Rebel News tried to get on the government to qualify it as a "Canadian journalism organization" so it could give subscribers a digital news subscription tax credit but their bid was rejected because they don't produce enough original Canadian content and what they do produce is too one-sided to be considered journalism. Naturally they are grifting off this already, claiming Trudeau revoked their broadcast license (lol).
quite unsurprisingly in another thread, member Retro parroted the Rebel News take:
A secret board of Trudeau government advisors has terminated Rebel News’ licence renewal. Nothing says freedom more than the government in power deciding who can be a journalist and who can’t! 😂🤣 Freedom!!!!
of course there is no such thing as a federal "Journalism License"! As for the claimed, "secret board" terminating Rebel News license renewal, the board in question is the, "Independent Advisory Board on eligibility for journalism tax measures"; with mandate & members detailed below:
it was this
Independent Advisory Board that ruled Rebel News didn't produce enough "original content" to qualify as a "Canadian journalism organization" in order to be allowed to provide subscribers a
digital news subscription tax credit. Of course Rebel News is a tad upset that they don't qualify as a legitimate news organization and, accordingly, can't issue donation receipts in the same way charities can, making donations to Rebel News not tax deductible.
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