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31 May 2022, 5:55 am by Michael Geist
Rachael Thomas, Ian Scott, Morghan Fortier, Michael Geist, Irene Berkowitz, Matt Hatfield, Patrick Rogers, Scott Benzie, Pablo Rodriguez. [read post]
19 May 2022, 6:04 am by Michael Geist
First, Scott was asked about the regulation of user content, confirming what has been obvious for months despite denials from Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez. [read post]
18 May 2022, 7:23 am by Michael Geist
The contradictory comments leave Canadians with empty assurances about future CRTC regulatory positions that will be developed by a different Commission chair, while Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez talks about fixing the CRTC rather than fixing the bill or releasing the still-secret policy direction to the Commission. [read post]
17 May 2022, 6:04 am by Michael Geist
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez promoted the bill as a market-oriented approach on the day the bill was tabled, leading to an interview with Vassy Kapelos in which she was visibly puzzled at the claim. [read post]
10 May 2022, 7:47 am by Michael Geist
And the concerns with the bill are by no means limited to user generated content regulation: overbroad application to streaming services worldwide, the poorly defined Cancon rules that do not require support for Canadian stories, and the enormous power vested in the CRTC that by Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s own admission does not presently have the expertise to meet its mandate are among the additional problems with a bill in serious need of reform and a more… [read post]
4 May 2022, 6:01 am by Michael Geist
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, who is hosting a culture summit this week in Ottawa, has said that he is open to modernizing the definition of Canadian content and that he is “open to all kinds of suggestions and ideas. [read post]
27 Apr 2022, 6:26 am by Michael Geist
Instead, Freeland, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, and Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez have chosen to reject the recommendations of students, teachers, universities, librarians, IP experts, and their own Justice Minister. [read post]
26 Apr 2022, 6:51 am by Michael Geist
This might not result in a per-link charge, but the payments must be based on something and links are a well established metric that have been brought within scope of compensation by the bill with Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez saying they have value worthy of compensation. [read post]
22 Apr 2022, 8:11 am by Michael Geist
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez would presumably like Canadians to move past the consultation by arguing that there is a new panel that has been tasked with reviewing the issues and making recommendations. [read post]
21 Apr 2022, 6:01 am by Michael Geist
” While Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has agreed to re-assess the online harms policy with a new expert panel and initiated a re-branding as “online safety”, the entire consultation process is an absolute embarrassment to the government. [read post]
20 Apr 2022, 11:02 am by Howard Knopf
Assuming that the law takes effect on January 1, 2023, that would include the likes of foreign luminaries such as Noel Coward, Pablo Picasso, J.R. [read post]
19 Apr 2022, 6:29 am by Michael Geist
  Number Communication Date Designated Public Office Holders 1 2022-04-14 Lisa Hepfner, Member of Parliament House of Commons 2 2022-04-13 Michael Penney, Executive Assistant, Senate of Canada 3 2022-04-11 Harold Boies, Director, Periodical Policy and Programs, Canadian Heritage (PCH) Ramzi Saad, Director General, Canadian Heritage (PCH) Drew Olsen, Associate Director General, Canadian Heritage (PCH) 4 2022-04-06 Brian MacKay, Policy Advisor,… [read post]
14 Apr 2022, 7:15 am by Michael Geist
Last week, Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez introduced Bill C-18, the Online News Act, a bill that adopts an extreme approach to compensation by requiring payments for merely facilitating access to news in any way and in any amount. [read post]
11 Apr 2022, 6:01 am by Michael Geist
Last week, Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez introduced Bill C-18 – the Online News Act – the second of three planned Internet regulation bills. [read post]
Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pablo Rodriguez, is not wrong in saying “the health and future of the news industry – especially local news – are at risk” without decisive action being taken, but it remains unclear if the methods proposed by the Online News Act would remedy these concerns. [read post]
7 Apr 2022, 7:11 am by Michael Geist
” Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has made a point of contrasting his bill with the Australian code on the same issue. [read post]
6 Apr 2022, 6:43 am by Michael Geist
Hours after the Canadian men’s soccer team officially qualified for the World Cup last month, Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez took to Facebook to celebrate the win. [read post]
5 Apr 2022, 5:30 am by Michael Geist
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is expected to introduce the Online News Act (technically An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada), his response to a massive lobbying campaign from Canadian media organizations today. [read post]
30 Mar 2022, 7:00 am by Michael Geist
Consider the latest attempt to assuage concerns: a cartoon of Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez providing an assurance that the bill’s changes won’t affect individual Canadians since “the changes only apply to companies. [read post]