@avicenna3994
Australia passed a similar law back in 2021. Facebook and Google fought the new legislation tooth and nail, and for a while they removed news links from their sites. But they eventually negotiated with media companies and secured amendments to the legislation, after which the news links were restored. So who knows, perhaps a similar compromise might be reached in Canada too.
@Arthas30000
Clicked this faster than Google started blocking Canadian news sources
@samchiu9918
Never thought I’d be taking the side of big tech, but the Canadian government has once again surprised me.
@martinaldrich
Really appreciate your articulate discussions of pertinent Canadian topics JJ. Keep it up!
@NumptyBrainStorm
Far fewer Canadians will be following the news if they don't see it scrolling social media. Keep the populace in the dark to stay in power because people don't see your actions.
@TobenVF
Sharing links to news articles and videos on social media is basically free advertising for new corporations. It drives traffic to their sites to consume their content and view the ads therein. Social media is not "stealing" income...if anything, it is saving news corporations money from their advertising budget.
@Plorxium
The same thing happened in Australia, Google and Facebook stopped sharing of news for a while. Will be interesting to see how this turns out in Canada. I feel like the big tech companies wont want this to be successful and set a precedent otherwise more countries will try this. As much as i dislike google, I don't think google owes news companies anything.
@fakenoodles5045
I grew up in Canada, but was born in Eastern Europe. I use to love my city (Toronto) and had such gleefulness to my prospecting future as a Canadian. But in every single way it seems, this government has expressed disdain for civil debate and genuine progress as a democratic state. Its sad and honestly a bit worrisome when I can point to parallels between Canada and the multiple corrupt and broken states in Eastern Europe. Its gotten to a point where as a young professional who can barely afford rent in my own city, I'm actively driven out of this country to better (and freer) options.
@LilFeralGangrel
can we talk about the fact that the Parliament's naming convention for new bills makes them very hard to talk about? I've had this issue for years but we need to change this. as an example if I search Bill C-18 i'll get results for a completely different bill from 2017. This entire system is garbage.
@zacharymartin4683
As a citizen and resident of the United States I do not really have a horse in this race other than a general desire that my country’s allies and their citizens are blessed with free societies. That said, it is increasingly difficult to take Canada’s current government seriously. Many of the faults I see in my own country seem to be present in Canada (government corruption, political unrest, and a myopic citizenry to name a few of the big offenders) and yet many of our shared virtues appear to be disappearing from Canadian life as well. It makes me sad that a place like Canada, with a culture and history so closely akin to my own, insists upon prancing about upon the world stage like a self-righteous peacock while its industries and citizens are asked to hold up its tail feathers like mere servants.
@vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763
It’s NOT about saving Canadian news, it’s about controlling Canadian news.
@Maxime_K-G
Wow, that's weird. I couldn't imagine that for my country. How does this work for small independent/non-profit media organisations? Would they also fall under media and not be allowed to share their links anymore? The fact that almost every single news article webpage has a share-button shows that they actually encourage people to share their content. This bill is so stupid, I can't believe it already passed.
@shanepye7078
This is so close to that South Park episode where the Canadians demand “internet money”.https://youtu.be/CDXd28uh3tA
@TheAirborneKite
What jumps out at me is that rather than having any devious or intelligent motive for its web policy, our government just seems vaguely bothered by the fact that it's not in charge of the internet. It comes across as ego more than anything: they're upset that they don't get to decide who is successful, which business models are viable, or how people are supposed to act online, and any time they find a problem, they look for a web regulation based solution for it
@nostalgiagaming560
Man...bro's really trying to speedrun loosing the next election.
@judgesaturn507
It always comes back to anti-Americanism, doesn't it?
@afaella3
Canadian government: We made the most restrictive law regarding media! Also the Canadian government: Hold my syrup
@hcazmail
Here in the US, I read about Google dropping links to Canadian news sites in response to this new law and thought "Duh! What did the Canadian government think was going to happen?!?" Believe me, our government too passes plenty of poorly thought through laws that backfire like this.
@DanielSmith-uy3yg
I am born and raised in western Canada and am coming up on 39 years now. I had never thought about leaving Canada as it has always been a great place to live. However in recent years I have started to question a lot of things about this amazing country. Governments can be replaced but the fact that the people in this country have continued to vote this current government in is what has really started to make me rethink living here. Every country has issues but our country seems to be heading for a cliff, and while our government seems to be peddling faster our citizens seem to just be admiring the sunset...
@leecreech