“Everywhere in the world, during every crisis, journalists are always exempt from every travel ban, even in places like Syria. So if a journalist is blocked and sent back because he’s here to cover how the government’s pipeline has been trammelling on Indigenous rights, then that’s a big issue, since Canadian media isn’t covering the story itself. So I would say it’s limiting press freedom and the general public’s awareness of issues, not only here, but internationally as well.”
The Tyee
2020-08-24