Canada Sets New Target For Reducing Emissions – April 22, 2021
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault joins Peter Van Dusen to discuss the government’s new climate change target of reducing emissions by 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.
Raywat Deonandan, a University of Ottawa epidemiologist, reacts to the latest news on COVID-19 vaccines, variants, and travel restrictions.
Political commentators Farouk Karim, Tim Powers, and Susan Smith analyze Ontario’s COVID-19 turmoil and the week’s other top stories.
It’s important to note that the “generals” this time around especially Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault understand that what’s at stake this time is clearly unlike any threat that news media, and the millions of Canadians who rely on it, have ever faced before. In his public pronouncements, he has indicated that you can’t call in the cavalry to fight a high-tech war, especially when the other side has nukes. But not everyone sees it that way. Some are tempted to look at a new problem through an old lens. Over the last half century in particular, successive Canadian governments have effectively responded to threats to the Canadian cultural sector including to news media with innovative and comprehensive policies of special funds and Canadian content and production requirements. Purists have sometimes chafed at these policies, but they’ve been instrumental in nurturing and sustaining a vibrant cultural sector in the face of constant bombardment from the worl
iPolitics By Mark Buell. Published on Apr 21, 2021 4:29pm Attempts to apply national laws to what is essentially a global resource runs the risk of killing the very things that makes the internet so valuable. Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault speaks in the House of Commons. (Photo via Twitter)
Canada has historically served as a model for how to craft sound policy for complex issues.
That’s why it’s discouraging that Canada is considering policies that abandon the principles of an open internet principles Canada has long championed on the global stage.
The question of who’s responsible for online content that’s considered harmful to end users is under increased scrutiny. Much of the debate involves the role of social-media platforms, and how they mitigate the harm of content posted on their sites.
Canadaâs Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, a Liberal Party member, said a new internet censorship bill will be tabled within two weeks. To Liberals, the bill will protect Canadians from online abuse â but to those concerned about freedom and civil liberties, it is a law that will have a chilling effect on free speech.
âMy job is to ensure the safety and security of the Canadian population. Thatâs what I am here for,â said Guilbeault. More…
All the while Google struck a deal with Rupert Murdoch s News Corp. to feature content on its Google News Showcase that included an ad revenue sharing agreement, despite the tension between the two companies.
The Australian incident, and its reverberations, can be heard across the world as other nations contemplate forcing tech firms to pay for news content. I think the Australia case s main contribution was that it showed how powerful Facebook was and that it could disrupt the flow of news at a country level, especially for a country as large as Australia, Jennifer Grygiel, an assistant professor of communications at Syracuse University, told CNBC.