How Canada's MSM has been bought by the Liberal government
Back in 2018, The Liberal Justin Trudeau decided to create a bailout fund. Its purpose was to help struggling newspapers and other news outlets who were having a difficult time competing with news and services provided online. There was also a decline in advertising in print publications. The package was $596 million.
In 2019, the subsidy included tax credits for news rooms and subscriptions. In addition, the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit helped to pay 35% of the salary of those employed in the newsroom. In 2025, the funding was legislated into law with the passage of the Online News Act (Bill C-18).
The obvious question is this: how can the MSM in Canada get funding from the governemnt and not compromise editorial independence? They can't; most don't, and they shouldn't. Both freedom and democracy rest on facts and truth.
The journalistic bias is most evident with the state broadcaster the CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC gets $1.4 billion yearly in funding …