The bill aims to update Canada’s broadcasting law so it reflects the advent of online streaming platforms such as YouTube, Spotify and Netflix. If the bill passes, such platforms would be required to contribute to the creation of Canadian content and make it accessible to users in Canada _ or face steep penalties.
The chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, which would be given new enforcement powers under the bill, threw water on those concerns during a Senate committee hearing last month, though some lawmakers said they were still concerned about vagueness in the bill’s wording.
YouTube, which is owned by Google, has said it’s not concerned about being regulated further. But it has maintained that the bill would engage in artificial promotion of certain content and give the government control over what users see.Under the United States-Canada-Mexico free-trade agreement, or USMCA, a country can challenge a law when it feels it is being discriminated against.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai has previously expressed concern about the proposed law, but has not said whether her country would launch a trade dispute. International Trade Minister Mary Ng has insisted that the online streaming act in is line with Canada’s trade obligations.
What does it matter, Canada is already the laughing stock under this literal government anyway nail in the coffin
Why do we have to watch the garbage from canada? Is this North Korea?
Iptv solves all problems….
We don't care
Good.
Awesome we get to watch shit low budget Canadian programs because our government says so
Canada is all about discrimination under the leadership of Dr Justin the violent discriminator Trudeau and his genocidal tendencies
If only Canadians gave a sh!t about freedom of speech/expression.
Yawn... download kodi. Problem solved.