On: Canada investigates whether Tesla helped itself to a subsidy-fueled sales boom

[bryanlarsen]

"No payments will be made until we are confident that the claims are valid" - Freeland.

That seems like a very reasonable statement by the government, very different from the media reports.

[simonw → bryanlarsen]

Full context there is:

> “No payments will be made until we are confident that the claims are valid,” said Freeland in a statement to the Tornoto Star.

That's a statement that was made to and then reported by the media. That's kind of how journalism works.