Absent any major revisions by the Senate, the likes of Netflix, YouTube and even Instagram will soon be forced to subject their content to Canada’s famously onerous strictures on Canadian content.īut less discussed is how Bill C-11 will also apply to the internet’s vast wilderness of streaming pornography. Article content TOP STORYĬanada could be on the cusp of a bizarre new era in which federal regulators will be empowered to figure out whether our online porn is sufficiently Canadian - and levy the requisite punishments if it isn’t.īill C-11 - the Liberal push to subject much of the internet to CRTC control - has passed the House of Commons with NDP and Bloc Québécois support.
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