Canwest News Service reporter Mike DeSouza blogs about the dial tones and not-so-nice responses he’s receiving as he continues to investigate the “Friends of Science” and their connections to the Conservative Party of Canada.
One pretty outrageous exchange came when he called Mike Byfield, the editor of the Daily Oil Bulletin Magazine. After a few initial questions, Byfield told DeSouza that:
I’m going to drop out at this point… F- off.”
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In 2008 Kevin co-founded a groundbreaking new online election tool called Vote for Environment which was later nominated for a World Summit Award in recognition of the world’s best e-Content and innovative ICT applications.
Kevin moved to Washington, DC in 2010 where he worked for two years as the Director of Online Strategy for Greenpeace USA and has since returned to his hometown of Vancouver, Canada.
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