Canada needs academic, industry collaboration to fix the internet, not rushed legislation

Canada can get serious about making the internet better by setting rules for data sharing and creating a multi-national institute for studying the information environment.

Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault’s proposed amendments to the Broadcasting Act, through Bill C-10, have confused everyone and the law’s introduction raises questions about how to govern the information environment, write Alicia Wanless and Jacob N. Shapiro.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ALICIA WANLESS AND JACOB N. SHAPIRO

May 20, 2021

The Trudeau government is learning how difficult governing the information environment can be. Bill C-10, a move to amend the Broadca...

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