Spotify says songs by Justin Bieber and other well-known Canadian artists may not be counted as officially Canadian under Bill C-11, which is now moving through Parliament.
The Canadian PressJustin Bieber performs onstage during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in April in Las Vegas, Nev. According to Spotify, some of Bieber's tracks are unlikely to qualify as Canadian under the strict Canadian content rules outlined in Bill C-11.
It says songs by the 28-year-old Ontario-born singer-songwriter and other well-known Canadian artists may not be counted as officially Canadian under Bill C-11, which is now moving through Parliament. Bill C-11 is headed to the Senate for approval. It's also called the Online Streaming Act, and it aims to change the way Canadians experience online content. But some content creators are worried this will hurt them in the long run. Greg Doucette is a YouTuber from Halifax. Rhonda Tulk-Lane is the executive director of MusicNL.
He has said he will issue the policy direction to the CRTC after the bill passes through Parliament. At that point, the CRTC would be in charge of regulating streaming platforms and making sure they are promoting Canadian content that qualifies. The platform says it currently uses a range of data sources to determine if a song is Canadian, including self-reporting by the artist.
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