Google’s blocking of links to news articles for some Canadians in response to the Liberal government’s bill C-18 will be discussed at a special House of Commons committee on Feb. 28, with MPs seeking to hear from the company’s leadership.
Seven members of the Heritage committee wrote to the Liberal Chair Hedy Fry requesting the meeting, citing a “concerning pattern of bullying and intimidation” by tech giants.
The committee members from the Liberal Party, the Bloc Québécois, and the NDP are seeking a meeting at the earliest opportunity to have Google executives testify to explain their “damaging and reckless behaviour.”…