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The Legacy Media is Betraying Canadian

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The Legacy Media is Betraying Canadians
Liberal governments have never been reluctant to spend taxpayers’ money to advance their policies or the party itself. This has never been more blatant than in its policy to provide generous funding to the legacy media as well as funding to favoured journalists directly. To keep this money flowing into their pockets, journalists and media respond to this largess by writing favourably and uncritically about the Liberal party and its policies. The Liberals, of course do not portray this funding for what it is, namely, bribery. Instead, they describe this funding in glowing, uplifting terms. For example, Finance Minister Bill Morneau (2015-2020) stated:
“A strong and independent news media is crucial to a well-functioning democracy. It empowers citizens by providing them with the information they need to make sound decisions on important issues.” He further stated that government-funded media would “provide Canadians with reliable and informed journalism.”



Alarmingly, the Liberals fund:
The Canada Periodical Fund ($86 million) projected for 2024-2025 for print magazines and community newspapers which includes a new Changing Narrative Fund which supports “diverse communities and organizations, including Indigenous, Black, racialized, ethno-religious minorities, 2SLGBTQI+ and persons with disabilities” who will “have their stories, experiences and perspectives better represented….”

Further, the Journalism Labour Tax Credit ($65 million), provides a salary subsidy of 35% capped at $85,000 for eligible media organizations. Other subsidies from Google’s Online News Act agreement add an estimated $18,000 per journalist. In addition to this federal generosity, some provinces provide additional tax credits which in some cases can lead to state coverage of 100% of a journalist’s salary.

There are two other government programs contributing to the Changing Narrative Fund: Canada Media Fund, ($154 million for television, wireless devices and Internet), and Local Journalism Initiative ($19 million for aids in hiring journalists to produce content for “underserved communities”).

The CBC No discussion of government grants to legacy media would be complete without mentioning one of Mark Carney’s first decisions after being elected Prime Minister. Building upon the corruption first introduced by Justin Trudeau, Carney gave a further grant of $150 million to the CBC in addition to its annual taxpayer funding of $1.4 billion (2024-2025). Consequently, the CBC is an adoring disciple of Carney. It no longer employs real journalists but puppets prostrating themselves at Carney’s feet. The CBC is not a source of news but is a propaganda machine for the government and the Liberal Party. Is it any wonder then that in 2023, the CBC reported that 96.6% of TV-viewing Canadians do not watch CBC’s prime-time programming?

Legacy Media Keeps Missing the Stories
Taxpayer funding costing billions of dollars in annual subsidies has NOT produced “a strong and independent media” from which Canadians could obtain “reliable and informed journalism” as stated by former Finance Minister Morneau.  Just the opposite has occurred. As a result, it has never been more important to monitor, question and doubt legacy media reporting, especially on matters of government policy and the integrity of our political classes.
For those paying attention, there is now abundant evidence that the legacy media is betraying Canadians by providing biased news coverage and failing to empower “citizens by providing them with the information they need to make sound decisions on important issues.” In doing so, the legacy media is actively misinforming Canadians. Incidentally, knowingly spreading false information intended to do harm is a criminal offence under s. 372 of the Criminal Code.

Hard Evidence of Legacy Media Betrayal
With the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, a recent study commissioned by the independent multimedia outlet Juno News, recorded significant media bias during the 2025 election cycle. Using ChatGPT, the AI search engine graded and scored every article, editorial comment and television segment, and came up with revealing statistics on the coverage of Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre during the 36-day election campaign ending April 28, 2025.

The most serious offenders were found to be The Globe and Mail which boasts that it provides “the most authoritative news” and is “trusted Canadian journalism;” followed by CBC News which vaunts its commitment to “accuracy, fairness, balance, impartiality and integrity;” followed by CTV News which claims “trusted reporting” on national and international news.


The study’s Bias Scoreboard resulted in the following: The Globe and Mail: Carney +9, Poilievre -15 CBC News:                              Carney +5, Poilievre -11 CTV News:                              Carney +3, Poilievre – 9
The Tilt Scoreboard measurements were: The Globe and Mail:                Tilt 1-2 (heavily pro-Carney) CBC News:                              Tilt 2-3 (heavily pro-Carney) CTV News:                              Tilt ~3 (pro-Carney)
According to the Juno News article “The legacy media is lying to us.  Now we have proof.” Carney received “across the board praise and compliments” while Conservative leader, Poilievre received “significant negative coverage” of his policies, strategies and communications style.
During the election campaign, Canadians who consumed exclusively government funded reporting, were deprived of a wider spectrum of opinion and were corralled into Liberal friendly news narratives, which contributed to the election of Mark Carney as Prime Minister.

Mark Carney’s Permanent Media Honeymoon
Now that the election is over, Carney continues to float on a cloud of uncritical adulation by the legacy media. Canadians are now experiencing media coverage which provides Carney with a permanent honeymoon. The taxpayer funded media is consistently portraying Carney as a hardworking, earnest warrior charging on his white horse across the country, here and there, solving Canada’s problems. It continues to cover up for him. Behind the scenes, however, Carney is fundamentally changing Canada to fit his own left-wing extremist beliefs. The legacy media’s coverup of Carney includes the following:
Overspending
During the election, Carney sold Canadians on the idea that he was different from Justin Trudeau. This statement was based on his economic background, that would enable him to solve Canada’s failing economy. Since Trudeau first became Prime Minister in 2015, he doubled the government’s debt to about $1.3 trillion dollars. Although Carney will not be releasing a budget until the fall, the Liberal platform indicates that it will add another $225 billion to the debt over the next four years. The federal government released its main spending plan, formerly known as the Main Estimates, providing evidence that Carney intends to go on a spending spree. Spending for 2025-26 will increase to $488 billion – 8.4% higher than last year’s Trudeau Main Estimates. Spending increases occur in about 80% of federal departments, with agencies increasing by more than 20% over last year’s estimates.

Intensifying Ties with Communist China and the Leftist European Union
Carney is intensifying efforts to strengthen ties with communist China and the European Union, and trying to loosen Canada’s natural trade ties with the U.S. By doing so, he is ignoring the fact that Communist China has been proven to: interfere in Canadian elections; is undermining Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic; has stolen critical information from Canadian universities and laboratories; has bought and controls Canada’s natural resources; and has established fentanyl drug labs in BC and is trafficking in these drugs both in the US and Canada, the proceeds being laundered through our national banks.
Despite this reality, Carney is trying intensely to move Canada’s trade from the US by ignoring the fact that the Canadian economy is structurally tied to the US economy. Canada’s infrastructure has been designed to support trade through railways, trucking routes, and pipelines. Europe and Asia cannot replace the accessibility or scale of the US market. Additionally, the economy is closely aligned with the US dollar, and a major pivot would expose Canada to currency volatility. Canada may strengthen ties with other nations, but it cannot write off its top trading partner, the United States.

Adopting Muslim Values
On June 6, 2025, the anniversary of Canada’s brave soldiers sacrificing their lives on Juno Beach in Normandy in 1944, Carney chose to attend a Muslim celebration called the Eid Ala-Adna, hosted by the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC). During his speech Carney said, “Muslim values are Canadian values”, and that all Canadians must come together to support them. By this statement Carney has ignored the fact that Canada was founded on Christian values and principles, not those of Islam. One wonders also whether Carney’s support of Muslim values includes their hatred of Jews, a desire to vanquish Israel, clogging up Canadian streets with protests denouncing Jews, the burning of synagogues, polygamy, child marriages and the subjection of women.
In the audience at the Muslim celebration, some participants were wearing Palestinian keffiyehs. After Carney left the stage, chants of free Palestine could be heard in the audience before a livestream video cut out.

Federal Summer Jobs Program


The Federal Summer Jobs program which, under the Liberals, refuses to fund Christians who are pro-life and pro-family, is currently funding left-wing controversial Islamic organizations, even though the beliefs of these organizations are on the fringes of Canadian life. Regardless, The Muslim Association of Canada has become a major beneficiary of the Canadian Summer Jobs Program, with several of its centers across the country approved for funding. In addition, the MAC has 69 job openings posted on the government’s website for several camp counsellors and office positions. Yet in a 2021 audit, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) recommended that MAC have its charitable status revoked on the basis that some of its directors and employers were involved with the HAMAS support network. The MAC recently hosted Sami Hamdi at their Mississauga Convention, who publicly stated that the October 7, 2023, massacre of 1,200 and abduction of 240 Israeli by Hamas should be celebrated as a victory by Palestinians. Despite this, in 2023, the MAC received nearly $6 million in government funding, thousands of which came through the Summer Jobs Program.


Pipelines
Carney refuses to support a new pipeline to get Alberta’s oil and gas to tidewater. He has also refused to repeal Trudeau’s insane Oil Tanker Moratorium Act (Bill C-48) which effected a West Coast tanker ban, and the Impact Assessment Act and Canadian Energy Regulator Act (Bill C-69) which prevent new energy projects from being undertaken. Yet on the other hand, Carney is pushing through Bill C-5, An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act, which are supposed to encourage new projects of national importance (to be determined, of course, by Carney). This troubling contradiction has not been raised by the legacy media.
There has not been a murmur of criticism by the legacy media about any of these deplorable actions and statements by Carney.

Why is the Legacy Media Silent?
It is easy to understand why Carney is committing our country to these unsavory undertakings: Carney is totally and utterly a left-wing, globalist central planner who wants Canada to follow his own personal left-wing globalist agenda, which includes adopting policies in support of Palestine over Israel, climate change, and global control of resources.  Moreover, as a practical matter, with Muslims now comprising 4.9% of the Canadian population—and growing, and whereas the Jewish population is less than 1%, Carney wants the Muslim votes and is willing to pay the price regardless of what Canadians think about it.
The Legacy Media’s silence is just as easy to understand when one considers three factors: first, of course, is money. Legacy Media is being paid by the taxpayer, via the government, not to provide objective, critical reportage on the latest government foibles, but to publish a narrative that accords with government policies; second, Legacy Media by and large not only operates within the same Leftist world view as the political/bureaucratic elites, but are also themselves members or would be members of that elite, so in a very real sense, Legacy Media sees nothing inherently wrong or problematic with the government’s progressive narrative; and third, Legacy Media lacks the intellectual acumen to objectively report on the major issues of the day not only because of the complexity of most issues, but because the Legacy Media lacks historical perspective, critical thinking-skills and the moral courage to tell the truth. It is as simple and complex as that.
Parliamentary democracy and Responsible Government “work”, to the extent that they do, due in no small part to Freedom of the Press. A media dependent upon government handouts for its survival is incompatible with a “free and democratic society” which is why every Canadian should be concerned and appalled by the current state of affairs.

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Good For Alicia Hirter Who Found A Way Around Ford’s Business-Killing, Job Killing Lockdown: Her barbershop reopens despite provincial lockdown using loophole

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Ontario barbershop reopens despite provincial lockdown using loophole

Sean Davidson Multi-Platform Writer, CTV News Toronto

@SeanDavidson_ Contact Published Thursday, January 21, 2021 2:08PM EST Crome Artistic Barber

Owner of Crome Artistic Barber Alicia Hirter is seen cutting a client’s hair on Jan. 21. (Supplied)

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TORONTO — An Ontario barbershop has reopened during the provincial lockdown using a loophole that the owner claims allows them to operate legally.

Chrome Artistic Barber in St. Catharines is cutting hair again after they said they revamped their salon to become a production and film studio. 

Owner Alicia Hirter set up cameras, lights and microphones in her shop and said people who come in for haircuts are now auditioning for a part in a future TV show or podcast. 

COVID-19: Toronto Coverage

Under Ontario’s provincial lockdown laws, which came into effect on Dec. 26, film and television productions are allowed to continue operating.

“We’re not offering haircut appointments, we’re offering full auditions,” Hirter told CTV News Toronto on Thursday. 

According to their website, clients can book adult auditions or child auditions. The booking details say the guests will receive a “complete haircut, neck shave, blow-dry and style all while candidly discussing life, its ups and downs and all in between.”

“Auditions will be recorded for intent (if chosen) to later use in a podcast and/or documentary format.”

Hirter said when guests arrive for their appointment, they must sign a talent release form and undergo a COVID-19 screening test. Guests are also required to wash their hands when arriving. 

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She said that clients are not required to wear masks while receiving their haircut because the government rules say performers are exempt.

Hirter said she needed to keep her business, which she has operated for 18 years, open because she could not survive another extended closure.

“I’m a single mom, I’m not about to move into low income property with my son,” she said. “As a business owner and a mother, I had to make my own call … I’m not a criminal.” 

She said she’s also furious that big-box stores in the province are allowed to continue operating when her business should have closed.

“You’re telling me Walmart can sell bananas that 17 people have touched but I’m not allowed to operate? It’s morally wrong. You can’t expect us to shut down.”

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She said she doesn’t consider the move to stay open a “dirty loophole” and added it “took a lot of preparation and money to get this started.”

In an e-mail to CTV News Toronto, Director of Planning and Building Services for St. Catharine’s Tami Kitay said an investigation has been launched into Chrome Artistic Barbering. 

“We appreciate that these are challenging times; however, businesses that do not comply with the Provincial Orders and Regulations will be investigated and can anticipate consequences,” Kitay said in a statement. 

Niagara Region Public Health told CTV News Toronto they are also aware of the situation and opened an investigation. 

“Our staff are working in close collaboration with our counterparts at the City of St. Catharines and other agencies to ensure we continue to enforce the Provincial Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act and the Reopening Ontario Act in a consistent and fair manner.”

Hirter said that while her business has not been shut down, city officials have told her she could soon face charges.

“I will continue to operate,” she said. “I will take the fines.” 

TV Journalist Peter Akman — Latest Victim of Cultural Marxist Thought Police

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TV Journalist Peter Akman — Latest Victim of Cultural Marxist Thought Police


A simple joke in a tweet with a picture of his Chinese barber got CTV  journalist Peter Ackman fired. All he said, beside his barber with a surgical mask was: “Hopefully, ALL I got today was a haircut.” That was enough to trigger the Twitter crazies with howls of “racism”. Of course, he quickly apologized for what, it’s hard to know. But it did no good.  Peter Akman no longer has a job. So much for CTV and freedom of speech. Corporate cowardice in defence of basic freedom is corrosive.

Where’s the “racism”? The acknowledged source of Coronavirus is Red China and is tied to an aspect of Chinese culture — the widespread desire for fresh wild meat. the wretched wild animals — bats, monkeys, civet cats, snakes are kept in horrid conditions in markets. cages stacked on top of each other have these terrified, wretched  creatures urinating and defecating on each other. These are facts. Yes, yes. many Chinese do not support such practices. Yes, most Chinese do not have the virus, but, thus far, all the 180 acknowledged deaths and almost all those ill from the virus are in China and, of the four cases thus far in Canada, all four are Chinese who recently flew in from Wuhan. There’s no “racism” here, just facts.

It’s time to take Canada back from the cancel culture fanatics and the “anti-racist” (really, anti-White) wrecking crew and the apostles of Minorityitis, who put the tender feelings of privileged minorities above basic Canadian rights like freedom of speech.

At the end of this article, I have included some sample comments from the online Georgia Straight (January 30, 2020) version of this story. Most are really very common sensical about the issue.

Paul Fromm

Director

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR FREE EXPRESSION

On January 26, CTV investigative journalist Peter Akman tweeted a photo of himself standing in front of an Asian man wearing a mask with the caption “Hopefully ALL I got today was a haircut.”

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The now-deleted tweet was poorly received, quickly amassing dozens of accusations of anti-Chinese racism and insensitivity in the face of what has just been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization. 

Akman quickly apologized, responding to the backlash with a repeated copy-and-paste of his explanation of the situation. The man in the photo was apparently a barber in Akman’s city of Toronto and had been offering masks to patrons.

The statement was equally condemned by Twitter users, with many accusing Akman of refusing to acknowledge the racism behind his initial tweet:

It wasnt insensitive. It was straight up racist.— meg fenway (@megfenway) January 26, 2020

It was racist, dude. Say it.— Robin LeBlanc, from work (@TheThirstyWench) January 27, 2020

Today, a source speaking to The Post Millennial provided information that Peter Akman was no longer working with CTV. The journalist’s profile no longer appears on CTV’s W5 Team Bios page, where it did just two days ago, according to the Internet Archive. His CTV profile has also been removed from the website.

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Peter Akman had been an investigative journalist with CTV since 2013 after leaving CBC in 2006, and had gained some notoriety for reporting live from international sites such as Afghanistan, Israel, Kuwait, and Libya.

_____________________________________________David ChristieCanada is going towards being a dictatorship if this is the trend we face. Funny thing everytime a differnt country steps on there people for saying something that somebody didnt like. Canada starts yelling. Human rights, human rights , well people of canada we are looseing ours everyday with changeing the laws to the point that if you look at somebody or say anything your going to be in shit by somebody. Or if you go online and say anything your employer has a right to fire you. Our country is very broken and at the rate were going we might as well cut our tongues and blind ourselves so we dont offend anybody..Like · Reply · 1h

Donalda Kyryluk MaunakeaIt was a JOKE! WTF!!! I am sorry I have Chinese relatives that would NOT be offended. This is totally ridiculous.Like · Reply · 1 · 2h

Aki SanWidespread outradge? Yeah, I doubt that. It’s more like a few triggered went on a tweet rampage and the network caved.
Sorry to hear this. Canada is going into the dumper real quick with this type of over reaction of trivial shit.Like · Reply · 2 · 2h

David ChristieOmfg people need ta grow the f__k up. It was a joke cause the guy was wearing a mask. There is no hope for this world with all the touchy feely bs that is happening when ya cant say a damn thing anymore. What the hell happened to the people on this planet???? When the hell did everybody become a race of wimps…..Like · Reply · 4 · 2h

Kristina SoucyI think this is over punishing… this is a person’s livelihood that was taken away over saying something dumb… I would have thought a public apology would have been more appropriate… people commit suicide over this… like how is he going to pay his bill’s? And what if he has children?!? I really think his job was worth wayyyyy more then his comment.
Give him his job back and make him publically apologize or something like that.. smh people are way to sensitive…
Steffan IlemanPeter Akman is a great journalist with a sense of humour. We’d be honoured to have him at CanadaChronicle.comUnlike · Reply · 6 · 4h · Edited

Steffan IlemanIdiots are running this country.Like · Reply · 6 · 4h

Gus BedaywiThis is getting ridiculous… I hope this increase in sensitivity is not the new normal, because it’s pathetic. Who remembers the days of the comedy show “mind your language”…if shown today to the masses it will start a world war 😃Like · Reply · 5 · 4h

Jennifer GouldI’m not sure about his tweet being racist or worth losing his job over but I personally don’t think that this Coronavirus is in any way funny or something to joke about. God Help us all.Like · Reply · 6h

Julian WrightThe media has overhyped this strain of flu, just like the global ensueing climate catastrophe…it is truely pathetic that people (I guess sheeple would now be the correct monica given the shite the gullible populas believes) buy into fucking unsubstantiated made up stories. Wake up people and lighten up too!Like · Reply · 1 · 4h

Anca BostinariuHe did not wear the mask given to him by the barber.Like · Reply · 6h

Mark FisherLighten up, EVERYBODY.Like · Reply · 7 · 6h

Lezelle RavadillaWe Canadians can be hypersensitive. It seems like an innocent joke. Ugh political correctness sometimes sucks.Like · Reply · 6 · 7h

Steffan IlemanHyper-hypocrites would be more appropiate.Like · Reply · 1 · 4h

Mancher DebooIt was just comment. Why are we getting so sensitive about such matters.Like · Reply · 5 · 7h

David KennyI’m sorry that he felt he had to apologize for what is obviously a joke. This whole woke culture needs to go back to where it came from….. irrelevanceLike · Reply · 6 · 7h

Joanne PhillipsRidiculous to be fired over that remark!Like · Reply · 7 · 8h

Malcolm WrightWhat the hell? Everyone becoming a whiner. PC Police need to be fired not the journalist. He apologized, get over it. Last Sunday I attended a comedy show. A black comedian referred to me (a whitey) as his Niggah. Did I get offended? No…it was funny. Everyone laughed. Chill.Like · Reply · 4 · 8h · Edited

Louis PaquetteSay goodbye to free speech in Canada, thanks to the PC Police.Like · Reply · 5 · 8h

Don StewartToo many people getting offended over everything .Like · Reply · 6 · 8h

SteercalamityPeople need to chill out a bit. Jeeeeesus. That was not racist. Yes the virus is scary. We need to have fun and get laughs in even during serious times. More so than ever probably.

I have my first child on the way. I fear that when he grows up, he will not be allowed to have an opinion about anything or be able to have a sense of humour. I hope that the world doesn’t become that bleak.

Ending a persons career over that pic? Shameful and scary.Like · Reply · 6 · 8h
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Weo WestThis sensitivity to just about anything that someone does or says is getting ridiculously out of hand. I have no desire to live in a world that bans humour, especially black and off the cuff humour. It’s not living if we keep heading towards a humourless existence. His tweet was funny, along with the selfie, and if you can’t see the humour in it, then I would take a long look at yourself in the mirror, because a narcissistic psychotic is looking back. Errr, sorry, that’s Trump.Like · Reply · 4 · 9h

Carol Allen