‘Not equivalent to legislation’: some C-11 critics satisfied with proposed policy direction for independent content creators, but others say it’s not enough

ISG Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne, whose amendment on user-generated content was rejected by the government, said the policy direction has ‘many aspects that should be reassuring.’
On June 10, the federal government published a draft policy direction to the CRTC on how to implement C-11, the online streaming bill that Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has been spearheading.

Some of the most staunch critics of the online streaming bill C-11 say a new draft policy direction to the CRTC addresses some of their central concerns, but the “heavy lifting” should have been baked into the legislation.

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