It's hard to understate how valuable the Local Journalism Initiative has been to Canadian newsrooms and the rural communities they cover. If/when Poilievre scraps it, entire regions will become news deserts.
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A Conservative American billionaire & his hedge fund headquartered in New Jersey own Postmedia & over the last 10 years Postmedia’s boughten up private local Newspapers coast to coast all across in Canada.
Polls have changed winds a LOT over the last couple of weeks.
But regardless of that, these sorts of statements are exactly what discourages the population from voting, because if it's already decided, why even bother.
I notice in Alberta that a disproportionate amount of good investigative stories are coming from LJI hires in small newsrooms. Can definitely see them being axed—they’re very inconvenient for politicians and local “big fish.”
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But regardless of that, these sorts of statements are exactly what discourages the population from voting, because if it's already decided, why even bother.
It is hugely damaging to our democracy.