Peter Menzies: Extortion, Dependency, and Media Welfare: The Liberals’ Bill C-18

Peter Menzies: Extortion, Dependency, and Media Welfare: The Liberals’ Bill C-18
Online News Act (Bill C-18) is now under review in the Senate. Kaspars Grinvalds/Shutterstock
Peter Menzies
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Commentary
Twenty years ago, the newspaper I worked for turned an easy $50 million-plus a year in profit. Less than three months ago, its building was sold and remnants of its once-bustling newsroom work from their homes. Its owners increasingly depend on federal government assistance, the latest version of which, the Online News Act (Bill C-18), is now under review in the Senate.
Peter Menzies
Peter Menzies
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Peter Menzies is a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an award winning journalist, and former vice-chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
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