Justin Trudeau accuses rival of ‘running to American billionaires’ to attack CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has said it would pause Twitter activities after being labelled ‘government-funded media’

Prime minister Justin Trudeau has waded into a feud over Twitter’s decision to label Canada’s public broadcaster as “government funded”, accusing his main political rival Pierre Poilievre of enlisting the help of tech executives in an attempt to defund the network.

Last week, the Conservative leader called on Twitter owner Elon Musk to label the English-language feed of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s “government-funded” – but stopped short of asking for the French arm of the network to also be given the same label.