For the past few months on Lean Out, we’ve been doing a deep-dive into the crisis in Canadian media, speaking to critics of the status quo — and asking what’s gone wrong and where we go from here. My guest on today’s program, the last episode in our summer media series, has a unique perspective on our media’s collapse. And he says government and Big Tech subsidies are compromising the vitality and validity of a free and independent press in Canada.
Rudyard Griffiths is the executive director of The Hub, and the co-founder and chair of the Munk Debates.
Rudyard Griffiths is my guest, today on Lean Out. Transcript to come for paid subscribers.
'I worry that the dike is going to burst - and we're woefully unprepared'