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Friends of Canadian Broadcasting executive director Daniel Bernhard speaks to parliamentarians about reviewing tax on ads on foreign platforms on April 24, 2018./ Photo via Sam Garcia.

Watchdog Friends calls for emergency media fund

Brief | April 6, 2020

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has urged the federal government to help prominent media outlets facing “imminent failure” due to falling revenues driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, pointing to a survey that shows a majority of Canadians somewhat support treating media collapses as an emergency and funding struggling outlets.

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