Legacy Media Corporate Welfare Fails Everyone
Clayton DeMaine examines the Justin Trudeau government’s much-fought-over Online News Act, its devastating impact on Canada’s news business and how the imbroglio is affecting his own dreams of becoming a journalist.
The Online News Act is making it harder for news outlets to operate, harder for innovative competitors to enter the market and harder for Canadians to access reliable news sources. All this puts a free and vibrant news media in Canada at risk. Meanwhile, the Liberals’ claim that their rescue plan has delivered an extra $100 million annually to the industry has blown up in their face.