Not long after I wrote this, I saw a boost from the CBC, Canadian news, account*. No one fediblocked them or said anything about Canada's racism or xenophobia or ableism or whatever when they got here.
No one is making philosophical arguments about how this just isn't the place for news or we shouldn't let companies get a foothold when it's Canada's broadcasting corporation.
* edit: My mistake, this is a Twitter mirror. I still think we should interrogate how we live the values we proclaim