| I'm a Canadian who's been following C-11 and before that C-10 for the 2 years the government has been working to pass this legislation. Here is the best summary I've read so far: https://allenmendelsohn.com/2023/04/welcome-to-the-online-st... Digital first creators, Canadian YouTubers and TikTokers (ex Linus Tech Tips), stand to lose the most from this. Their livelihoods are under threat. This is because of a clause in the bill that seeks to regulate user generated content. Months of senate testimony concluding that user generated content is in scope of the bill. The senate introduced an amendment to exclude user generated content, but the government rejected the amendment, while insisting this will not affect user generated content. The heritage minister claimed in an interview that the only opposition to this bill came from YouTube. This is despite months of testimony from digital first creators expressing grave concerns about this bill. Other facts to keep in mind about C-11: 1. The heritage minister gets to define Canadian content only after the bill has passed
2. Cabinet can overrule any decisions made by the CRTC, the Canadian equivalent of the FCC. |