Davide Mastracci
@davide.readthemaple.com
Opinion editor @readthemaple.com Articles: https://www.readthemaple.com/author/davide-mastracci/ Website: https://davidemastracci.com/
NEW: I reached out to the pro-Israel forces who have been trying to get me imprisoned to ask how their campaigns are going. www.readthemaple.com/i-asked-peop...
I Asked People Trying To Get Me Imprisoned How It’s Going
My journalism on Canadians who join the IDF has made me the target of pro-Israel forces.
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NEW: WestJet Flight Attendants Are Ready To Make History www.readthemaple.com/westjet-flig...
WestJet Flight Attendants Are Ready To Make History
By overwhelmingly voting to strike, the workers may finally force an airline to take the issue of unpaid work seriously.
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NEW: The Liberals have awarded up to $34 million to a U.S. defence giant they claim is Canadian, writes @emmapaling.bsky.social www.readthemaple.com/liberals-awa...
Liberals Award Millions To U.S. Company They Say Is Canadian
The government funded Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of defence giant RTX, formerly Raytheon.
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NEW: I wrote a small guide explaining how to archive things you see online and why you should. Archiving is essential for journalists, researchers and activists, and the more of us who get in the habit of archiving what we find, the better. www.readthemaple.com/heres-how-to...
Here’s How To Archive Online Content, And Why You Should
Archiving is essential for researchers, journalists and activists to do their work, and all of us can play a role in it
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NEW: I wrote a piece arguing that Zionism is Canada’s most-successful hate movement. www.readthemaple.com/zionism-is-c...
Zionism Is Canada’s Most-Successful Hate Movement
The Jewish-supremacist ideology motivating genocide has widespread support among Canada’s elites.
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NEW: I took an in-depth look at the Zionist narrative on the shootings of Jewish institutions in Toronto, and came to the conclusion that it’s bullshit that has been used to restrict our civil liberties. Read my investigation to find out why. www.readthemaple.com/the-zionist-...
The Zionist Narrative On ‘Antisemitic’ Shootings Is Bullshit
The false claim that shooters were motivated by Palestine protests has been used to help strip civil liberties.
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NEW: Rabba, a Palestinian-owned convenience store chain in the Greater Toronto Area, is selling Israeli produce. Israeli produce is a BDS “priority boycott target.” www.readthemaple.com/rabba-is-sel...
Rabba, A Palestinian-Owned Chain, Is Selling Israeli Produce
The BDS National Committee lists Israeli produce as a “priority boycott target.”
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NEW: Rabba, a Palestinian-owned convenience store chain in the Greater Toronto Area, is selling Israeli produce. Israeli produce is a BDS “priority boycott target.” www.readthemaple.com/rabba-is-sel...
Rabba, A Palestinian-Owned Chain, Is Selling Israeli Produce
The BDS National Committee lists Israeli produce as a “priority boycott target.”
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NEW: Israel has been contacting the Carney government regarding alleged antisemitism in Canada this year, but Global Affairs Canada is keeping records of those communications secret, reveals @alex.readthemaple.com. www.readthemaple.com/global-affai...
Global Affairs Canada Keeps Israel’s ‘Antisemitism’ Lobbying Secret
“We regret to inform you that the records you requested are all withheld.”
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NEW: I ranked Canada’s provinces based on their disclosure-report systems, which I’ve become familiar with after years of publishing databases on elected officials who are landlords. Spoiler alert: some are inexplicably awful. www.readthemaple.com/i-ranked-can...
I Ranked Canada’s Provinces By Their Disclosure Reports
All provinces require elected officials to submit disclosure forms. Here’s how useful they are
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NEW: Find out if your provincial rep (MHA, MLA, MNA, MPP) is a landlord using the latest version of The Maple’s database. www.readthemaple.com/provincial-l...
Find Out If Your Provincial Rep Is A Landlord
The Maple examined hundreds of disclosure forms and then compiled and analyzed the results.
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67 per cent of Canadians with an opinion on the question agree with banning citizens from serving in the Israeli military, according to a new Pollara survey. This is a greater percentage than those who support banning foreign military service in general. www.readthemaple.com/54-of-canadi...
54% Of Canadians Agree With Banning IDF Service: Poll
As of March 2025, more than 1,500 Canadian citizens were serving in the IDF
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67 per cent of Canadians with an opinion on the question agree with banning citizens from serving in the Israeli military, according to a new Pollara survey. This is a greater percentage than those who support banning foreign military service in general. www.readthemaple.com/54-of-canadi...
54% Of Canadians Agree With Banning IDF Service: Poll
As of March 2025, more than 1,500 Canadian citizens were serving in the IDF
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NEW: 55% of Canadians agree with banning citizens from serving in the U.S. military, according to a poll commissioned by The Maple. www.readthemaple.com/55-of-canadi...
55% Of Canadians Think Serving In U.S. Military Should Be Illegal
New poll shows a majority of Canadians want to ban citizens from serving in the U.S. military.
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NEW: 54% of Canadians agree with banning citizens from serving in the Israeli military, according to a poll commissioned by The Maple. www.readthemaple.com/54-of-canadi...
54% Of Canadians Agree With Banning IDF Service: Poll
As of March 2025, more than 1,500 Canadian citizens were serving in the IDF
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NEW: 55% of Canadians agree with banning citizens from serving in the U.S. military, according to a poll commissioned by The Maple. www.readthemaple.com/55-of-canadi...
55% Of Canadians Think Serving In U.S. Military Should Be Illegal
New poll shows a majority of Canadians want to ban citizens from serving in the U.S. military.
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NEW: 55% of Canadians think it should be illegal for citizens to join the U.S. Army, an exclusive poll commissioned by The Maple shows. Only 28% disagree with making it illegal. www.readthemaple.com/55-of-canadi...
55% Of Canadians Think Serving In U.S. Military Should Be Illegal
New poll shows a majority of Canadians want to ban citizens from serving in the U.S. military.
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NEW: 54% of Canadians agree with banning citizens from serving in the Israeli military, according to a poll commissioned by The Maple. www.readthemaple.com/54-of-canadi...
54% Of Canadians Agree With Banning IDF Service: Poll
As of March 2025, more than 1,500 Canadian citizens were serving in the IDF
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NEW: “Canadian unions and workers have nothing to gain from war in the Middle East or anywhere else. Their interests lie with workers in Iran and across the world,” writes Adam King in this call for unions to mobilize against the war in Iran. www.readthemaple.com/canadas-unio...
Canada’s Unions Should Mobilize Against The Iran War
As the U.S. and Israel continue their illegal war on Iran, some unions and labour orgs are speaking out.
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A Canadaland employee allegedly assisted in surreptitiously getting critics’ IP addresses. We don’t know which one, so it could be any of them. I feel like they’re all OK with it, otherwise they’d say something. A publication needs many people to function. They’re all helping.
This is real foreign interference: “Israel is pursuing a sweeping diplomatic and public relations campaign to convince Canada to change the way it tackles acts of antisemitism […] the country’s ambassador is suggesting Ottawa should limit certain ‘freedoms.’” toronto.citynews.ca/2026/03/17/i...
Israel seeking 'significant change' in how Canada tackles antisemitism
OTTAWA — Israel is pursuing a sweeping diplomatic and public relations campaign to convince Canada to change the way it tackles acts of antisemitism. From the office of Israel’s president down to its ...
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NEW: Canada’s richest 1 per cent have nearly as much wealth as its poorest 80 per cent combined. www.readthemaple.com/canadas-rich...
Canada’s Richest 1% Nearly As Wealthy As Poorest 80%
Three recent reports provide the gory details about massive and growing wealth inequality in Canada
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HonestReporting Canada were invited to speak in Parliament this week about the “state of journalism.” Here's what MPs ignored about this organization 👇 Latest from @davide.readthemaple.com www.readthemaple.com/heres-what-p...
Here’s What Parliament Ignored About HonestReporting Canada
The pro-Israel group recently spoke before a House of Commons committee on the state of Canadian journalism
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NEW: HonestReporting Canada continues employing a guy charged with allegedly spray-painting “FUCK GAZA” (charges were later dropped). That hasn’t stopped media from giving in to their demands. And it didn’t stop Parliament from inviting them to speak this week. www.readthemaple.com/heres-what-p...
Here’s What Parliament Ignored About HonestReporting Canada
The pro-Israel group recently spoke before a House of Commons committee on the state of Canadian journalism
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NEW: Canadian editorial boards watched U.S.-Israeli forces slaughter Iranian school children, and then endorsed the war anyways. www.readthemaple.com/media-shrugs...
Media Shrugs As Canada’s Allies Slaughter Iranian Children
Editorial boards have endorsed the U.S.-Israeli war without even bothering to note its youngest casualties.
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NEW: Canadian editorial boards watched U.S.-Israeli forces slaughter Iranian school children, and then endorsed the war anyways. www.readthemaple.com/media-shrugs...
Media Shrugs As Canada’s Allies Slaughter Iranian Children
Editorial boards have endorsed the U.S.-Israeli war without even bothering to note its youngest casualties.
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Editorial boards have supported Canada’s war and regime change efforts since the First World War 98 per cent of the time. www.readthemaple.com/newspaper-wa...
NEW: Canada’s media class have been claiming Iran is weeks, months or a few years away from obtaining nukes for at least 25 years. @davide.readthemaple.com provides a timeline of these claims, which are frequently used to justify war and/or sanctions on Iran. www.readthemaple.com/documenting-...
Documenting 25 Years Of Media Fearmongering On Iranian Nukes
Canadian media has warned Iran is weeks, months or years away from obtaining nukes for at least a quarter century.
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NEW: Canadian media has been warning Iran is weeks, months or years away from nukes for at least 25 years, often in articles calling for war and sanctions. I’ve gone through the archives and pulled examples from each year. www.readthemaple.com/documenting-...
Documenting 25 Years Of Media Fearmongering On Iranian Nukes
Canadian media has warned Iran is weeks, months or years away from obtaining nukes for at least a quarter century.
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