You Want Change In The Way The Media Operates -- Your Turn

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You Want Change In The Way The Media Operates -- Your Turn

FromThe Bridge with Peter Mansbridge

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Jan 11, 2024

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This week's question was a popular one: "What one change would you make to Canada's news media?". People from coast to coast to coast wrote in with their thoughts and some pretty good ideas. Also today the Random Ranter makes the case for Canada's teachers -- what he thinks they need.

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Jan 11, 2024

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