Foreign interference shows need for Canada to get serious on media literacy: advocate

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press As federal parties craft the scope of a possible inquiry into foreign interference, Canada’s media-literacy charity argues governments and schools need to do a better job of preventing citizens from being manipulated by hostile states. “We are going to need a media-literate populace,” said Matthew Johnson, education director with MediaSmarts, a non-profit aimed at boosting critical thinking among Canadians. “Whatever the source of disinformation, but certainly including foreign interference, digital media literacy really is both the first and last line of defence.” In May, as wildfires in Alberta hit a peak, images of blazes from…