This is unacceptable.
The Canadian government is directly funding Russian propaganda.
Through the Canada Media Fund, the Canadian government – using our tax dollars – gave over $300,000 to a film that whitewashes Russian propaganda narratives:
“Canadian film festival @TIFF_NET (sponsored by @Rogers ) is screening a propaganda film about Russians going to Ukraine to kill Ukrainians from the Russian soldiers perspective. Screening times attached (starts in 5 days).
This was likely filmed on illegally occupied territory in Ukraine, and would have been approved by the Kremlin to give the Moscow-born filmmaker safe passage.
Given what we have seen about Kremlin money sponsoring Western influencers like Tim Pool to influence the narrative, I wouldn’t be surprised if there was sponsorship involved here for this film.
It should be investigated and this film should be pulled if it is what I think it is.”
https://twitter.com/OlegKostour/status/1831871659101553033
2/ Apparently the filmmakers movies have been broadcast by RT in the past. pic.twitter.com/hUJM6rAMeU
— Oleg Kostour 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@OlegKostour) September 6, 2024
“The Russian film being showed at the @TIFF_NET received over $300K from Canadian taxpayers. @ukrcancongress just confirmed it.
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO AMPLIFY UKRAINE’S ABUSERS.
Sick.”
https://twitter.com/tetyanaukrainka/status/1832056783872872490
“@TetyanaUkrainka @MargoGontar It’s even worse than we originally thought: the film received $340,000 from Canadian taxpayers (screen caps from email that @ukrcancongress just sent out). Fuck all the way off.”
@TetyanaUkrainka @MargoGontar It’s even worse than we originally thought: the film received $340,000 from Canadian taxpayers (screen caps from email that @ukrcancongress just sent out). Fuck all the way off. pic.twitter.com/xGe59V6jDT
— Sabrina Rani Furminger 🇺🇦🇮🇳 (@sabrinarmf) September 6, 2024
This is absolutely disgusting. Our tax dollars are being used to spread the propaganda narratives of the Russian regime, a regime waging a brutal genocidal war against Ukraine. The Russian regime is also working with China and Iran to undermine the free world, divide our country internally, and turn the world into an authoritarian nightmare.
The government must not allow this to happen again, and those who approved the use of our taxpayer dollars for Russian propaganda must be fired.
Spencer Fernando