TAGGED AS PABLO RODRIGUEZ
Eatrides defends CRTC independence at CHPC meeting
Internet and Governance | 11/23/2023 1:41 pm EST
In a House of Commons heritage committee meeting that was marked more by partisan feuding than for what it revealed about the CRTC, commission chair Vicky Eatrides sought to fend off suggestions that the CRTC and Heritage Canada were colluding on the rollout of the Online...
Feds respond to tech giants’ concerns through proposed regulations
Internet and Governance | 07/11/2023 5:14 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage is proposing regulations under the Online News Act that aim to clarify how the legislation will be interpreted and carried out, addressing some of the tech...
Feds, Cogeco, Quebecor, say goodbye to Meta
Internet and Governance | 07/05/2023 5:54 pm EDT
The federal government, Quebecor Inc., and Cogeco Inc., are pulling all their advertising investments...
Feds earmark $5.5 million to fight disinformation
Internet and Governance | 06/07/2023 5:59 pm EDT
The federal government is spending $5.5 million to create the Canadian Digital Media Research Network...
Catherine Tait reappointed as president of CBC/Radio-Canada
Media | 06/01/2023 5:04 pm EDT
The government has extended the term of Catherine Tait as president and CEO...
Removal of harmful content will be contentious, IIC panel says
Internet and Governance | 05/16/2023 4:58 pm EDT
OTTAWA–When the government finally gets around to introducing its online...
Cheers, jeers, as streaming act becomes law
Media | 04/28/2023 4:34 pm EDT
After months of contentious debate, Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, has become law. The Senate voted 52-16 on third reading Thursday. Shortly thereafter, Governor-General Mary Simon gave it Royal Assent.
The victory after the lengthy parliamentary process was...
Rodriguez not worried about Biden lobbying against online bills
Internet and Governance | 03/23/2023 3:24 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is not worried that...
Conservatives seek Quebec consultation on Online Streaming Act
Media | 02/15/2023 4:59 pm EST
During Tuesday’s Question Period, two Conservative MPs from Quebec took...
While more involved, Rodriguez’s CRTC letter doesn’t go far enough: consumer advocates
Internet and Governance | 02/08/2023 4:02 pm EST
While the letter from Heritage Minister Pablo...
CBC’s Tait says IP ownership has to remain front and centre of CanCon rules; Amazon disagrees
Media | 02/03/2023 5:14 pm EST
OTTAWA– An Amazon Inc. Prime Video executive has...
Gov. announces $1.2m in misinformation research funding
Internet and Governance | 01/11/2023 3:22 pm EST
The federal government Wednesday announced that the department of Canadian...
Ministers vow to monitor American proposals on TikTok
Media | 12/15/2022 2:03 pm EST
The ministers most responsible for telecom and broadcasting policy in Canada are pledging to follow...
Rodriguez, Scott, given rough ride on C-18 in appearance before Heritage committee
Internet and Governance | 10/21/2022 7:21 pm EDT
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez and CRTC chair Ian Scott were...
Gov. announced 11 projects, with $2.4M funding, to combat disinformation
Internet and Governance | 07/21/2022 4:11 pm EDT
The ministers of Canadian Heritage and Intergovernmental Affairs,...
Online harms panel finds diverging opinions on content removal for planned legislation
Internet and Governance | 07/08/2022 5:11 pm EDT
The removal of problematic content online remains a heavily debated issue for experts consulted on Canada’s controversial online harms bill.
Friday, the expert...
Rodriguez lashes out at Online Streaming Act critics, Senate begins study
Media | 06/17/2022 3:44 pm EDT
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez attacked Conservative party...
Rodriguez slams Tories for misinformation on Online Streaming Act
Media | 06/07/2022 3:45 pm EDT
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez attacked the opposition for...
Next CRTC chair must be bilingual: Rodriguez
Media | 05/31/2022 6:42 pm EDT
The Minister of Canadian Heritage has assured the House of Commons that the next chair of the CRTC will...
Canadian politicians condemn Russian shuttering of CBC Moscow bureau
Media | 05/19/2022 4:13 pm EDT
Canadian politicians were quick to condemn Russia’s move to close the...
Facebook lied in Security Committee: Rodriguez
Media | 04/27/2022 4:28 pm EDT
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has said the Government is not backing down from its legislative effort to get companies like Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook and Twitter Inc. to compensate news outlets for their content, in the wake of comments from a Facebook official to...
Hate groups need legislative stops on fundraising, security committee hears
Media | 03/31/2022 7:50 pm EDT
Extremist groups are able to propagate their message and raise funds...
Federal government spends $2.5m to battle disinformation
Internet and Governance | 03/16/2022 3:17 pm EDT
The Canadian government has allocated $2.5 million to help people identify...
CRTC opens consultation on Russia Today removal after request from Gov.
Media | 03/03/2022 5:45 pm EST
Following the issuing of an order-in-council from the cabinet on Wednesday...
Rogers “not putting a dime” in middle tier news market: Conservative MP
Media | 03/02/2022 7:16 pm EST
Community-owned television outlets “are not producing local news that...
Gov. to ask CRTC to stop RT broadcasts over Ukraine invasion
Media | 02/28/2022 6:11 pm EST
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday afternoon that the...
Government, Telefilm, extend support for uninsured Canadian productions
Media | 02/11/2022 1:06 pm EST
The Government of Canada has extended its temporary emergency fund...
Gov. reintroduces Broadcasting Act update, with social media exemption
Media | 02/02/2022 7:32 pm EST
OTTAWA -- Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodríguez called previous...
New Broadcast Act update appears on order paper as Tories oppose move
Internet and Governance | 02/01/2022 6:05 pm EST
The government placed legislation to change the Broadcasting Act on the...
Successor bill to C-10 “absolute priority”, Rodriguez says
Media | 11/23/2021 11:50 am EST
Canadian Heritage minister Pablo Rodriguez says revisions to the Broadcasting Act will be reintroduced as soon as possible. Any new legislation would replace Bill C-10 from the last Parliament, which died on the order paper when the election was called.
Speaking in...
UPDATED – Rodriguez back as Heritage minister, Champagne remains in Innovation
Media | 10/26/2021 12:47 pm EDT
OTTAWA -- MP Pablo Rodriguez is back in familiar territory as he is once...
Liberals, Conservatives promise new rules for Netflix
Media | 09/30/2019 5:27 pm EDT
The Liberal Party platform, released Sunday, includes promises of new regulations for Canadian content on...
Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei ban
Media | 09/10/2019 12:03 pm EDT
Even before the federal election campaign officially kicked off, telecom...
Heritage working groups examining regulation of online content
Media | 07/30/2019 3:17 pm EDT
Heritage Canada has commissioned seven working groups that are looking at...
CRTC to lead future telecom cybersecurity rules: gov’t document
telecom | 07/22/2019 1:23 pm EDT
The Liberal government plans to have the CRTC be the body in charge of developing and then enforcing telecom regulation related to future cybersecurity laws, according to a memo for Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez obtained through access to information law. In this year’s budget, the federal government outlined $144.9 million over five years to “help to protect Canada’s critical cyber systems including in the finance, telecommunications, energy and transport sectors.” The budget...
Broadcast news tax credit exclusion means cuts ‘inevitable’: CAB
Media | 07/02/2019 5:27 pm EDT
The independence of the panel that will determine which print news...
Rodriguez promises CanCon rules for ‘web giants’
Media | 06/26/2019 5:53 pm EDT
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said in a social media post Wednesday that the Liberal government plans...
No Super Bowl simsub reversal without USMCA: gov’t to Bell
Media | 06/07/2019 5:00 pm EDT
The federal government isn’t interested in helping ensure BCE Inc. sees a...
Corus asked BTLR to immediately change foreign ownership rules
Media | 05/30/2019 4:19 pm EDT
Corus Entertainment Inc., the only major Canadian broadcaster refusing to...
Cogeco calling for radio representation on tax credit panel
Media | 05/22/2019 5:25 pm EDT
Cogeco Inc. is lobbying the government to help Canadian radio news...
Quebecor walks the talk, pulls TVA Sports signal from Bell
Media | 04/10/2019 7:07 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. has stopped broadcasting its TVA Sports signal following...
Péladeau willing to pull TVA Sports signal in fight with Bell
Media | 04/08/2019 6:03 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Quebecor Inc. president and CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau said...
NDP MP says gov’t must clarify if Netflix deal had any French-language funds
telecom | 04/03/2019 3:48 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Quebec NDP MP François Choquette has filed a judicial review...
Growing CRTC cost awards delays ‘problem for everybody’
Media | 12/18/2018 7:44 pm EST
Increases in how long the CRTC takes to pay public interest groups to participate in proceedings not only represent an existential crisis for the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) but also a wider problem that could harm the involvement of other consumer organizations,...
Cultural sector reaches out to Rodriguez
Media | 09/19/2018 6:12 pm EDT
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has met with creative groups in his first registered lobby...
New party, fresh faces on Heritage could shake up Parliament
Media | 09/14/2018 5:16 pm EDT
As politicians file back into Parliament Hill’s Centre Block for the...
Andrew Scheer shuffles Heritage, Industry critics
Media | 09/07/2018 4:36 pm EDT
Opposition Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has shuffled his caucus's shadow cabinet in the lead up to...
MPs Fillmore and Anandasangaree named Heritage parl secs
Media | 08/31/2018 11:43 am EDT
After this summer’s cabinet shuffle, the Heritage minister will gain two...
Joly out at Heritage as Pablo Rodriguez named new minister
Media | 07/18/2018 5:00 pm EDT
Former chief government whip Pablo Rodriguez is the new heritage minister, replacing the embattled Mélanie Joly, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet on Wednesday.
Rodriguez has “a lot” of previous experience with this portfolio, independent...