Canada must not tilt the ice in favour of foreign streamers

A country that cannot sustain the institutions that report on its communities, governments, and elections is surrendering something more consequential than market share.

Canada should not reward the escalation of a domestic regulatory dispute into an international trade conflict by granting foreign streamers preferential treatment, writes Kevin Desjardins. Pexels photograph by Jakub Zerdzicki

Opinion

BY KEVIN DESJARDINS

September 16, 2026

Across Canada, local radio and television stations are closing, while others are reducing newscasts, eliminating reporting positions, or scaling back the news programming upon which their communities rely.

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