Heritage minister, CRTC chair send conflicting messages on C-11 and UGC

By Amanda OYE

OTTAWA – Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez has always emphatically said no, Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, does not capture individual creators or user-generated content (UGC). He said this when he first introduced the bill, and he did so again earlier this week during question period. “Platforms are in, and users are out,” he said. Section 2.1 does specify that a person using a social media service to upload content online to be viewed by other users of the service does not carry on a broadcasting undertaking for the purpose of the act, unless they are “the provider...