Liberals shut down debate on Bill C-10 amendment allowing regulation of social media content nationalpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nationalpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
, provincial and federal policies fall far short of the scale of the challenge. One reason for Canada s laggardly climate policies is the economic, cultural and political power of the fossil fuel industries.
This two-part series considers an under-explored aspect of their power their relationship with Canadian corporate media, and possible policy responses that could promote more independent watchdog journalism. Read Part 1 here. (An extended version of the first article is scheduled for the May issue of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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In the race against climate change, Canada needs more critical journalism vis-a-vis the fossil fuel giants blocking effective climate action, as the Corporate Mapping Project has shown. Why isn t there more of the kind of news we get in
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Leigh Beadon
It s Canada s turn in the carousel of attempts at terrible internet regulation around the world. The ruling Liberal party, which professor and internet law researcher Michael Geist has called the most anti-internet government in Canadian history for its wide variety of planned new internet laws, has been working for months on a bill to amend the
Broadcasting Act and greatly broaden its scope, giving the CRTC (Canada s counterpart to the FCC) authority over all kinds of online video and audio.
Canada has a long history of requiring broadcasters to support and air Canadian content, setting percentages of airtime that must be dedicated to it. While this is controversial and of questionable efficacy, it is at least
Heritage committee won t reverse change to Bill C-10 despite public outcry
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Apr 30, 2021 at 5:14 pm EDT
The Peace Tower is pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, as lawmakers return to the House of Commons following the winter break. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
OTTAWA Liberal and opposition members of Parliament split along party lines Friday while discussing the public outcry sparked by the adoption of a new amendment to Bill C-10.
The bill sponsored by Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault is intended to update the Broadcasting Act to better reflect how people and companies use the internet, including social media platforms.
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