A determination ends considering, and falsifies an environment of considerations. A determination is a statement of 'these considerations but not these others', and when it is made, it divides, polarizes, and reduces consideration - and that polarization reduces a mind to 'Us versus Them' mentality, because it results in the creation of a lot of negative consideration value in a mind, in a person, and in a society - and that negative consideration value needs to be filled with something.
Canadian news media has been making propaganda determinations about Russia and other subjects for many years now. And each of the efforts to polarize people's mindsets against a subject creates prejudice that is not in the control of whoever created it. People will target whatever comes easily to them to express their prejudice - and racism is one of the easiest expressions of prejudice.
So, where has Canada's empathy gone? Media outlets such as the G&M have been burning it away for years.