Fri Jun 16, 2023 – 10:10 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The Canadian Department of Health has forced government-funded mainstream media outlets to issue hundreds of “corrections,” warning them that, as a condition of receiving taxpayer funds, they must abide certain conditions, including affording “rebuttal opportunity” to the federal government.
According to records obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter this month, the Canadian Department of Health has issued 269 notices to media outlets to “correct” stories since 2018, including 65 from this past year. “Requests ranged from ‘clarifications’ on the difference between legalization and decriminalization of narcotics to minor typographical errors,” Blacklock’s reported.
“I am always concerned about what happens if someone you don’t like or whose opinions you don’t share suddenly has the power to regulate, even at arm’s length, what is said in the press,” Senator Paula Simons told the Senate Human Rights committee.
“Having been a journalist, lots of people think there are factual errors in the newspaper that are just things they don’t like,” she added.
According to the data requested by Conservative MP Rachael Thomas (Lethbridge, AB), the Canadian Health Department issued “corrections” to the Canadian Press, Globe & Mail, National Post, Toronto Star,
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