Wed Sep 6, 2023 – 4:01 pm EDT
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — The Trudeau government’s Online News Act, which has resulted in Canadians being blocked from viewing and sharing news on Facebook and Instagram, is set to take effect this year, according to a newly released timeline.
On September 2, the Department of Canadian Heritage announced that Bill C-18, also known as the Online News Act, will take effect December 19, 2023, and the consultation period has been reduced to only 30 days, from September 2 to October 2.
“This accelerated timeline limited the Department of Canadian Heritage’s ability to consult during the development of the regulatory proposal,” admitted a Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.
Canada’s Senate passed the Online News Act, or Bill C-18, in June and it quickly became law. The new law, when fully implemented, will force social media companies to pay Canadian legacy media for news content shared on their platforms.
The rushed timeline is in seeming contradiction to an August 24 announcement from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) that the negotiations between the government and media companies about the implementation of the censorship law may not be completed until 2025.
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