The Federal Budget and Canadian News

You’ve no doubt heard the breakdown of the Canadian budget by now. One interesting aspect of that budget was the money that was going to be put towards supporting Canadian news organizations.

Is this the answer to the problem? Or are there deeper underlying issues that we need to address to support our news organizations.Sean Holman is the founder of PublicEye, who is one of the people that believes that there are other more important things we need to address. He mentions in a Tyee article that according to a survey, more Canadians know the Russian President’s last name than the number of people who know who Canada’s Governor General is, who the Finance Minister is, or even the name of their province’s Premier.

Guest: Sean Holman

Professor in Journalism, and founder of investigative news service PublicEye

You’ve no doubt heard the breakdown of the Canadian budget by now. One interesting aspect of that budget was the money that was going to be put towards supporting Canadian news organizations.

Is this the answer to the problem? Or are there deeper underlying issues that we need to address to support our news organizations.Sean Holman is the founder of PublicEye, who is one of the people that believes that there are other more important things we need to address. He mentions in a Tyee article that according to a survey, more Canadians know the Russian President’s last name than the number of people who know who Canada’s Governor General is, who the Finance Minister is, or even the name of their province’s Premier.

Guest: Sean Holman

Professor in Journalism, and founder of investigative news service PublicEye