Government subsidies for select media outlets “fuel a trust deficit”

Peter Menzies, senior fellow with the MacDonald-Laurier Institute, said that the largest issue facing Canada’s media landscape is that it’s no longer independent at all.

Menzies testifying before Canadian Heritage Committee: ParlVu

Former journalist and newspaper executive Peter Menzies says Canada is currently “walking down a very dangerous road” when it comes to the government offering taxpayers money to select media outlets, when the industry should be viewed as one national landscape.

He added that such a path will “only produce increased demands for more golden handcuffs.”