The framework as proposed was intended to keep government intervention to a minimum. There were different models that were considered. There was a discussion earlier about the European approach, which has gone the copyright route, but one of the reasons the model on the table was chosen was to leave it to the platforms and news businesses to engage in commercial negotiations with limited government involvement.
Specifically with respect to your question around eligible news outlets, that definition is twofold. If you are a print news business that has QCJO status, you are deemed eligible. Alternatively, the CRTC can look at whether you meet the key elements of that definition, recognizing that, for example, broadcasters are not eligible under the Income Tax Act's labour tax credit framework.
There is no Governor in Council regulatory power with respect to those three criteria. They're in the bill, and then it is to the CRTC to apply them. Specifically on that question of whether there's a GIC power on the eligibility, the answer is no.