It's difficult to say whether the problem of disinformation overall is getting better or worse. Certainly in previous eras in the United States, Canada and other western democracies, we had our own challenges—a highly partisan news media, a lack of journalistic standards of objectivity that exists nowadays and on and on. But I think you're right that the willingness of political leaders to spread and become a source of disinformation and misinformation is probably the number one challenge facing any democracy today. If we can't police this problem, very little else that we do will be effective.
On October 1st, 2024. See this statement in context.