Juno News - April 14, 2022


What are Justin Trudeau's real intentions behind censoring the media？

Topics
censorship of media
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Trudeau
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Length

1 minute

Words per minute

167.3

Word count

309

Sentence count

17


Summary

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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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00:00:00.000 What do you make of these bills? What's the worst part of them? And do you think that
00:00:04.340 something else worse is even yet to come? Oh, yeah, the worst is yet to come. And I know that
00:00:10.600 sounds like a laughable tagline, sort of like an anti-Disney world, the world's unhappiest place.
00:00:16.840 But it's bizarre to me just how much energy and effort the Trudeau government is putting into
00:00:21.640 censorship of the media. I mean, you would think just looking around the world, there are 100
00:00:26.800 things that are more important to the quality of life for Canadians, whether it's inflation,
00:00:31.660 price of gas, the war in Ukraine, you know, taxation, carbon tax, I can think of 100 things
00:00:38.920 more relevant and more demanded by Canadian citizens, censoring the internet, deciding
00:00:45.380 for people what they can or can't see, wouldn't even be on the list. That's not a benefit at all.
00:00:51.540 That's a cost, something that none of us want. But it's what Trudeau wants, because he wants more
00:00:59.380 and more control over the national discourse. And he's gotten a lot of it through carrot in a carrot
00:01:04.420 and stick choice. He's used a carrot using media subsidies and insider access. And, you know,
00:01:12.120 basically, he either owns through the CBC or rents through his media subsidy, more than 99% of the
00:01:20.780 media in this country. And I know it's that number, because right before the last election,
00:01:24.760 we got an access to information document showing a secret $61 million payment from Trudeau to
00:01:33.340 different media companies. So we made the request, can we see the list of media companies over 1500?
00:01:40.200 15, I didn't know there were 1500 news media companies in Canada got a special grant from Trudeau
00:01:45.240 on the eve of the election. None of those 1500 companies reported that they got the grant.