Bell’s 4,800 layoffs, largest in nearly 30 years, ‘feel like death by a thousand cuts,’ says Canadian Association of Journalists
Canadian Association of Journalists’ president Brent Jolly warns that ‘we’re going to see more and more news deserts grow across the country, and Canadians are going to be weaker for that.’
AI ‘platforms won’t regulate themselves,’ says Heritage Minister St-Onge as government considers tech’s challenges to media
Parliamentary secretary Taleeb Noormohamed acknowledged ‘frustration that the government hasn’t done more to regulate,’ but ‘the question becomes what exactly are you trying to regulate.’
French media bias hurts Quebec’s democracy
By not reporting fairly on the preoccupations of the anglophone community, the French media do a disservice to the cause of democracy in Quebec.
Poilievre says he’s concerned about press freedom after Rebel News’ personality arrested and released, but some reporters suspect party using it to continue attacks on ‘legacy media’
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre ‘has made the judgment that they need friendly media outlets to get their message across,’ said reporter Justin Ling.
Set the CBC free
We need a radical new approach: an end to annual appropriations and ministerial oversight for CBC/Radio-Canada in exchange for an endowment fund that would see public and private media adequately supported in perpetuity.
Bargaining framework to take shape this year as Online News Act regulations unveiled
The CRTC plans to publish the framework and code of conduct for negotiations this summer, while the government says ‘it takes two to negotiate’ of impasse with Meta.
Poilievre ‘does not need to rely on mainstream media’ as much as previous leaders, say veteran journos, as sparring with reporters continues
Glen McGregor says Pierre Poilievre’s approach ‘resonates with a certain constituency who distrust the media,’ and ‘some of that is imported from the Trump era in the United States.’
For an entire generation of Canadians, a future without the legacy news industry is already here
The current government has been grappling with how to assist the responsible news industry as it adjusts to a transformed economy. But the legacy media have a political problem, one that the current government can’t help with. In fact, the more it tries to help, economically, the more it inflames the news media’s political problem: the government-in-waiting is out to get them.
Bloc Québécois MPs describe CBC cuts as ‘a catastrophe,’ while some media experts say CBC should stick to news, investigative stories
Former CBC News Hill bureau chief Chris Waddell says the CBC isn’t immune from cuts, but says the government should decide what role it wants the public broadcaster to play in the current media environment.
CBC taking the crown in corporate shenanigans
The CBC’s cuts are another example of Canadian news media companies doing a poor job of expanding their audience, and losing relevance to younger, more diverse, and digitally savvy generations.
