Loading ...Canadian federal officials discussed media ‘blacklist’ in closed-door meeting
The meeting included members of Carney’s Privy Council Office, the Treasury Board, immigration department, Global Affairs Canada, and the Canada Revenue Agency.
Access to Information records show that staff from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s own office held a closed-door meeting to decide which media outlets would get press accreditation and which ones would be denied. The meeting was held on March 10, 2026.
As noted by Blacklock’s Reporter, the agencies all came together to create what they saw as a central media accreditation system to counter ever-growing independent media outlets, which have boomed in popularity since COVID. The documents show that federal bureaucrats held debates about which journalists were worthy, or considered “bona fide,” to be allowed media access.
The Liberal government under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau threw large amounts of money at legacy media outlets, despite Canadians increasingly turning to alternative media sources for their news. In 2019, under the former Liberal government of Trudeau, the Income Tax Act was changed to aid legacy media, so that rebates of up to $13,750 per employee would be given, but only to government-approved news outlets. In 2024, the payroll rebates were doubled to a maximum of $29,750 per employee. In fact, legacy media in Canada would not exist were it not for government subsidies, which creates a problem when it comes to reporting news contrary to the federal narrative.