A few hours after his government announced it was suspending advertising with social media company Meta, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the move was made to defend democracy.
“This is not just a dispute over advertising, it’s also a dispute over democracy,” Mr. Trudeau told reporters in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, on July 5.
The prime minister says the companies making “billions upon billions of dollars” need to pay their “fair share” to support Canadian media as a matter of “responsibility.”
Earlier that day, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced the federal government would suspend advertising with Meta companies Facebook and Instagram. He was flanked by MPs from the NDP and the Bloc Québécois who support the government on the matter….