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We have a news ecosystem in Canada in which most of the journalists could soon have at least half of their pay depend on the government, Google and any other offshore money that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) might come up with, deplored journalist and former CRTC regulator Peter Menzies during a Canadian

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is hinting that it will take steps to limit how much money Canada's publicly funded broadcaster can collect under Ottawa's new revenue-sharing agreement with Google.

The Liberal government is hinting that it will take steps to limit how much money Canada's publicly funded broadcaster can collect under Ottawa's new revenue-sharing agreement with Google.

The agreement requires Google to provide up to $100 million a year to Canadian news organizations whose content is featured on their sites,

The agreement requires Google to provide up to $100 million a year to Canadian news organizations whose content is featured on their sites,

Now, as we work out what’s next and who gets how much from the $100-million pie, Canada must ensure the deals favour all news in the public interest.

Now, as we work out what’s next and who gets how much from the $100-million pie, Canada must ensure the deals favour all news in the public interest.

The federal government didn’t pass a law to make news disappear from the internet, but it created those conditions through its own incompetence, Althia Raj writes.

The province is honouring 26 people with the Order of Ontario, including six-time Olympic medalist Andre De Grasse.

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