The union is adding fuel to its anti-Conservative reputation.
cover that featured the Tory leader and four provincial conservative leaders fighting the Liberal government’s carbon pricing plan.Referencing the union’s attack, Scheer said Unifor’s involvement in the media bailout plan flirts with “election interference.”Liberals have lauded journalists and an independent news media as integral to Canada’s democratic system.
. They’re designed to incentivize people to pay and support “trusted, professional” news outlets, and to offset the labour costs involved in original reporting.But the election-year timing of the so-called media bailout and Unifor’s involvement has tested the Liberals’ message that the process is non-partisan.
The federal minister responsible for implementing the measures deflected questions about Unifor’s involvement inHeritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez was pressed about whether the union’s role in the project has created the appearance of political bias. He repeatedly referenced Conservative attacks claiming LiberalsEarlier: Tory MP asks if government is trying to ‘buy out the media’Rodriguez spoke about the independent panel of experts in general terms.
“Because we need professional journalism in our society. You’re there to ask the tough questions,” he told the “As It Happens” host.
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