Media

1. The Maverick Party supports ending taxpayer funding of media. The Maverick Party believes that an industry that prides itself on its independence and objectivity should not be placed into any appearance of conflict by receiving government funding.
   
   
2. The Maverick Party supports defunding of the CBC.
   
   
3. The Maverick Party advocates democratic nations commit to organizing an international conference to investigate and draft universal legislation to end social media monopolies.
   
   
4. The Maverick Party is opposed to government control and censorship of social media as outlined in Trudeau’s Bill C-10. V. The Maverick Party supports excluding Huawei from participating in Canada’s 5G broadband network. Canada is the only member of the 5 Eyes International Security Network (an alliance with the U.S, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom) that has NOT banned or restricted Huawei’s access to developing a 5G network.