The hidden problem with Pierre Poilievre's YouTube videos

Plus, Jacob Hoggard's sentencing and Alberta's controversial new premier [The Star] First Up [By Manuela Vega] By Manuela Vega Good morning. [Here’s what’s open and closed in Toronto this Thanksgiving long weekend]( Here’s the latest on pop star Jacob Hoggard’s sexual assault sentencing, Alberta’s new premier and Pierre Poilievre’s misogynist YouTube tags. DON’T MISS Toronto Star crime [“Part of me died that day.” The woman who Jacob Hoggard sexually assaulted speaks at his sentencing hearing]( Hedley’s Jacob Hoggard, 38, was convicted in June of sexual assault causing bodily harm. On Thursday, the Ottawa woman he sexually assaulted told a Toronto court about the impact of that event, Alyshah Hasham reports. “My life as I knew it was stolen from me and shattered beyond recognition,” she said. “The assault took away my worth, my privacy, my body, my confidence and my voice.” [Read the powerful victim impact statement in full here](. - More: The Canadian pop star now faces the prospect of prison time. The Crown is seeking a sentence of six to seven years. - Context: Hoggard was acquitted of sexually touching a 15-year-old fan and of sexually assaulting her after she turned 16. He still faces another charge of sexual assault causing bodily harm involving a third complainant, dating back to 2016. [Here’s what we know about that pending case](. - Wait, what? From pop idol to sex criminal, [here is a timeline of Hoggard’s rise to fame and plummet into disgrace](. Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh alberta [Danielle Smith won the dramatic UCP race to replace Jason Kenney as Alberta’s premier]( Jason Kenney is out, and media personality Danielle Smith — one of his harshest critics — is in, after coming out on top in the United Conservative Party leadership contest. The new premier is well-known for condemning public health measures, riding the wave of anti-vaccine anger and making ambitious promises about pushing back against federal overreach, Alex Boyd and Kieran Leavitt report. As critics fear a collision with Ottawa, [here’s what you need to know about the significance of Smith’s win](. - Go deeper: What’s in store for Canada with Smith at the helm of Alberta? [Here’s an introduction to Alberta’s constitution-thumping premier with an infamous past](. - Watch for: Early in the UCP race, Smith said her first bill as premier would be the Alberta Sovereignty Act, which she said would allow the province to ignore federal law it doesn’t like. - ICYMI: Canada should prepare for turbulence, Graham Thomson writes. [Smith may start making good on her plans to try to disrupt the constitution](. Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld federal politics [Justin Trudeau slams Pierre Poilievre over YouTube video tags linked to anti-women movement]( Before launching his successful bid to lead the Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre built an online following far bigger than other Canadian politicians. Did he build his brand by reaching out to misogynistic online communities? The prime minister put the question to Poilievre after Global News reported that the Conservative leader’s YouTube videos have for many years tagged the acronym for “Men Going Their Own Way” — a mostly online movement of men who have decided to cut women out of their lives over a belief that the gender equality movement is corrupting society. [Here’s how Thursday’s exchange in the House played out](. - More: “The choice made by the Conservative leader in reaching out to extremist online groups and pulling in anti-women, misogynistic groups for his own political gain is one that he will have to answer for,” Trudeau said in the House of Commons. - Go deeper: The man who killed 10 people and injured 16 more in a Toronto van attack in 2018 and another who pleaded guilty last month in the murder of a Toronto masseuse both said they were inspired by a hatred of women and the incel movement. - Bob Hepburn’s take: [Poilievre is a rising star for the world’s far right](. 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