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May 13, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Sam Odrowski
The federal government is promising an amendment to Bill C-10 following an uproar of controversy and criticism over the legislation’s potential to infringe on Canadians’ freedom of expression.
The criticism stemmed from the removal of an amendment to the bill that protected user generated content from being regulated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on social media platforms.
Without the protection, former CRTC vice-chair Peter Menzies called Bill C-10 an “assault” on Canadian’s ability to post their opinion online. Part of the legislation states user generated content can be flagged by the CRTC, which forces Canadians to remove their post or video within 24 hours, effectively subjecting all online speech to government review, without any clear mandate.
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Officially, this year’s National Canadian Film Day arrives Wednesday. But you could just as easily make the case that this past Monday marked the
real celebration, given how much attention the federal budget paid to aiding the country’s film industry.
First the good news, because there is a surprisingly large amount of it. After decades of operating with a static budget – despite the movie business evolving and reconfiguring itself at a rapid pace – Telefilm Canada’s pleas for more resources finally got answered. Over the course of the next three years, the federal funding agency will receive $105-million in new funds: $20-million in the first year, $35-million the next and $50-mil