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UPDATED: Appeals court hears arguments against streaming act payments

| 06/10/2025 5:45 am EDT

Judge gavel on computer.TORONTO–Several streaming companies kicked off a hearing at the Federal Court of Appeal on Monday, June 9 as they attempt to overturn the requirement that they make...

Eatrides defends CRTC independence at CHPC meeting

Internet and Governance | 11/23/2023 1:41 pm EST

Eatrides defends CRTC independence at CHPC meetingIn 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

Feds respond to tech giants’ concerns through proposed regulationsCanadian Heritage is proposing regulations under the Online News Act that...

Feds, Cogeco, Quebecor, say goodbye to Meta

Internet and Governance | 07/05/2023 5:54 pm EDT

CRTC consulting on new radio stations in Northern OntarioThe 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

Feds earmark $5.5 million to fight disinformationThe 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

Marie-Philippe Bouchard to take over from Catherine Tait at CBCThe 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

More subscribing to basic service speeds, but availability unchangedOTTAWA–When the government finally gets around to introducing its online harms bill, it should feature a regulator who can deal with the conundrum of “lawful but awful” content, a conference was told Tuesday.  The International Institute of Communications Canadian...

Cheers, jeers, as streaming act becomes law

Media | 04/28/2023 4:34 pm EDT

Cheers, jeers, as streaming act becomes lawAfter months of contentious debate, Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, has become law. The Senate voted...

Rodriguez not worried about Biden lobbying against online bills

Internet and Governance | 03/23/2023 3:24 pm EDT

Rodriguez not worried about Biden lobbying against online billsCanadian 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

Conservatives seek Quebec consultation on Online Streaming ActDuring Tuesday’s Question Period, two Conservative MPs from Quebec took...

Gov. announces $1.2m in misinformation research funding

Internet and Governance | 01/11/2023 3:22 pm EST

Gov. announces $1.2m in misinformation research fundingThe 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

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banThe 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

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banCanadian 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

Gov. announced 11 projects, with $2.4M funding, to combat disinformationThe ministers of Canadian Heritage and Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, announced more than $2.4 million in funding for projects to help Canadians...

Rodriguez lashes out at Online Streaming Act critics, Senate begins study

Media | 06/17/2022 3:44 pm EDT

Rodriguez lashes out at Online Streaming Act critics, Senate begins studyMinister 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

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banMinister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez attacked the opposition for...

Next CRTC chair must be bilingual: Rodriguez

Media | 05/31/2022 6:42 pm EDT

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banThe 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

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banCanadian politicians were quick to condemn Russia’s move to close the CBC/Radio-Canada’s bureau in Moscow in retaliation for the removal of RT, the state-sponsored Russian...

Facebook lied in Security Committee: Rodriguez

Media | 04/27/2022 4:28 pm EDT

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banHeritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has said the Government is not backing down from its legislative effort...

Hate groups need legislative stops on fundraising, security committee hears

Media | 03/31/2022 7:50 pm EDT

CRTC consulting on new radio stations in Northern OntarioExtremist 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

Federal government spends $2.5m to battle disinformationThe 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

CRTC opens consultation on Russia Today removal after request from Gov.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

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise divisionCommunity-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

Gov. to ask CRTC to stop RT broadcasts over Ukraine invasionPrime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday afternoon that the...

Government, Telefilm, extend support for uninsured Canadian productions 

Media | 02/11/2022 1:06 pm EST

Government, Telefilm, extend support for uninsured Canadian productions 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

Gov. reintroduces Broadcasting Act update, with social media exemptionOTTAWA -- 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

Big telecoms fight calls for an ‘ISP tax’, pitch new OTT rulesThe government placed legislation to change the Broadcasting Act on the House of Commons order paper late Monday night, as Conservative Heritage critic John Nater called on...

Successor bill to C-10 “absolute priority”, Rodriguez says

Media | 11/23/2021 11:50 am EST

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banCanadian Heritage minister Pablo Rodriguez says revisions to the...

UPDATED – Rodriguez back as Heritage minister, Champagne remains in Innovation

Media | 10/26/2021 12:47 pm EDT

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banOTTAWA -- 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

Liberals, Conservatives promise new rules for NetflixThe 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

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banEven 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

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banHeritage Canada has commissioned seven working groups that are looking at how to modernize the Broadcasting Act, parallel to the government-appointed expert panel whose recommendations are due in January. An April briefing note for Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez lists...

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...

Broadcast news tax credit exclusion means cuts ‘inevitable’: CAB

Media | 07/02/2019 5:27 pm EDT

Broadcast news tax credit exclusion means cuts ‘inevitable’: CABThe 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

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banHeritage 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

No Super Bowl simsub reversal without USMCA: gov’t to BellThe 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 asked BTLR to immediately change foreign ownership rulesCorus 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 calling for radio representation on tax credit panelCogeco 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 walks the talk, pulls TVA Sports signal from BellQuebecor 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

Péladeau willing to pull TVA Sports signal in fight with BellOTTAWA — 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

Future reviews to determine much of DigiCanCon strategy: expertsOTTAWA — Quebec NDP MP François Choquette has filed a judicial review application with the Federal Court to contest the alleged premature closing of an investigation by the...

Growing CRTC cost awards delays ‘problem for everybody’

Media | 12/18/2018 7:44 pm EST

Growing CRTC cost awards delays ‘problem for everybody’Increases in how long the CRTC takes to pay public interest groups to...

Cultural sector reaches out to Rodriguez

Media | 09/19/2018 6:12 pm EDT

Cultural sector reaches out to RodriguezHeritage 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

New party, fresh faces on Heritage could shake up ParliamentAs 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

Few policy details from new CPC leaderOpposition 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

MPs Fillmore and Anandasangaree named Heritage parl secsAfter this summer’s cabinet shuffle, the Heritage minister will gain two new parliamentary secretaries, effective Aug. 31. In a press release Friday, the Prime Minister’s Office announced 39 updated or renewed positions, including MPs Gary Anandasangaree and Andy...

Joly out at Heritage as Pablo Rodriguez named new minister

Media | 07/18/2018 5:00 pm EDT

Joly out at Heritage as Pablo Rodriguez named new ministerFormer chief government whip Pablo Rodriguez is the new heritage minister,...