So the panel would be the one deciding what “primarily” means? If you're too focused on, say, sports in your publication, then they would say, no, you can't do that, or...? This says “industry-specific news, sports, recreation, arts, lifestyle or entertainment”, which is really broad. It's incredibly broad. Basically, it leaves the panel with the ability to just decide that, you know, five out of 20 pages in your publication are about about sport or lifestyle, and that's too much. When you see the aid to publishers list, you have publications like L'actualité, Chatelaine and others. Those are already excluded from there.
I'm just trying to understand this. You said you cast a broad net, but it's the opposite of what I'm reading here. To me it seems like a very small net. A very small, select group of people and organizations would be eligible under this criteria, because “primarily” is a pretty broad definition. As well, “original news content” means you're not relying on a wire to feed stories into it.
Would it be possible under this legislation, in the framework that's being provided for here, for a currently Canadian-based online news service, such as The Post Millennial, which has original content being produced in a web format, to then just reproduce exactly the same material in a print format and then be eligible for the tax credit, the registration and the subsidizing of the employees' salaries?