Free Press—owned by FP Newspaper Inc.—owns several papers in Manitoba, including the Brando Sun. the Carillon, and the Carberry News Express.
In 2019, the Department of Canadian Heritage created the Local Journalism Initiative. This is a 50 million dollar five-year subsidy given to publishers for the hiring of new staff.
Two advisors who are helping the government administer its $600 million media bailout have attacked Stephen Harper and expressed support for Justin Trudeau.
Unifor, a union which represents over 12,000 media workers Canada-wide, was chosen to select which news outlets would be worthy of receiving government cash earlier last year.
TorStar expects to be granted a 75% wage subsidy from the government after laying off 85 staff.
Despite the need for a bailout and mounting losses, Canadian media companies continued to pay top executives at high salaries. The folly of that methodology is now clear.
The Department of Canadian heritage is paying news outlets to write stories on climate change through taxpayer-funed subsidies, which are in the millions.
TorStar, the company that owns the newspaper the Toronto Star, has seen its stock plummet to historic lows this week.
A journalist tried to get a government memo discussing the $600 million media bailout, all 27 pages were blocked by the government.
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