Cabinet has rejected a Senate amendment to Bill C-11 related to user-generated content. C-11 is the Liberals’ controversial legislation that aims to regulate certain areas of the internet in Canada.
The Senate’s proposed amendment to the bill was meant to protect user-generated content on social media and open-creator platforms like YouTube from the regulating power of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
However, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez wrote in a notice of motion on March 7 that the government would be rejecting the amendment because it “would affect the Governor in Council’s ability to publicly consult on, and issue, a policy direction to the CRTC to appropriately scope the regulation of social media services with respect to their distribution of commercial programs.”…