Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, goes to the Senate
By Denis Carmel OTTAWA - Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act which has over the past several weeks gone through clause-by-clause review, is going to the Senate. After a long process, the proposed bill -- which seeks to amend the Broadcasting Act to give the CRTC the ability to regulate more online content -- passed the report stage* after dealing with amendments -- two Conservative ones were defeated and one, proposed by the government, was adopted unanimously. Meanwhile, the Senate transport and communications committee will be starting the pre-study of the bill Tuesday June 21st with two panels, one from...
To view the full content, please sign up for a subscription.
Already a member? Log in.