I think we are moving towards a culture of greater opinion and perhaps partisanship, as has been described. It's not a culture I feel terribly comfortable in, because I was brought up in a kind of...not what Mr. Van Loan learned in grade 2 about objectivity, but in fairness and balance.
I don't see any association between the recommendation around philanthropy and partisanship, in that the Canada Revenue Agency is reviewing some of these issues now around political activities and the policy role of charities and philanthropies, which in some ways are allowed.... I'm not a lawyer, but if you have a strict look at the law, it appears that they're allowed to alleviate poverty, but not recommend policy. They are allowed to offer relief of poverty, but not recommend policies that would alleviate poverty. That seems somewhat odd and antiquated to me. Nonetheless, I'm certain that what will remain is that they cannot engage in partisan activities. I think that any contributions they make to journalism would not be partisan in any way.
I speak in the report about the dangers of their distorting journalism. It may be best, at a very high level, to give to a news organization like ProPublica in the States, an investigative news organization that is supported by philanthropy, and then they stay out of their hair in the way that good publishers stay out of the hair of good editors. Alternatively, they may support things like the legal advisory service that we are recommending, or the research thing.
I put the caution to them as well that they not try to become editors, because they'll distort the mission of journalism and they'll burn their fingers.