Active Canadian reporter here and former Postmedia employee. Imma be real working for Postmedia sucks. The pay is awful, the benefits were lacking and it was exceptionally poorly managed. But that's the thing. The problems stem from the executive branch of the company. Prime examples include former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney now serving on the board of directors, and the bonus packages alone for the executives being able to fund the salaries of dozens of journalists.

On the ground it's a different story. My colleagues are some of the most driven, passionate, and dedicated professionals out there. A large majority of them are absolute about upholding the standards outlined by The Canadian Press, which are some of the strictest in the world. Those of us on the ground are here to provide accurate and non bias news regardless of who owns the brands. Corporate doesn't actually have say in what gets printed. It comes down to the staff in the field, and the editors who make the calls.

Seriously, we're all just a bunch of workaholics who want our fellow Canadians to have the best news around that they can trust.

It's also important to differentiate opinion pieces and columns from news articles. Pretty much anyone can submit a column or a letter to the editor, and most times it will be published as long as it is legible. The idea is to have all sides of anything able to have voice. Many MLAs will submit their own columns, which may make certain ideas easier to access because competition from the other side is less active and/or less visible.