AMI Executives David J Pecker & Daniel Rotman crafted the deals to bury the stories as they sat on the board of Postmedia, which owns most of Canada's newspapers.
While I agree that Postmedia does indeed own "most of Canada's newspapers," I can't help but notice that Postmedia and its newspapers is also heavily subsidized by the current Canadian Liberal government, through Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) programs related to their Qualified Canadian journalism organization (QCJO) accreditation and other media grants from Heritage Canada.
So while Postmedia may be bad, the organization is favored by the Trudeau liberals.
That's not favoritism, it's respecting the constitution. It is an absence of corruption on the part of government, which is providing access to funding, that does not have strings attached on editorial reporting content, which would be a violation of the constitution.
The regulations relating to qualified Canadian journalism organizations (QCJO) have nothing to do with either the Constitution Act of 1867 or the 1982 Constitution Act.
They're CRA regulations, implemented by the Trudeau Liberals since 2019 to "support" legacy media outlets like Postmedia, which generally favor Liberal party programs.
My piece notes that, "Legacy media is still dying. Half of all CDN legacy journalists expect to get laid off after the next election while MP's and Senators now assert their "obligation" to "correct" media editorials."
Maybe that means that, at least in this case, money does override at least some press rights.
While I agree that Postmedia does indeed own "most of Canada's newspapers," I can't help but notice that Postmedia and its newspapers is also heavily subsidized by the current Canadian Liberal government, through Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) programs related to their Qualified Canadian journalism organization (QCJO) accreditation and other media grants from Heritage Canada.
So while Postmedia may be bad, the organization is favored by the Trudeau liberals.
That's not favoritism, it's respecting the constitution. It is an absence of corruption on the part of government, which is providing access to funding, that does not have strings attached on editorial reporting content, which would be a violation of the constitution.
Money does not override rights.
The regulations relating to qualified Canadian journalism organizations (QCJO) have nothing to do with either the Constitution Act of 1867 or the 1982 Constitution Act.
They're CRA regulations, implemented by the Trudeau Liberals since 2019 to "support" legacy media outlets like Postmedia, which generally favor Liberal party programs.
If you'd like to learn more about Canada's ongoing media bailout, check out the November 24th, 2024 Fraser Institute post, "Federal government’s latest media bailout another bad idea," at https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/federal-governments-latest-media-bailout-another-bad-idea.
You can also check out the August 2nd, 2024 Globe and mail post "Please stop helping us: the newspaper bailout is a comprehensive policy failure," at https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-government-subsidies-are-not-saving-canadas-newspapers-its-time-to-end/.
There's also one of my pieces on the topic, the October 18th, 2024 post, "Canada's Government Media Funding Strategy is a Total Failure," at https://chuckblack.substack.com/p/canadas-government-media-funding.
My piece notes that, "Legacy media is still dying. Half of all CDN legacy journalists expect to get laid off after the next election while MP's and Senators now assert their "obligation" to "correct" media editorials."
Maybe that means that, at least in this case, money does override at least some press rights.