Critique shouldn’t open the door to communications chill for cultural bodies

Access to government is a legitimate privilege of democratic advocacy, but it should never become leverage over journalists.
Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Marc Miller should make clear that the independence of federal cultural institutions includes the ability of their officials to speak with journalists without those journalists being subjected to political vetting or institutional pressure, writes Samira Mohyeddin.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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BY SAMIRA MOHYEDDIN
August 26, 2026

There is a particular kind of irony in being attacked for doing your job as a journalist by an organization writing to a museum dedicated to human rights. In a July 3 letter to the board and trustees of the...

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