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.
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.”
