Posted on 10/02/2023 10:19:59 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
On Friday, September 29, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced a new “regulatory plan” for streaming services that operate in Canada, that earn $10,000,000 annually or more and offer broadcast content (podcasts).
According to the CRTC, this is a new way to “modernize” media regulation in Canada so that, in the future, streaming platforms, such as Netflix or social media, “make meaningful contributions to Canadian and Indigenous content.”
However, critics say this new measure actually seeks to restrict freedom of expression and silence the few remaining dissident voices in Canada.
“Governments hide things by announcing them on Friday afternoons. Last night, Trudeau announced he now requires YouTubers, livestreamers & podcasters (including those streaming on X/Twitter) to 'register' with the government. It’s part of his Internet censorship strategy,” renowned conservative journalist Ezra Levant, editor of Rebel News, wrote on Saturday.
According to Levant, this decree will seek to limit Canadian independent media, the only free press in the North American country, since traditional media receive multi-million dollar subsidies from the Trudeau Government.
In an extensive thread on X (formerly Twitter), Levant claimed that "CRTC is immensely political," he remembered that in 2015, they canceled the television network Sun News Network, luckily for Fox News Canada.
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(Excerpt) Read more at voz.us ...
Those committing censorship have never been the good guys.
Trudeau doesn’t want people saying bad things about him , he’s King don’t you know
>>>Social media, streaming services must register with the CRTC by November
Since major news media like CBC, CTV, GLOBAL etc are in compliant by nature of government funding.
Yep.
I have friends/relatives up there. Canada is literally going insane.
Canada is farther along the road to totalitarian fascism than the USA. Is it because Canada doesn’t have a pesky second amendment to deal with?
the citizenry need to dust off the guillotine
Speech registration.
the citizenry need to dust off the guillotine
Feed them to the Beavers
I think the Canadian plan is more subtle. They’re going to inject a little sarcasm when they say “sorry” to the people who are herding them onto the cattle cars. That’ll teach ‘em.
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
as long as democrats are in control , YES
Meanwhile, looks like Canada's Deep State is all in on a cash grab...
Canadian Digital Services Tax – Part I: Get Ready To Comply As Soon As January 1, 2024
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