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OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) –– Despite recent reports indicating Canadians’ trust in legacy media is at an all-time low, the federal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is looking to extend its multi-million-dollar mainstream media bailout beyond its initial 2024 end date.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, on Tuesday Trudeau’s cabinet signaled it might soon extend its 5-year $595 million bailout of the mainstream media, an initiative which was supposed to expire in March of 2024. The suggestion comes shortly after a September 6 executive order shows that Trudeau’s cabinet appointed press lobbyist Bob Cox – who was involved in calling for the bailouts in the first place – to the Independent Advisory Board on Eligibility for Journalism Tax Measures.
The board is tasked with taking publishers’ subsidy applications for final approval, which must be given by the Minister of Revenue. According to the notice, Cox will be holding on to “office during pleasure for a term of two years.”
Cox, when he was the chair of the Canadian Newspaper Association, was successful in getting the subsidies for media, declaring during 2019
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