On Wednesday the government announced the names of the organizations it had chosen to be represented on the “independent panel” it has struck to advise it how to give money to newspapers, out of the nearly $600 million set aside in the budget for the purpose.
That prompted an accusation from Unifor that Scheer was engaged in a “Trump-style attack” on the media. The president of the union, Jerry Dias, wrote a column assailing Scheer for putting “the very principles of truth and democracy at risk.” It appeared in one of the newspapers that hopes the government will subsidize it.
But no big deal. Doubtless we will continue to bask in the high level of public trust we currently enjoy. Because the whole point of this effort is to choose which sorts of news organizations should be eligible for public funding, and which should not. Do we really think this will have no implications for the independence of the press? .
Was there actually people stupid enough to think it wasn't political to start with. If any other government did the things the Trudeau 'Liberals' are doing red flags would be going up everywhere.