in the tank for Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party.

Until now.

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The paper (and its other holdings, including the Hamilton Spectator and dozens of other papers) just sold for $52m to a new Manitoba company called Nordstar Capital LP, which promised a "commitment to progressive positions and fearless journalism."

https://www.canadalandshow.com/political-donations-made-by-new-torstar-owners/

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But as @CANADALAND revealed, the principles of Nordstar, Jordan Bitove and Paul Rivett, are long-time, major donors to Canada's Conservative party, which has drifted into Trumpian far-right, white nationalist territory.

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And among the Tories that Nordstar's principals donated to are those same far-right/white-nationalists. For example, Rivett backed both Maxime Bernier and Doug Ford.

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