A 2019 New Year's Wish: Facts
If you were born in the last century, you remember the days when facts were the main course. Opinion was dessert. Things are different...
Take this Media Bias Quiz
In the wake of the federal government throwing a lifeline to civic journalism last week, let’s take a quiz about perception of media...
The Battle for Canadian Content (2018-2020)
“If you profit, you contribute—there is no free ride” Heritage Minister Melanie Joly, June 3 2018 The battle for Canadian cultural...
This CRTC Chair Ain't Afraid of No Netflix Tax
At long last, some common sense in Canadian media policy. On May 31st the CRTC answered Heritage Minister Melanie Joly’s request for its...
Ford TV: Fox or Faux?
Doug Ford is now in the news business. The fake news business that is. In a series of Ontario election campaign videos circulated by...
#MSM HATERS REJOICE, FEDERAL BUDGET DOES LITTLE TO #SAVELOCALNEWS
The underwhelming response in the federal budget to the crisis in Canadian print journalism was long expected. Heritage Minister Melanie...
Why the Piracy Defenders Have It Wrong
When you get a heated reaction to a common-sense proposition, there is usually something else going on. So it is with the criticism of...
Movie-theft is not a victimless crime
The opposition to Fairplay Canada’s campaign against movie-thievery arrived on-cue, and off-key, as expected. The industry coalition of...
Collusion By Any Other Name
On September 28 when Heritage Minister Melanie Joly announced she was doing nothing for local news, but that local news was nonetheless a...
The Day the Liberals Walked Away from Canadian Journalism
There is probably one thing about Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly’s re-boot of Canadian media regulation that few anticipated: her...