Canadian Heritage committee  The question you pose is a profound one, and I'm not sure that I can grow to the size and scope of it. The question really is, what is the boundary between awful and lawful? There's a lot of crap on the Internet. There's a lot of misogyny, etc., but is that speech unlawful? Is i

Canadian Heritage committee  Frankly, I think you're right that the fund would be the best way to deal with the problems that Canadian journalism has at the moment. I think the most significant point is that it needs to be funded across the board. Why did we focus only on Google and Facebook? Why did we ign

Canadian Heritage committee  I mean, “safe” has a number of definitions here. It is very difficult to be able to say when you shouldn't be able to access certain information or certain services. This is a dilemma that lawmakers and individuals are going to face constantly and chronically in this space.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. The danger is that Canada is not an essential market. It's a good market for the major tech platforms—however you describe them—but it's not critical. It's perfectly possible for platforms to simply not serve the Canadian market. It's a bit of a danger with the really big p

Canadian Heritage committee  The Internet makes the individual the curator of his experience. They can choose to watch videos on Instagram or TikTok. They can watch streaming services like Netflix. They can look for free. They can go for a paid subscription, etc. These are all possible. The critical fact is

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's critical that transparency be at the forefront, as well as independence from government. I'm not sure how one does that, but that is the objective here. The present mechanisms deny that. They do not permit it with any ease, and it's the big players, rather than the p

Canadian Heritage committee  I would endorse that. Get Meta back.

Canadian Heritage committee  Frankly, no, it's not constitutional. There's no provision in the Canadian Constitution that gives federal Parliament the authority to regulate online platforms, and none of the legislation is constructed in a manner that would grant that power. Frankly, it is not constitutional.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question. I've said that Canada is too small to drive the regulation of the largest of the tech platforms. When you look at the capitalization of the large tech enterprises, it's evident that some of them exceed Canada's GDP. As a small country, I think we hav

Canadian Heritage committee  We have to be careful. We have to work with our partners. That's the prime thing.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the primary tool that's necessary is a truly independent fund that would allocate resources as necessary, especially to the news deserts out there and to support frontline journalism rather than top-level organizations.

Canadian Heritage committee  Frankly, I think that the most important thing that can come out of this is an examination of the role of the CBC in news. The CBC's mandate is now nearly 100 years old and it has not changed significantly over time. The CBC's role in Canadian news is obviously significant, but h

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and honourable members, for this opportunity to address you this morning. The Internet Society Canada Chapter is an independent not-for-profit corporation that advocates for an open, accessible, safe and affordable Internet. We accept that some regulation

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, it could be, but you'd have to reshape it significantly to do that. I would be all in favour of something that would in fact force this kind of coalition that the Americans are looking at. I think that would be a very positive step.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the opportunity. No, I think there is a great deal of work that needs to be done. My concern with Bill C-11 and with this legislation is that none of it is taking a comprehensive look at the Internet. This is piece by piece. The pieces don't necessarily all fit to