In fact, I do not think that regulation in the form of oversight or censorship would be the solution. I think we have to work upstream, which the government has been trying to do for several years, to support a quality information ecosystem, rather than trying to silence or censor voices that we may view as problematic. In any event, disinformation sources are very agile and numerous. They are like the eight-headed Hydra: we cut one off and another one grows back. It is a virtually pointless operation.
When we do journalism, we have to verify the facts, among other things. We have been talking about media literacy. I think that must be taught in the schools, but not just there. Quebec is setting up the Quebec culture and citizenship studies program, which has a digital literacy component. Non-governmental organizations like HabiloMédias are doing a lot of very interesting work in the most vulnerable communities and among the most vulnerable populations. However, this is a battle that has to be constantly started over.
We are talking about the information media. I think that a weak information media ecosystem is fertile ground for disinformation. In addition, disinformation will also erode people's trust, since all sorts of conspiracy theories circulate concerning the media and journalists. For example, during the pandemic, a lot of people believed that the media were complicit with the government, even though reporting and investigations criticizing the government were being published. I think disinformation is a symptom of the crisis we are talking about, not an isolated problem.