Proposed Broadcasting Act updates give cabinet too much power

C-11 does far more than incorporate online platforms into the broadcasting system—it proposes to give cabinet the power to tell the CRTC how to regulate such platforms.

Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez's comment that 'all' Bill C-11 would do is 'update the rules of broadcasting' severely understates C-11’s potential impact, writes Monica Auer.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MONICA AUER

March 3, 2022

For the past decade or so there have been many calls for Parliament to update the 1991 Broadcasting Act. Two words explain why: online content. As the Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez told the House of Commons on Feb. 16 during the second reading of

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