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317</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">When a community loses a newspaper, like Winnipegâs Community Review or Métro Médiaâs publications in Quebec, the information vacuum can lead to people getting their news from less than reliable sources â like AI and social media â which can create division that drives people apart. Without a check on local government, corruption, mismanagement, and wasteful spending often flourish, which can result in higher municipal taxes and borrowing costs. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">It was not foreign Big Tech monopolists like Google and Meta that caused Manitobaâs largest community newspaper to shutter. It was Canada Post. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">And itâs not like we werenât warned⦠</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Thirty years ago, in his review of Canada Postâs mandate, George Radwanski recommended that postal service get out of delivering unaddressed junk mail (i.e., flyers), concluding that the Crown corporation engaged in inappropriate practices that created unfair competition for private businesses like community newspapers. </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">As a former <i>Toronto Star</i> editor-in-chief, Radwanski knew the news business. He noted that Canada Post was actively siphoning advertising revenue away from the news industry and adroitly cautioned that the state-granted mail delivery monopoly should not be in the business of crippling the financial health of newspapers.</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">A healthy democracy demands a healthy community news media ecosystem. Letâs level the playing field and restore competition in the flyer distribution market before more community newspapers shutter. </span></p><p class="p3"><span class="s1"><i>Paul Deegan</i></span></p><p class="p3"><span class="s1"><i>Chief Executive Officer of<br /> 318News Media Canada</i></span></p></div></section><div id="section-comments"><div id="comments" class="comments-area"></div></div></div><aside class="cell small-12 medium-12 large-4"><div class="hide-for-small-only"><div class="widget"><center style="padding-bottom:20px;"></center></div><div class="widget"><center style="padding-bottom:20px;"></center></div></div><div id="adrotate_widgets-2" class="widget adrotate_widgets"></div></aside></div></article></main></div></div><div class="hide-for-small-only"><div class="grid-container"><section class="ad-section-bottom text-center"><div class="grid-x align-center"><div class="small-12 large-shrink text-center"></div></div></section></div></div><div class="grid-container"><div class="grid-x grid-padding-x"><div class="small-12 cell"><footer id="footer" role="contentinfo"><div class="grid-x grid-padding-x"><div class="cell large-auto footer-widget"><div class="hide-for-small-only"><nav role="navigation"><ul id="menu-footer-menu" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-391" class="no-hover menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-391"><a>News</a><ul class="sub-menu"><li id="menu-item-99937" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-99937"><a href="https://midwesternnewspapers.com/category/local-news/">Local News</a></li><li id="menu-item-99938" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-99938"><a href="https://midwesternnewspapers.com/category/police/">Police</a></li><li id="menu-item-99939" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-99939"><a href="https://midwesternnewspapers.com/category/sports/">Sports</a></li><li id="menu-item-99940" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-99940"><a href="https://midwesternnewspapers.com/category/rural/">Rural</a></li><li id="menu-item-99941" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-99941"><a href="https://midwesternnewspapers.com/category/arts-entertainment/">Arts & Entertainment</a></li><li id="menu-item-99942" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-99942"><a href="https://midwesternnewspapers.com/category/business/">Business</a></li></ul></li><li id="menu-item-390" class="no-hover menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-390"><a>Opinion</a><ul class="sub-menu"><li id="menu-item-64566" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type_archive menu-item-object-letter menu-item-64566"><a href="https://midwesternnewspapers.com/letter/">Letters</a></li><li id="menu-item-360" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-360"><a href="https://midwesternnewspapers.com/category/columns/">Columnists</a></li>
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