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Canada’s media bailout will weaken trust in journalism. We should reject it. | Washington Post

What you wrote indicates a lack of fundamental understanding about how the economy actually works.

I am certain they are worth the investment risk because financial gain is not my goal

The free market cares about making money, and is well set up to do so, but there are moments when humanitarian and social gains severely outweigh the financial

I am certain they are worth the investment risk because financial gain is not my goal

Government subsidized initiatives have an inherently lower success rate due to their purpose

None of that makes any sense. Money just represents the value society attributes to something at the end of the day. I don't know what you mean by "financial" gain vs. "humanitarian" gain.

This was never about the merits of giving money to a corporation in exchange for a product or service at market value. It's about giving subsides to corporations where you don't get a product or service in return. You provided no example of when and why that would ever be economically efficient.

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