The federal media bailout will see taxpayers subsidize at least 32¢ of every dollar spent on news gathering by publishers, according to Access To Information records. Newspaper lobbyists petitioned the Department of Canadian Heritage for even more aid than was promised in the $595 million program: ‘It’s the best way to sustain journalism.’

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