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OTTAWA Members of Parliament embarked on a historic first in the House of Commons Monday: placing their votes electronically through a new app system. It is the latest in COVID-19 alterations to parliamentary business, and one that’s been many months in the making. Promised as a technique only to be adopted in pandemic times, it kicked off with two votes on Monday afternoon that went off as smoothly as all sides could have hoped, free from some of the earlier virtual challenges experienced in adapting to a hybrid House of Commons. All at once, MPs participating remotely used their phones to press yea, nay, or abstain, while MPs in person stood to be counted. As the process unfolded the public could watch along on the House of Commons feed or online, as each vote came in and the tally grew.
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Canada and Australia will coordinate their respective efforts to force Big Tech to compensate news outlets for content and take action on online hate speech, the Prime Minister’s Office said Tuesday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Monday about the issue, though access to information documents show efforts between the two countries to cooperate on policies toward digital platforms go back to at least 2019.
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Canada and Australia will coordinate their respective efforts to force Big Tech to compensate news outlets for content and take action on online hate speech, the Prime Minister’s Office said Tuesday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison Monday about the issue, though access to information documents show efforts between the two countries to cooperate on policies toward digital platforms go back to at least 2019.
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