Big Tech

Disney+ and other streaming giants make billions of dollars from Canadian audiences, but they are not required to produce a single Canadian show. FRIENDS Executive Director Daniel Bernhard and Unifor National President Jerry Dias calls for an end to the free ride for foreign streaming giants.

Canadians are sending a Liberal minority government to Ottawa. What does this mean for the revitalization of CBC, our defence of Canadian journalism, and our ambitious, unapologetic support of Canadian storytellers?

Ed the Sock has a few choices words about what’s been happening to Canadian media.

Stuart Coxe explains the thinking behind his new podcast, Attention Control with Kevin Newman, which examines the ways our technology is manipulating us—and maybe this election—and provides some tools for navigating the unpredictable news environment.

Elizabeth May has pledged her party’s support for increasing CBC funding by $300 million a year until its budget equals that of the BBC on a per capita basis.

As community newspapers disappear and mainstream media struggles, most people are getting their local news from Facebook—and that’s a problem.

Our Canadian democracy is being threatened not by a physical invasion, but by an insidious digital one that is changing our decision-making abilities, and ultimately our democratic structures.