Juno News - July 11, 2019


True North asks Chrystia Freeland why Malaysian censor was invited to media freedom conference

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Malaysian minister invitation
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Singh Deo Hunt
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In this episode of the Media Freedom Summit, I sit down with Canadian Foreign Minister Chae-Mae Chua to discuss the importance of media freedom in the 21st century, the role of the UK government in promoting media freedom, and the role that ministers from other countries should play in this matter.

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00:00:00.000 This morning you appeared on stage with Malaysian Communications Minister Singh Deo.
00:00:04.940 Back in September, he took aim at the London-based publisher of Malaysia Today,
00:00:09.880 saying that Malaysia needs to have online speech laws that actually are, in his words,
00:00:14.600 extraterritorial, so able to prosecute outside of Malaysia.
00:00:18.180 Do you think that squares with the tone and tenor of his participation in this conference and this conference itself?
00:00:24.340 You know, something that we discussed at great length with the UK when it came to this conference
00:00:32.520 and when it came to our approach to participation in the conference was,
00:00:39.540 who are we speaking to and who should be involved?
00:00:46.720 And there again, there is a difficult, there is a thoughtful balance that needs to be struck.
00:00:54.340 I think all of us are very clear that some countries, you know, let me use North Korea as the obvious example,
00:01:02.840 are beyond the pale when it comes to having a real discussion of media freedom.
00:01:08.640 But I think all of us need to also appreciate that there is work for all of us to do.
00:01:16.920 I met earlier today with a Jamaican foreign minister, a great friend of Canada's,
00:01:22.740 and I congratulated her on the fact that Jamaica is number eight on the media freedom list.
00:01:30.420 Canada is proud of our place at number 18, but we're behind Jamaica, 0.99
00:01:34.340 so that shows that we have work to do at home.
00:01:37.200 I'm pleased to say we are ahead of the UK.
00:01:39.300 I think that they're at 33, so we can be proud of that.
00:01:46.540 But the point is that this is not meant to be a group of angels and a group of countries that are perfect.
00:01:55.620 What it is meant to be is a group of countries that are, and not just the attendance,
00:02:01.640 the attendance is open, and I'm actually quite happy to have people who don't believe in media freedom
00:02:08.960 be here to listen to us and have an opportunity to hear why we think it's important.
00:02:14.120 But in terms of the group of countries, for example, signing on to our media pledge,
00:02:19.100 the group of countries on a stage, it's not meant to be a gathering of angels.
00:02:23.060 It's what it is meant to be, or of saints.
00:02:26.080 It's meant to be a gathering of countries that sincerely appreciate the importance of media freedom
00:02:33.240 and, crucially, sincerely believe in the value of working hard to get better.
00:02:41.020 And I think in introducing the Malaysian minister,
00:02:44.220 Secretary Hunt was very clear that that was the reason that the invitation had been extended to Malaysia.
00:02:53.060 Thank you.