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OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) –– Canada’s telecommunications regulatory body has said it could take years to finalize the implementation of the Trudeau government’s internet censorship bill, C-18, the controversial “Online News Act” which has been described as “Orwellian” by critics.
Canada’s Senate passed the Online News Act, or Bill C-18, in June and it quickly became law. This new law forces social media companies to pay Canadian legacy media for news content shared on their platforms.
In a statement issued last Thursday, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), which oversees all telecommunications in Canada, said that it will “launch a public consultation this fall to gather views [concerning the implementation of the law],” and that “All comments received will form part of the public record and inform the CRTC decision.”
After the consultation phase, starting in the “Summer 2024,” the CRTC will “publish the framework and code of conduct,” and will “also recruit qualified independent arbitrators, consider applications for eligibility from news organizations, and begin information gathering.”
Not until 2025, says the CRTC, or when “eligible news organizations and arbitrators are in place,”
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