Debate over government spending tops priority list for opposition parties heading into February’s House sitting

Updating Canada's online privacy laws could be priority legislation for the Liberals this February, as well as a bill that would ensure digital giants pay Canadian media outlets for reusing their news content, according to lobbyists.
A priority for Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez in February could be to introduce legislation intended to ensure that digital giants pay Canadian media outlets for reusing their news content, as he was directed to do in his December mandate letter.
The debate over inflation and COVID-19-related spending will be among the top issues raised by opposition parties as the House digs into its agenda for February in advance of the federal budget. This session could be the busiest and most consequential in recent memory. Other legislative priorities...

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