Ms. Rachelle Frenette at the Canadian Heritage Committee

On May 31st, 2022. See this statement in context.

May 31st, 2022 / 7:35 p.m.

General Counsel and Deputy Executive Director, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

First, in principle, the CRTC doesn't have the authority to regulate algorithms. That is made clear in the bill.

Second, the CRTC's leeway doesn't apply to social media platforms with respect to regulation of the percentage of French-language content, Canadian content and so on.

Therefore, YouTubers and users of services like that have nothing to fear from the CRTC's legal authority.

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