Canadian creators cheer CRTC contribution decision as streamers warn ‘discriminatory tax’ will lead to higher prices
As part of its Online Streaming Act plan, the CRTC ruled that online streamers making more than $25M in domestic revenue must give five per cent to Canadian media funds.
Rafah massacre lays bare domestic media shortcomings
The devil in the details as to whom legacy media choose to dehumanize, betraying their own journalistic principles to do so.
‘I just wanted to acknowledge that kids are dying’: author Molope says Writers’ Trust has a responsibility to support freedom of expression
Following her impromptu speech at the Politics and the Pen gala, Kagiso Lesego Molope was escorted from the Château Laurier hotel by security.
Liberal MP Carr says it’s hard to reach voters in current media landscape, while Tory MP Rempel Garner welcomes the changes
‘There is an onus and a responsibility’ for voters to ‘go out and seek some of that information,’ says Liberal MP Ben Carr, but he also believes that many citizens are coming to ‘rapid determinations’ about issues, and those views ‘are solidified very quickly.’
Disinformation campaigns having long-term impact on public trust, MPs warned
MediaSmarts executive director Kathryn Hill urges parliamentarians and all Canadians be trained to identify trusted sources, but in a way that focuses on ‘discernment over just debunking.’
CBC, Radio-Canada journalists are fiercely independent in their reporting: CBC’s Poulter
Sheila Copps is wrong about CBC journalism. In her opinion piece, “Feds give CBC a budget boost,” (The Hill Times, April 22), Copps makes an outrageous suggestion about CBC journalism. She writes: “It is hard to see how a CBC on the verge of extinction would cover an election campaign without bias. It is unlikely […]
Feds give CBC a budget boost
Fasten your seatbelts. Canada is in for a long election run.
It’s not comedy to make money off a mass murderer
Jokes about murderers and the real risks to Indigenous women is not comedy, it’s monetized hate speech.
Once a wild and important night, Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner now a much more scripted evening, not as impactful
The press gallery dinner was once one of the most important nights in political Ottawa. Not anymore, say some veteran Hill reporters. But there is hope.
As Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain falters, some media experts want more support for entrepreneurs looking to fill the gap
‘When I do any kind of public announcement in my riding … noticeably absent is media,’ said N.L. Liberal MP Churence Rogers. ‘There’s hardly anybody ever in the room.’
