“Free” Press Costs Millions

Cabinet is paying out millions of dollars in grants to small religious weeklies under an application-only subsidy operated by Heritage Canada. The Canadian Jewish News received $1.8 million in four years though its circulation numbers only 33,000 readers. The Western Catholic Reporter received $1.5 million: “It never occurred to me the Canadian government would fund newspapers”.

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