Opinion: A deplorable return to the starting point for print media

The publishers of newspapers in Quebec and Canada met with Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly several times over the past year to increase awareness of our industry’s struggles. They participated in good faith in the “conversations” that served as a prelude to the drafting of the cultural policy announced Thursday, and in the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage hearings regarding access to local news, the report of which was rejected by the minister upon re