COMMENTARY: Senate should amend confidential information provision in C-18

By Konrad von Finckenstein, former chair of the CRTC The Senate will review Bill C-18, the Online News Act, next week. Hopefully it will be a thorough review and improve this very deficient bill. Its constitutionality is doubtful, it is unclear what will be the subject matter of the mandated negotiation, and its implementation will be problematic. One can only hope that the Senate can remedy some of these issues. However, in addition, there is one glaring legal mistake that requires fixing. Section 36 of the bill passed by the House of Commons now reads as follows: 36. The Commission...