Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has introduced a plan to give $600 million to the media right before the election.
The Prime Minister himself is going to choose the members of the panel that will decide how the money is distributed. He will not commit to following their recommendations. He will not allow the panel's deliberations to be public. He is actually asking the panel members to sign non-disclosure agreements.
The Canadian Association of Journalists is calling for greater transparency. They are goddamned right.
Why does the Prime Minister want to decide, behind closed doors, which media—