Quebec Liberals search $1-million bailout for Métro Média

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The Quebec Liberals are asking for the province to place up $1 million with a view to hold media writer Métro Média afloat.

The writer of about 20 native newspapers introduced per week in the past it was suspending the operations of newspaper Métro and all of the group newspapers.

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The Liberals say they need the CAQ authorities to assist Métro Média with its digital transformation over the subsequent six months.

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Michelle Setlakwe, the spokesperson on tradition and communications, and Filomena Rotiroti, who speaks on points associated to the metropolis, stated the newspapers play an important function in Montreal and Quebec throughout a time when data on native affairs is changing into increasingly uncommon.

“(Métro newspaper) is a supply of knowledge that employs journalists that do important work informing the group, stated Setlakwe, the MNA for Mont-Royal—Outremont.

Reacting to their request, Tradition Minister Mathieu Lacombe stated the information of Métro Média folding is unlucky, and his ministry will proceed to assist native newspaper, because it has been doing over the previous few years.