TAGGED AS BILL C-11
Social media platforms want total exclusion from new broadcasting regime
Internet and Governance | 06/16/2023 4:17 pm EDT
Social media companies are asking the CRTC to be added to the list of exempt services under the updated Broadcasting Act despite the government expliciting directing the...
Change financial threshold for Online Streaming Act exemptions, CRTC told
Internet and Governance | 06/15/2023 6:05 pm EDT
The proposed financial threshold for exemption for online streaming undertakings in the new Broadcasting Act should be changed, several organizations have told the CRTC. How...
CRTC seeking comment on C-11 consult deadline extension request
Internet and Governance | 05/25/2023 1:30 pm EDT
The CRTC has given parties until Monday, May 29 to respond to a request from 12 groups to lengthen the timeline for the regulator's consultation...
Public interest groups call for more time on C-11 consults
Media | 05/23/2023 12:13 pm EDT
A coalition of 12 different public sector and public interest groups have...
CanCon rules do not need vast overhaul, IIC Canada hears
Media | 05/15/2023 3:36 pm EDT
OTTAWA–Delegates to the International Institute of Communications...
CRTC unveils consultations following passage of Streaming Act
Media | 05/12/2023 12:32 pm EDT
Now that the Online Streaming Act has become law, the CRTC is launching a...
CRTC lays out Online Streaming Act timeline, PKP calls for flexibility
Internet and Governance | 05/08/2023 5:54 pm EDT
On the day the CRTC released its timeline for the public consultations that will shape how the regulator will implement the newly passed Online Streaming Act, Quebecor Inc....
Conservatives and Liberals keep up dispute over online legislation
Internet and Governance | 04/18/2023 5:04 pm EDT
The Conservatives are keeping up their battle against the government’s...
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...
Online Streaming Act will modernize broadcast laws: CRTC commissioner
Media | 01/12/2023 3:49 pm EST
Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, is a necessary tool to update...
Jesse Wente proposes amendments to bring C-11 in line with UNDRIP
Media | 11/15/2022 5:30 pm EST
Indigenous broadcasting stakeholders proposed amendments to the Online...
Unions call on Senate to pass Online Streaming Act
Media | 11/01/2022 5:04 pm EDT
A collection of labour unions appeared before the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications...
Chair of Senate committee studying C-11 defends his fundraising letter against the bill
Media | 10/20/2022 3:44 pm EDT
The chair of the Senate Transport and...
Digital First Canada director addresses bullying, lobbying allegations, made by Heritage parliamentary secretary to Senate
Media | 09/29/2022 2:26 pm EDT
The executive director of Digital First Canada...
Opponents of Online Streaming Act out in force at Senate hearing including YouTubers
Media | 09/27/2022 4:50 pm EDT
The Senate Committee on Transportation and Communications continued its...
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 critics of Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act during Question Period Thursday. Three Tory MPs raised...
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...
Disney questions CanCon under Bill C-11, ACTRA says bill reduces foreign requirement to use Canadian talent
Media | 05/30/2022 6:15 pm EDT
A Walt Disney Company executive is questioning...
Bill C-11 could be fully implemented within two years of receiving Royal Assent: CRTC chair
Media | 05/19/2022 5:19 pm EDT
The CRTC will take at least two years to fully...
Freedom of expression regulation concerns on C-11 are “silly”: CRTC’s Scott
Media | 05/16/2022 6:55 pm EDT
CRTC chair Ian Scott told conference attendees...
Liberal MPs say Tories faking outrage over Bill C-11, defend CRTC as regulator
Media | 05/12/2022 6:53 pm EDT
Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen decried the fake outrage he said the Conservatives are invoking in opposing Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, as Liberals got a chance to defend...
CMPA enters fight for passage of Online Streaming Act
Media | 05/10/2022 3:13 pm EDT
The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) has entered the battle to pass Bill C-11, the Online...