We have entered an era in which Canadians must choose between media with or without strings attached

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Illustration of Prime Minister Mark Carney holding media on strings. Grok

There are now three types of news media in Canada - those who are happy to take the government’s money, those who would take it but are unapproved by government appointees and those who, on principle, will not.