Canadian psychologist and media commentator Jordan Peterson is considering legal action after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused him of receiving funding from Russian state-controlled media to spread messages intended to “destabilize democracies.”
Trudeau made the allegation against Peterson and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson during his testimony at the Foreign Interference Commission on Oct. 16.
“We’ve recently seen that RT is currently funding bloggers and other YouTube personalities on the right, such as Jordan Peterson, other names that are well known, and Tucker Carlson as well, in order to amplify messages that are destabilizing democracies,” he said in French.
Canada’s broadcasting regulator banned RT, formerly known as Russia Today, in March 2022, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The decision was based on concerns that programming from Russia aims to “undermine democratic institutions within Canada.”…