The mistrust overall is targeting institutions, including the media and politicians. One of the other factors that we should also consider is the development and the increase of news avoidance from Canadians in the past few years, especially after two long years of the pandemic. I think news avoidance is truly a really big factor to consider.
How can we fight news avoidance? I believe that media literacy programs—compulsory, as Quebec has announced starting in September 2025—could be a solution, among others, to fight disinformation at the media level and also at the political level.