Longform Substacks offer MPs like Rempel Garner, O’Toole, a chance to exercise ‘thought leadership’
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner praises Substack as the ‘anti-Twitter,’ but a Carleton journalism professor says MPs could use the platform to avoid direct accountability.
Feds owe it to Canadian public to address the harm caused by copyright term extension
Only a miniscule percentage of copyright owners will benefit from an extra 20 years of protection, meanwhile, the rest of us lose unless balancing measures are taken. The government owes it to the Canadian public to ensure broad access to cultural heritage.
Policy-makers need to recognize and regulate digital infrastructure
Stable, effectively regulated digital infrastructure is now essential for social progress and economic growth. The Canadian government could require social media platforms to provide a certain standard of service.
‘A lot for a what if’: CPAC CEO says potential benefit of more camera angles in QP not worth risking editorial neutrality
The current rules for cameras in the House ‘perpetuates stultifying environment’ of debate consisting of ‘reading 20-minute speeches into the record’ and MPs manufacturing moments for social media clips, says Hill reporter Dale Smith.
Poilievre’s media strategy picks up where Harper left off, but unclear if it will work this time, say political insiders
It’s still an open question if relying chiefly on social media to communicate one’s message is enough for an opposition leader to win an election, says Innovative Research president Greg Lyle.
Martin Stringer calls it a career
Plus, former Conservative Party deputy leader Lisa Raitt appointed to CBC’s appointment advisory committee, and the Parliamentary Press Gallery bans a member from certain shared spaces for 90 days.
Trust in mainstream media loses out at semi-annual Munk Debate
Canadians’ faith in the mainstream media is not as bad as it is in other countries, but it is still declining.
‘What to do when the battle is everywhere’: Carleton to host panel discussion surrounding journalists and online hate
Plus, professor Cristine de Clercy has been appointed as the Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership at Trent University, and Global National Ottawa correspondent Abigail Bimman has a new baby.
The tech party is over
For all the time that Elon Musk has been actively online, you’d think he’d remember the golden rule of social media: the internet always wins.
Government should hold social media companies accountable for hate, harassment
Online is not different from the real world; it is the real world.
