Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the opportunity to address that. I welcomed the comments from the chair of the commission earlier today, and I think our request here is to ensure that is adequately reflected in the text of the bill. I think there's every opportunity to do that. The first way to

Canadian Heritage committee  The first thing I'll say is what's amazing is that there is an alignment when it comes to the question of user-generated content and whether it should be within scope of the bill. There is alignment in the minister's intention and what we've heard from the creator community that

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll start again. Going back to.... I think we're aligned on the intent here. When it comes to the role of how it should be reflected, whether it's in legislation or a policy directive, the creator community merits certainty of how their content, which is their livelihood, will

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the most amazing thing is the niche content that never would have had an opportunity and wouldn't have had a large enough audience in conventional media, which is constrained by programming time and geographic reach. Someone like Simply Nailogical, who has seven million s

Canadian Heritage committee  Madam Chair and members of the committee, thank you for the invitation to appear before you today. For well over a decade, content on YouTube has been reflecting Canada's cultural mosaic, raising diverse voices and sharing Canadian stories around the globe. Thanks to YouTube,