OTTAWA — A new federal law will require digital platforms such as Netflix, YouTube and TikTok to contribute and promote Canadian content. The Liberals’ Online…
Quebec Sen. Marc Gold, the Liberal government’s representative in the Senate, has said platforms that make money from their commercial activities must reinvest in Canadian creators and local content.
“Today, we are standing up for our stories, our artists, our producers and our creators. We’re standing up so that Canadians have even more opportunities to see themselves in what they watch and listen to,” Rodriguez said Thursday in a written statement. YouTube said in a written statement of its own that it is disappointed by the bill’s passing, saying it believes the government didn’t take the concerns of digital creators into account.Article content
The Liberal bill has been widely supported by the NDP and Bloc Quebecois, but the Conservatives have called it “censorship” and ran fundraising campaigns to “kill Bill C-11.”
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