Who is CUPE National's Comms Director?

On the Fred Hahn Affair, it was excellent to see CUPE member, Katherine Grzejszczak, go public with the connection between CUPE National's Communications Director, Karine Fortin, and Richard Marceau, the VP and general counsel of The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), the notorious lobby group in Canada that defends Israeli apartheid and genocide.

It seems Fortin's connections with CIJA were becoming something of an open secret in certain labour circles in recent weeks. In addition to what Grzejszczak exposed, here are more facts that significantly tighten the link between Fortin and Marceau/CIJA.

Will Wab Kinew become Prime Minister of Canada?

There's a network of Liberal and NDP powerbrokers, including former Liberal cabinet minister, Lloyd Axworthy, and former Manitoba Premier and Harper's ambassador to the US, Gary Doer, who are collaborating on putting Manitoba NDP Premier Wab Kinew in the Prime Minister's Office. Kinew is being positioned to knock off Pierre Poilievre, whose Conservatives are likely to win the 2025 federal election.