You mentioned supporting local journalism as being a key part of your role. It has been just under three years since Bill C-18 received royal assent, and local media outlets are still frozen out of being able to share their content on Facebook or Instagram, a direct response to government policy—a decision made by Meta, but a response to government policy. How are local outlets benefiting when they now cannot compete and actually get eyeballs on their content through the biggest ways that people would love to be consuming news?
