Bill C-11 “could break stuff”, Senate committee told

By Amanda OYE

Academics explain algorithms and weigh in on whether the CRTC can handle implementing the bill OTTAWA – If Bill C-11 becomes law the side effects “could break stuff”, Frédéric Bastien Forrest, a Canadian radio personality and content creator, told the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications yesterday. “That’s what’s scary about the business model we have already… a lot of people assume that digital media works just like traditional media, a top-down approach, but it’s more of a grassroots thing so we need separate ways to address these two industries,” he said. Forrest called on the committee to keep...