CALGARY — Questions are being asked about taxpayer-funded activism and media ethics after former Mount Royal University professor Dr. Frances Widdowson and author Lindsay Shepherd alleged they were specifically targeted in an elaborate prank operation.
Staff inside Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Privy Council Office took part in a confidential federal meeting to discuss which reporters should receive government accreditation and which could be denied access, according to Access To Information records released this week.
Blacklock’s Reporter says the March 10 meeting, involving officials from the Privy Council Office, Global Affairs Canada, Treasury Board, Canada Revenue Agency and the immigration department, focused on creating a more unified federal media accreditation system amid growing concerns over independent journalism and alternative media outlets.
In an era when objective truth is a nice-to-have and the bar for politicians is in the depths of hell, it’s helpful to have someone like Rosemary Barton in the mix. For more than two decades, Barton, currently the CBC’s chief political correspondent, has chatted with, fact-checked and, when the occasion merits it, borderline interrogated the country’s most consequential public figures. Lately, thanks to some unusually exciting policy shifts under our refreshingly boring new prime minister, Canada’s newsmakers are commanding global headlines. But first, they’ll probably pop up on Rosemary Barton Live.
Government bought media giving a tongue bath to government bought media.
Careful as spittle may leak through your screen.
Federal officials quietly tested public appetite for cutting funding to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and other Crown corporations, with internal focus group research showing Canadians are open to reductions as Ottawa looks for ways to rein in spending.
Blacklock’s Reporter says the research, commissioned by the Privy Council Office and conducted by The Strategic Counsel under a $1.6 million contract, found participants frequently pointed to Crown corporations like the CBC and Canada Post as areas where the federal government could scale back expenditures.
Bet the polling will mysteriously experience a sea-change.
The headline from the CBC made it sound like the Trump administration was engaged in a street-level shakedown of their closest ally and neighbour.
“Washington demanding ‘entry fee’ from Ottawa before trade talks: sources,” CBC’s headline read.
During recent Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage hearings about the state of media in Canada, witnesses and outlets pointed to two urgent realities reshaping the sector: government-funded journalists embedded in conventional newsrooms and the rapid rise of independent outlets. Sheila Gunn-Reid’s testimony for Rebel News crystallized the debate when she warned these developments have produced a “two‑tiered media system,” a split between outlets that rely on public handouts and those that do not.
The CBC is a huge waste of money. Nearly nobody is watching it and journalists should not be paid by the government.
With former employees testifying before a Parliament Hill committee, it’s easy to get lost in the drama.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is refusing to release an internal document that allegedly outlines which public figures its journalists are discouraged from interviewing, even after a former host told MPs the network maintained a blacklist of dozens of names.
During testimony before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, former CBC-TV host Travis Dhanraj said newsroom staff relied on an internal guide titled Parameters For Political Guests that restricted who could appear on certain programs.
Appearing before the House of Commons standing committee on Canadian heritage on Tuesday, former CBC host Travis Dhanraj painted a stark picture of how the public broadcaster allegedly abuses its employees, discriminates based on race and systematically attempts to silence conservative voices.
TORONTO — Former CBC host Travis Dhanraj told a parliamentary committee Tuesday that editorial interference, internal culture problems and political bias at CBC News have eroded public trust in the publicly funded broadcaster.
Early in his testimony, Dhanraj described an incident during editorial discussions about Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich. He told MPs that after he noted Lich had multiple last names, David Cochrane, host of Power & Politics, allegedly responded that “people who live in trailers usually do.”
Travis Dhanraj's testimony to the Heritage Committee
"Chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton circulated internal communications questioning my program, copying senior leadership, insinuating she or Mr. Cochrane should have done the interview."
",,,The CBC that I… https://t.co/46g2ZgE4zm pic.twitter.com/DaZjlHgRVR
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) March 10, 2026
Live feed.
It’s running late, was supposed to start at 11 am
My message to Canadians & CBC:
March 10, I will testify before the Heritage Committee.
Under parliamentary privilege, I will name names & present facts about what went on @CBCNews.
You won’t want to miss this, because it matters. cc: @brodiefenlon— Travis Dhanraj (@Travisdhanraj) March 5, 2026
It’s not just on the streets of Minneapolis: If you live in a Canadian city, you are surrounded by undocumented migrants trying to avoid the authorities. They are hidden in plain sight: at work on virtually any construction site or renovation job in Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal; in hospitals and elder-care facilities; in restaurant kitchens; and quite possibly in your house, cleaning and taking care of your kids.
The Globe and Mail whoring for the LPC and its Corporate pals.
Mass immigration aka Human Trafficking is good for them. They don’t give a damn about the damage its caused you and your family.
If we ever get a Trump the first thing to do is end media subsidies.
Reynolds Mastin, the President and CEO of the Canadian Media Producers Association, told Prime Minister Mark Carney that the industry has his back, in comments given at the association’s recent summit.
“Prime Minister, know that every person in this room, and the 180,000 people who work in the industry, have your back, just as we know that you have ours,” said Mastin in a 15-second clip posted on X.
From the mainstream media summit this weekend. This clip has been scrubbed from CPAC.
It would be a shame if this was shared endlessly as to expose the extreme media bias we in our Country. pic.twitter.com/EebUz4GAvx— Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱 (@ryangerritsen) February 1, 2026
Canadian Pravda (Incognito)
Canadian media members caught on camera admitting they are purposely going easy on Mark Carney to help keep the Liberals in power
CPAC tried scrubbing this segment from the internet
Here are the receipts pic.twitter.com/FfjXfysnJB
— The Pleb 🌍 Reporter (@truckdriverpleb) February 2, 2026
h/t Mauser
