I was trained in Britain under a program called the NCTJ, the National Council for the Training of Journalists. There's a standardized curriculum in colleges and universities in Britain. You do a one-year program. You take legal courses, municipal government courses and shorthand. You then go out in the field for 18 months. Everyone writes a national exam in the end.
We don't have this in Canada. We need this in Canada. It's similar to a Red Seal trade. It would help municipalities that are struggling with reporters who call themselves reporters and are not professionally trained. It would help municipalities figure out who should be at the media table.