On-line-streaming invoice nearer to passing after Home OKs most Senate amendments – Enterprise Information

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Minister of Heritage Pablo Rodriguez.

The Liberal authorities’s controversial online-streaming invoice is one step nearer to passing after the Home of Commons authorized many of the Senate’s amendments to the proposed laws.

If handed, Invoice C-11 would replace broadcasting guidelines to incorporate on-line streaming and require tech giants equivalent to YouTube, Netflix and Spotify to make Canadian content material accessible to customers right here — or face steep penalties.

On Thursday night, the Home agreed to undertake most of the Senate’s amendments that spotlight the promotion of Indigenous languages and Black content material creators.

Nevertheless, Liberal, NDP and Bloc Quebecois MPs rejected a key modification that YouTube advocated for, which was worded so as to add additional protections to individuals who add movies on YouTube.

The proposed regulation has come beneath intense scrutiny amid accusations from firms and critics who mentioned it left an excessive amount of room for presidency management over user-generated content material and social-media algorithms.

Because the Home now awaits the Senate’s assist for the invoice to cross, the Liberal authorities continues to insist the invoice will not regulate on a regular basis content material creators.

“The Senate made significant contributions to the legislative course of, and consequently, Invoice C-11 has been improved,” Sen. Marc Gold, the federal government consultant within the Senate, mentioned in an announcement.

“I’m optimistic {that a} majority of senators will settle for the choice made by the elected chamber,” he mentioned.