‘Huge conflict of interest’: How govt media subsidies reward incumbents, strangle innovation, harm public trust

April 24, 2026

The Hub: Rudyard Griffiths, publisher and co-founder of The Hub, testifies before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage about the state of Canada’s journalism and media sectors. During his testimony, he argued that government funding creates an uneven playing field favouring legacy media over startups, undermines public trust in journalism, and stifles innovation…