Canada’s tax agency won’t say how much public money goes to each legacy media outlet
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In 2019 the Trudeau Liberals made an election promise that they would give legacy media $600 million over four years in federal assistance.
(LifeSiteNews) – The Trudeau government has refused to disclose how much taxpayer money individual legacy media outlets received from its near $600 million 2019 media bailout, citing cabinet confidentiality.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, Canada’s Revenue Agency (CRA) declined to state actual payment amounts in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the House of Commons.
Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier stated, “Confidentiality provisions under section 241 of the Income Tax Act prevent the Agency from releasing taxpayer information.”
Lebouthillier was replying to a request from Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) MP Chris Warkentin to reveal how much funding since January 1, 2019 “… each outlet [has] received to date.”
As it stands now, the only bailouts to legacy media that have been disclosed are those to companies that are publicly traded, such as the Winnipeg Free Press, which gets $1 million a year in government rebates.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the newspaper executives who were required to assist Trudeau’s cabinet design the terms of the 2019 bailout have themselves agreed to not make public how much they received in payments.
Bob Cox, the former publisher of the Winnipeg Free Press and chair of News Media Canada, served as chairman of a panel made up of eight executives who were tasked with working out the details of the media bailout. They were all appointed by Canada’s Department of Canadian Heritage.
Cox then said that there is “always self-interest” for media companies as “we are an industry association.”
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