IIC 2022: Panel disagrees on what C-11 means for digital-first creators

By Ken Kelley OTTAWA – Less than a week after the House of Commons voted to send Bill C-11 to Canada’s Heritage Committee, a panel gathered at the International Institute of Communications Canada’s 2022 conference weighed the details and realities of the act. Bill C-11, also known as the Online Streaming Act, was first introduced in February 2022. Its goals include clarifying the scope of the Broadcasting Act, which dates back to 1991, and determining how the latter should apply equitably to online streaming services. Today’s panel comes on the heels of a Globe & Mail-Nanos Research poll, which shows 55% of...