Christopher Charles Ingvaldson, 42, a long-term close friend of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, has been found guilty of child pornography charges after being caught directing an international pedophile ring.
Ingvaldson entered guilty pleas in B.C. Provincial Court in Vancouver to accessing child pornography and possession of child porn. He was also initially charged with two counts of importing or distributing child pornography.
At the time he was charged, Royal Canadian Mounted Police said that 11 members of the pedophile ring in three countries – Canada, Australia and the U.K. – had also been arrested in their respective countries.
Justin Trudeau and Ingvaldson have been closely linked since their days as room-mates at college, and after completing their teaching degrees they were both accepted to teach at West Point Grey Academy, an elite Vancouver private boarding school.
After becoming Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau encouraged Ingvaldson to run for political office as a member of the Liberal Party. Ingvaldson announced his desire to be the Liberal MP candidate in the district of Vancouver-Kingsway, and developed a social media pages announcing his plans to run.
Which is why it is totally stupid to look at an article from two years ago and conclude that something is happening now.
From an objective position, to critique (not to attack) - the OP could have and should have contextualized the post. Posting OLD news and old information can be relevant and helpful, but it should be contextualized.
Just sharing information itself is not necessarily helpful, or useful. When we contextualize, we add value - that is, we add to the collective body of awareness, understanding and awakening.
This is one element I think is lacking somewhat on GAW: working on our collective awareness by adding value (adding insight, context, mental work).
Mods stickying two year old news also adds to the problem
I have noticed an unusual number of Trudeau-related posts yesterday, so it's likely this old news was posted in the context of something currently topical or habbening, but without the broader context, yeah, I was surprised by the mod sticky.
Would like to see a situation where the stickies show which mods are posting them.
There is no current context.