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‘Bipartisan’ Local Journalism Committee Jousts over Report
The committee proposes tax credits and a 25% minimum government ad spend on local outlets to support rural, northern, and multicultural journalism in Manitoba.
- On Dec. 19, 2025 the committee released a report urging at least 25 per cent of Manitoba government advertising spending, including Crown corporations, be directed to local journalism outlets.
- During consultations this year the six-member committee focused on rural, northern and multicultural media, heard 43 presentations, and cancelled a June 26 Gimli session due to low interest.
- Opposition Progressive Conservatives, who held two of the six committee seats, say they were not consulted and Greg Nesbitt, PC MLA and former community newspaper publisher, said his removal request was ignored.
- Committee chair Robert Loiselle defended the report, saying he was proud of the final version shaped by numerous talks with Greg Nesbitt and colleagues and citing the 2025 wildfire season's local media outlets that provided evacuation information.
- Alongside advertising targets, submissions called for tax credits for locally owned media modeled on the federal tax credit and majority earmark calls for Manitoba media aligned with the Progressive Conservatives' position on in-province ad spend.
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The committee was composed of four NDP MPs and two Progressive Conservative MPs. The committee was established in May and consulted with Manitobans until October to learn more about the issues of local journalism."Local media really care about Manitobans" Robert Loiselle, chair of the committee, took stock of these meetings."With all the consultations that we've done, either in person or online, it has been found that local media really care abo…
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