‘Dumpster fire’: Postmedia’s decade of pushing Canada’s politics to the right

‘Dumpster fire’: Postmedia’s decade of pushing Canada’s politics to the right

Canada’s largest newspaper chain has amplified conservative grievance politics — creating fertile ground for MAGA-style ideas, Alberta separatism, and an increasingly polarized political landscape

Postmedia’s Decade of Pushing Canada’s Politics to the Right

Postmedia owns more than half of Canadian daily newspapers. For the past decade, it’s been shifting the contours of political debate in Canada rightward. (Unifor)This piece was originally published in Ricochet.More than half of Canadian daily newspapers are owned by Postmedia, giving the MAGA-aligned newspaper chain enormous influence over the flow of information and how current events are perceived across the country.In addition to its explicit…