There is likely engagement statistics available from other countries on how much engagement was/wasn't lost, and how it changed in other contries where this was

There is likely engagement statistics available from other countries on how much engagement was/wasn't lost, and how it changed in other contries where this was started. With the erosion of local and hyper-local news in Canada and North America - the media that was largely being cut out is the national chains who are shutting down many of the local papers and leaving broader, more generalized coverage that is not regionally accurate in some cases. Hyper local media wouldn't have the $ to lobby like this. It's not entirely unclear how much they were consulted in a meaningful way. For example hearing something about the real estate industry in "Canada" often means Toronto, or Vancouver only, when there are plenty of interesting things happening in other areas contrary to this reporting, much like the US. Edit; Typos