This Aug. 13, 2020 file picture exhibits a brand for Netflix on a distant management in Portland, Ore. (AP Photograph/Jenny Kane, File)
OTTAWA --
The federal authorities has signalled it's open to MPs tweaking a invoice that may topic streaming firms, reminiscent of Netflix, to the identical guidelines as conventional Canadian broadcasters.
Chris Bittle, parliamentary secretary to the heritage minister, stated within the Home of Commons on Tuesday there's "room" for MPs to amend the invoice after it goes to committee for scrutiny.
On Tuesday throughout Commons debate, Tory MPs indicated they deliberate to desk amendments to the invoice, which they are saying is flawed.
The On-line Streaming Act would require net companies to supply a set quantity of Canadian content material and make investments closely in Canada's cultural industries, together with movie, tv and music.
It will make it simpler for individuals to seek out Canadian content material -- together with movies and TV packages -- and be certain that streaming platforms put it on the market.
However digital-first creators, who prioritize new media, and platforms reminiscent of YouTube are involved the invoice would give the printed regulator sweeping powers, together with the suitable to manage individuals posting movies.
Invoice C-11, as it's recognized in Parliament, updates the 1991 Broadcasting Act, which predates the web revolution that modified the way in which individuals watch movie and video and take heed to music.
Conservative MP Rachael Thomas, who sits on the heritage committee, raised considerations the proposed legislation would result in regulation of people that submit movies on platforms reminiscent of YouTube.
Thomas accused the federal government of "going after" digital-first creators and "new revolutionary artists" to assist "conventional, antiquated outdated artists who cannot make a go of it in any other case."
Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman stated the invoice is a "close to copy of the deeply flawed" C-10, a earlier model of the invoice launched within the final Parliament which didn't change into legislation earlier than the 2021 basic election.
The invoice would make Canada the primary nation to manage content material on-line and "punish" profitable Canadian digital creators, Lantsman stated.
She stated giving the federal broadcast regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Fee, the ability to manage content material that generates income means just about all content material on the web can be regulated, creating an "web czar."
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has beforehand stated the invoice wouldn't have an effect on individuals posting materials reminiscent of cat movies, and would solely cowl business content material like professionally produced music additionally discovered on streaming platforms reminiscent of Spotify.
Liberal MP Francesco Sorbara stated the invoice will "clarify that digital-first creators will probably be excluded."
He additionally indicated that Rodriguez plans to subject a "coverage course" to the CRTC as soon as the invoice has handed by means of Parliament defining what business content material means and reiterating that folks posting movies won't be affected by the invoice.
He stated the federal government has listened to the considerations of Canadians and events together with the streaming trade, including that each one will have the ability to give suggestions earlier than the CRTC begins its work.
Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux stated the invoice is "not an assault on freedoms. It's all about updating the Broadcasting Act."
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed March 29, 2022.
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