Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault has tried to deflect public concern
with the regulation of user generated content under Bill C-10 by claiming the intent is to make the “web giants” pay their fair share. Yet according to an internal
government memo to Guilbeault signed by former Heritage Deputy Minister Hélène Laurendeau released under the Access to Information Act, the
department has for months envisioned a far broader regulatory reach. The memo identifies a wide range of targets, including podcast apps such as Stitcher and Pocket Casts, audiobook
services such as Audible, home workout apps, adult websites, sports streaming services such as MLB.TV and DAZN, niche video services such as Britbox, and even news sites such as the BBC and CPAC.
See more At https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2021/05/not-just-big-techbillc10/
and here at https://openmedia.org/campaigns
and https://spencerfernando.com/2021/05/03/bill-c-10-is-an-extremist-piece-of-legislation/
fortunately one hopes anyhow, the government is a minority so we know what they pass today can be revoked very fast, but who ever wins the next majority government.
we know it wont be NDP but Conservative but which version?
we know it wont be NDP but Conservative but which version?
in any case, rest assured! who ever is in power will only remain honest to the extent they are forced to! by the constituents and others who put them there in the
first place,
and with 'minority' governments one never knows what might come?
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