National security is being used as a weapon against accountability journalism: Reporters Without Borders

Disinformation and Alberta’s referendum

Alberta 2026: Truth Is the Battleground. Trust Is the Target. Albertans head to the polls in October to decide whether there should be a second referendum on the future of their province in Canadian confederation. While the stakes are enormous, the push for separation is unfolding in a media environment increasingly polluted by disinformation, synthetic […]

Independent news is impactful, but not replacing traditional journalism

Justice Dept. drops ‘New York Times’ subpoenas under pressure from a judge

How to make Canadian news sustainable

With only about one in five Canadians willing to pay for digital news, a new report argues for a menu of policy solutions to keep fact-based journalism sustainable. Making News Media Sustainable: Options for the Long Term, by Sen. Andrew Cardozo and MediaPolicy.ca editor Howard Law, sets out 15 policy ideas. They range from requiring […]

Transparency trouble at Carney’s Privy Council Office

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s own department, the Privy Council Office (PCO), has become the bad boy of freedom of information in Canada. That’s the clear message of a new report from Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard, the independent officer of Parliament who polices the system. Maynard’s 2025-26 report, released in June, singles out PCO as the […]

Alberta “wins” a prize for secrecy

From  CAJ Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government has been selected by a trio of journalism organizations as the provincial winner of the 2025 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy after Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner found the province broke its own freedom of information laws. The commissioner’s investigation into 27 public […]

Erosion of press freedom threatens democracy: United Nations officials say

The United Nations marked World Press Freedom Day with a stark warning: Governments are increasingly trying to silence independent media. The erosion of press freedom threatens democracy itself, UNESCO Secretary General Khaled El-Enany said in a joint statement with leaders of other U.N. governing bodies on May 3. “We unequivocally condemn the killings of journalists […]

Frum urges news consumers and producers to aim higher

Consumers need to be more diligent in their news choices instead of relying on social media sources that are designed to enrage us, David Frum told the World Press Freedom Canada luncheon in Ottawa. Frum is a staff writer at The Atlantic who has championed rule of law and press freedom. The conservative commentator is […]

A Canadian on the world’s fault lines

For more than two decades, Mark MacKinnon has served as a foreign correspondent for The Globe and Mail, covering conflict in Afghanistan, the Middle East and Ukraine, often at great personal risk. He has said he does this work because he believes Canadians should see and understand the world through the eyes of Canadian journalists, […]