Canadian news is in trouble: we can’t afford to let tech giants make its financial difficulties worse

We fail to understand how there can be any consideration of excluding certain news providers based solely on the underlying industry or the technology in which they have traditionally operated.
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez is the minister responsible for Bill C-18, the Online News Act.

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