Google’s willingness to block Canadians’ access to news underscores need for Bill C-18

Given the importance of legitimate, professional newsrooms to Canada’s democracy, these foreign web giants should not be able to choose the winners and losers in our local media landscape.

Were it not for legislation like Bill C-18 that levels the negotiating power, web giants like Google and Facebook would continue to set the rules in a way that benefits them most, writes Kevin Desjardins. Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY KEVIN DESJARDINS

March 1, 2023

The news that Google has already begun blocking Canadians’ access to news content is shocking, but hardly surprising.

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