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5 Mar 2024, 7:07 am by Michael Geist
In certain respects, the 2022 Laith Marouf incident, in which a Liberal MP suggested I was racist for calling out the silence of then-Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez for failing to speak out on government funding for an antisemite, was a warning sign. [read post]
29 Nov 2023, 4:55 am by Michael Geist
I’ve already posted on reports confirming that former Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez lied to the committee about what and when he knew about funding for Laith Marouf, a known anti-semite, as part of the Canadian Heritage anti-hate program. [read post]
21 Nov 2023, 2:17 pm by Michael Geist
That has indeed come to pass, ultimately leaving the Canadian media less independent and the public spending over $100 million for the mistaken hubris of the Pablo Rodriguez, Pascale St-Onge and the entire Trudeau government. [read post]
14 Nov 2023, 4:36 am by Michael Geist
The debate over Bill C-11 was notable for the continuous gaslighting from then Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, who when he wasn’t lying to committee on what he knew about funding an anti-semite, was misleading committee and the broader public about the implications of Bill C-11. [read post]
13 Oct 2023, 6:07 am by Michael Geist
After months of urging Heritage Ministers Pascale St-Onge and Pablo Rodriguez to stand up to Google and Meta’s response to Bill C-18, News Media Canada – the lead lobbyist for the legislation – appears to have waved the surrender flag as it is now urging the government to accommodate Google’s concerns with draft regulations. [read post]
8 Aug 2023, 7:39 am by Michael Geist
” Yet then-Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez repeatedly said the opposite when asked about the potential for blocking news links at committee. [read post]
2 Aug 2023, 4:15 am by Michael Geist
In fact, if Google follows suit, there will be even more cancelled deals, lost links, and absolutely no new revenues from the legislation given that those are the only companies subject to the law (former Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s insistence that there is value in links that deserve compensation while simultaneously excluding Microsoft, Apple, Twitter and other platforms from the law amply demonstrates how the argument stands on shaky grounds). [read post]
31 Jul 2023, 5:00 am by Michael Geist
Coming off a week in which the government engineered a major cabinet overhaul that saw Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez replaced by Pascale St-Onge, an escalation of the battle over digital stales taxes, and which featured significant news on both the Bill C-11 and Bill C-18 fronts, this week’s Law Bytes podcast provides a mid-summer update on recent developments. [read post]
27 Jul 2023, 5:00 am by Michael Geist
Given how outspoken Prime Minister Trudeau has been on Bills C-11 and C-18, whether the Canadian Heritage Minister is Melanie Joly, Steven Guilbeault, Pablo Rodriguez, or now St-Onge, the commonality (aside from being a job for which only Quebec MPs need apply) is that Heritage policy is driven by the centre. [read post]
26 Jul 2023, 2:25 pm by Howard Knopf
(Captain Copyright ~ 2006) For the second time in recent weeks, the Globe Mail – supposedly Canada’s “newspaper of record” - has published highly misleading and embarrassingly over the top op eds from authors who really should know better, given their notable backgrounds. [read post]
13 Jul 2023, 6:00 am by Michael Geist
The implications of the legislative disaster that is Bill C-18 continue to unfold as Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is now essentially doing precisely what he said would not do, namely negotiate with the big tech platforms over government mandated payments for news links. [read post]
10 Jul 2023, 12:42 pm by Michael Geist
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has insisted for months that Bill C-18, the Online News Act, is a market-based approach that would leave it to the Internet platforms and Canadian media outlets to negotiate deals based on the principle of mandated payments for links. [read post]
6 Jul 2023, 4:45 am by Michael Geist
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has repeatedly described the manner of compliance with Bill C-18 as a business choice for the Internet companies, yet the Prime Minister now calls that choice an attack on the country. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 4:43 am by Michael Geist
The post Ask Rodriguez Anything: My Ten Questions for Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez on Bill C-18 appeared first on Michael Geist. [read post]
4 Jul 2023, 4:55 am by Michael Geist
Scrimshaw indicates that the government was ready for this, though given Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez flailing response, I’m not so sure. [read post]