Bill C-10’s focus on foreign digital giants should not ignore domestic ones

To counter this threat, the bill needs to clearly affirm the CRTC’s power to regulate those domestic giants in the public interest.

Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured Nov. 3, 2020, on the Hill, the day he introduced Bill C-10 to amend the Broadcasting Act. The bill has passed second reading and is before the House Heritage Committee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JAY THOMSON

February 24, 2021

Discussions on Bill C-10 make much of the fact that the Internet was only in its infancy when the Bro...

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