Such was the discontent among journalists about the Aspers's editorial line that staff at the Montreal Gazette went on a byline strike in 2001, refusing to put their names to articles or pictures. "The worst thing about the Aspers was that they politicised, to a great extent, Canadian journalism ... There seems to have been a concerted movement to take Canada's press to the right by people like Conrad Black and the Aspers. That's unhealthy for political discourse." Perhaps surprisingly, many of Canwest's businesses are in relatively healthy shape by the standards of the world's struggling newspapers and broadcasters. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited