Did you know that Corus Entertainment, owners of Global TV and a number of radio stations, are registered to lobby the government?

After researching Corus, I looked into Postmedia, who own 175 newspapers including The Sun, and Rogers Communications, owners of Maclean’s and Chatelaine magazines.

They were both registered to lobby too and have had several meetings with the government.

Watch as I give you an idea of the amount of government funding some of these publications get and show how often they still come back to the taxpayer trough for more.

The fact that layoffs are occurring and print editions are failing isn’t just a sign that digital media is taking over, it also shows that the mainstream media just can’t survive without government dollars.

Mainstream media companies lobby hard for taxpayer bailouts, but why should Canadians be paying for media at all, particularly media sources that can’t be trusted to be unbiased?