Canada\u0027s broadcast regulator has been given enormous, and frightening powers as a result of Bill C\u002D11. We should all be concerned.
The CRTC, Canada’s broadcast regulator, is demanding that companies offering podcasts or social media services in Canada register with the governmentThis has led to claims that the Trudeau government, through the CRTC, is trying to impose censorship through internet regulation.Elon Musk, the entrepreneur behind Tesla, SpaceX and X.com — formerly known as Twitter — certainly sees it that way.
Saying you won’t regulate an individual podcaster, just the platforms they stream on, is like saying you won’t regulate individual drivers, just the highways they drive on.Any rules imposed by the CRTC on the streaming services will in turn apply to the producers who use those services. The CRTC is also considering whether to impose fees on these streamers, which means they will find their way to the individual creator in the end.
CRTC CEO Vicky Eatrides has no experience with the industries she regulates, she’s a lawyer and career bureaucrat who has had stints at Natural Resources Canada, and the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development before a long stint at the Competition Bureau. This isn’t the resume of someone who knows the intricacies of broadcasting or the online world that she is now charged with regulating.
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