It's easy to take that stance when you walk away from political accountability. I don't think his platform in 2021 was any more green than Scheer's two years prior.

In some countries, Facebook is used as a synonym for "the Internet" because large portions of the population access the web through Facebook.

I mean, I would make the argument that Canadian media isn't being bought by leftist ownership groups from the US in the same way as, for example, Postmedia has almost monopolized Canadian newspapers through American right wing ownership. Major media seems like a more direct and present form of political influence than a more natural spread through observation like what I believe you're describing.

The external influence sure helps galvanize people though.