Government subsidies to Canadian media outlets are eroding the public’s trust in reporters, MPs on the House of Commons Heritage Committee were told on Sept. 27 while reviewing Bill C-18.
“Bill C-18 will permanently entrench the industry’s dependency not on the loyalty of citizens, readers and viewers but upon the good graces of politicians,” Peter Menzies, a former commissioner of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), told the committee, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
