2024-02-09 17:39:26
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was “quite angry” the day following the announcement of cuts of 4,800 jobs at BCE and the sale of 45 of its regional radio stations, not hesitating to use quite flowery language.
“This is a crappy decision,” Mr. Trudeau said in English, speaking of a “garbage decision” when asked regarding it during a press scrum on Friday.
PMJT just went off on Bell, saying it was a “garbage decision from a corperation that should know better” to layoff journalists and other workers.
“I’m pretty pissed off regarding what’s just happened” #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/cGgShqJKhj
— Mackenzie Gray (@Gray_Mackenzie) February 9, 2024
“I’m quite upset by what just happened,” he added, visibly furious with the parent company of Bell Media.
According to him, the takeover of local media by large media conglomerates in recent years has led to a change in the quality of the offer to citizens.
“This is an erosion not only of journalism, of quality local journalism at a time when people need it more than ever given disinformation, but also of our democracy itself.” , he insisted.
Stressing the need to keep “these local voices,” the Prime Minister argued that Canadian companies have “abdicated their responsibilities to the communities from which they have always derived good profits.”
When the cuts were announced on Thursday, its Minister of Heritage Pascale St-Onge also did not hesitate to express her dissatisfaction with this decision.
“At a time when the entire industry should be pulling together, we see that Bell decides to protect dividends and shareholders, then, believe me, I’m happy that there are shareholders who are making money, but today they preferred to throw out 4,800 people and back down on their commitments in terms of news bulletins, so it’s extremely disappointing,” she declared.
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