Government Media Bailout Didn’t Work: Department of Canadian Heritage

Government Media Bailout Didn’t Work: Department of Canadian Heritage
Copies of Postmedia-owned newspapers at a store in Burnaby, B.C., in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
Marnie Cathcart
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Despite the federal government providing a $595 million bailout to the media industry four years ago, news corporations have seen a continuous decline, according to the Department of Canadian Heritage.

The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications heard testimony from associate assistant deputy heritage minister Thomas Ripley on April 25 as part of the discussion on Bill 18, the Online News Act.