Media experts split on merits, drawbacks of Online News Act designed to address ‘market imbalance’

Although the legislation is 'not a silver bullet' in solving the challenges publishers are currently facing, CEO of News Media Canada Paul Deegan says the situation across the board is 'really difficult' and 'the urgency grows by the day.'

Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez pictured May 3, 2022, with Catherine Cano, CEO of CanoVision, at the World Press Freedom Awards luncheon in Ottawa. Rodriguez tabled Bill C-18, the controversial Online News Act which proposes that digital giants like Facebook and Google should compensate media outlets for the news that gets shared on their platforms, in the House of Commons on April 5. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

May 9, 2022

Although some media experts say they welcome the Online News Act as a short-term solution in an increasingly urgent situation facing Canada's news media industry, others are wary of legislative overreach, and concerned the proposed legislation will do little to address the larger crisis facing journ...

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