Department of Canadian Heritage

Ottawa Offers $58.8M to Continue Local Journalism Program for Another Three Years

Canada’s government is spending another $58.8 million to fund local journalism jobs. The money will go toward the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI), a program created in 2019 aimed at helping ...

March 3, 2024BY Chandra Philip

Online News Act Funding Capped for Private Broadcasters, CBC: Regulations

Final regulations for the Online News Act show the amount of funding private broadcasters will get through the ...

December 15, 2023BY The Canadian Press

Google to Pay $100M a Year to Canadian News Publishers in Deal With Ottawa

Ottawa has agreed to set a $100-million yearly cap on payments that Google will be required to make ...

November 29, 2023BY The Canadian Press

Heritage Department Seeks Larger Budget to Monitor ‘Disinformation’

The Department of Canadian Heritage is seeking a larger budget for its Digital Citizens Initiative (DCI), saying millions ...

October 18, 2023BY Matthew Horwood

Canada’s ‘Guest of Honour’ Sponsorship of 2021 German Book Fair Cost Over $18 Million: Audit

The federal government paid over $18 million in 2021 for it's "guest of honour" sponsorship of that year's ...