Bill C-11 amendments must define role of ‘international service,’ says RCI action committee spokesperson

Parliament, not the CBC, should be in charge of the mandate of Radio Canada International (RCI), according to a spokesperson for the RCI action committee.

Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez told the House Heritage Committee in June that Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, is 'about the obligations of platforms, not users,' and that the government has 'no intention of regulating what people post online.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

November 7, 2022

A call for Radio Canada International’s role to be more clearly defined in the Broadcasting Act if it is to serve as a bridge between Canada and the world was among the amendments proposed last week as Senators continued their extensive study of Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act. “The Senator...

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