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Over the last couple of weeks, Queen’s Park, at times, has descended into an oblivion of schoolyard name calling, divisive dog-whistle politics and questionable tactics by the opposition to stack the rafters in the house with professional protesters.

One thing is for certain, Ford’s PC’s have changed the game in Ontario — and change in particular has the internet riled up.

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Earlier this week, we saw the introduction of Ontario News Now, a new social channel launched with a minute-long video highlighting Premier Doug Ford’s first month in office.

A series of photo-ops and campaign promises made good with a voice-over running through them all — for those who click to subscribe.

Its detractors have called it an example of “fake news” which aims to undercut the tenets of our democracy and muzzle mainstream media.

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But on the continuum of political communications, it answers an expectation of timely up-to-date communications from the lawmakers that represent us.