C-11: Heritage minister answers questions about user content in front of Heritage Committee

Contribution of foreign streamers updated to $1B By Denis Carmel OTTAWA – Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez took an aggressive stance in responding to Conservative members’ questions today at a meeting of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, on whether platform users would be regulated under Bill C-11. He started by saying that “platforms are in, but users are out.” This triggered arguments from Conservative Rachael Thomas who, amongst others, said platforms are fed by users and therefore by regulating the platforms, you are regulating the users. The minister answered saying the platforms can only be captured if they...