What are Justin Trudeau's real intentions behind censoring the media？
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Summary
In this episode, we talk about the Trudeau government's censorship of the media, and why we think it's a bad idea. We also talk about how the government is trying to censor the internet, and what we should do about it.
Transcript
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What do you make of these bills? What's the worst part of them? And do you think that
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something else worse is even yet to come? Oh, yeah, the worst is yet to come. And I know that
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sounds like a laughable tagline, sort of like an anti-Disney world, the world's unhappiest place.
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But it's bizarre to me just how much energy and effort the Trudeau government is putting into
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censorship of the media. I mean, you would think just looking around the world, there are 100
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things that are more important to the quality of life for Canadians, whether it's inflation,
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price of gas, the war in Ukraine, you know, taxation, carbon tax, I can think of 100 things
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more relevant and more demanded by Canadian citizens, censoring the internet, deciding
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for people what they can or can't see, wouldn't even be on the list. That's not a benefit at all.
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That's a cost, something that none of us want. But it's what Trudeau wants, because he wants more
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and more control over the national discourse. And he's gotten a lot of it through carrot in a carrot
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and stick choice. He's used a carrot using media subsidies and insider access. And, you know,
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basically, he either owns through the CBC or rents through his media subsidy, more than 99% of the
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media in this country. And I know it's that number, because right before the last election,
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we got an access to information document showing a secret $61 million payment from Trudeau to
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different media companies. So we made the request, can we see the list of media companies over 1500?
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15, I didn't know there were 1500 news media companies in Canada got a special grant from Trudeau
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on the eve of the election. None of those 1500 companies reported that they got the grant.