Canada is showing the U.S. how it’s done, when it comes to saving local news reporting that’s essential to democracy.
Even before the pandemic accelerated newsroom layoffs and newspaper closures, Canada stepped up to address the journalism crisis.
Now the country has a newly elected government, led again by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, that pledged to help publishers negotiate fair payment from the likes of Google and Facebook.
The government promised to pursue a media-bargaining policy, similar to Australia’s, before year end, according to Paul Deegan, president and CEO of News Media Canada, a publishers’ association.
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