In attempting to regulate an internet that grew up without regulation, Ottawa’s new Online Streaming Act, the erstwhile Bill C-11, has revealed a rift at the core of Canada’s artistic communities.

The Senate has passed the online streaming act known as Bill C-11 with a dozen amendments following a lengthy study by senators. with Video 201 Comments. February 3, 2023 Canadian Politics.

Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, updated the country’s laws around broadcasting for the first time since 1991. Its journey through Parliament was confusing and controversial.

After two-and-a-half years of debate in Canada’s Parliament, two proposed versions of the bill (C-10 and C-11) and careful scrutiny by the Senate, the Online Streaming Act is close to becoming law.

Google asked the federal broadcast regulator Wednesday to exercise caution and restraint in regulating online platforms. Representatives from Google, which owns YouTube, appeared before a CRTC hearing ...

Canada's new Online Streaming Act affords the government broad powers to police the internet in the country, creating a dangerous precedent that could erode Canadians’ fundamental freedoms.

Now that the Online Streaming Act has received royal assent, the legislation will require streaming services, like Netflix and Spotify, to promote Canadian content on their platforms. It will also ...

Apple, Amazon, Spotify, and others are challenging a CRTC order to fund Canadian content, arguing it’s unfair and exceeds the regulator’s authority under the law.

The Online Streaming Act aims to adapt Canadian broadcasting regulation for the 21st century. It does this by accounting for digital technologies and the diversity of the Canadian population.