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Minutes of Proceedings
Conservative
Bloc Québécois
At 4:53 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 5:41 p.m., the sitting resumed.
Thomas Owen Ripley answered questions.
The committee resumed its clause-by-clause study of the Bill.
The Committee resumed clause-by-clause consideration on Clause 7 of the Bill, as amended.
“9.2 (1) This Act does not apply in respect of online undertakings that have fewer than 500,000 subscribers in Canada or receive less than $80 million per year in advertising, subscription, usage or membership revenues in Canada from the transmission or retransmission of programs over the Internet.
(2) Every two years after the day on which subsection (1) comes into force, the Commission must, with the approval of the Governor in Council, review the subscriber and revenue thresholds and may make regulations to increase them as required.
(3) The Minister must prepare a report on the Commission's review under subsection (2) and submit the report to the standing committee of each House of Parliament that normally considers matters relating to broadcasting.”
After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Martin Shields and it was negatived on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Garnett Genuis, Alain Rayes, Kevin Waugh — 3;
NAYS: Alexandre Boulerice, Martin Champoux, Julie Dabrusin, Marci Ien, Tim Louis, Maninder Sidhu, Ryan Turnbull — 7.
“9.2 An online undertaking that provides a social media service is deemed not to exercise programming control over programs uploaded by any user of the social media service who is not the provider of the service or the provider’s affiliate, or the agent or mandatary of either of them.”
Debate arose thereon.
At 7:06 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 7:15 p.m., the sitting resumed.
Garnett Genuis moved, — That the committee do now adjourn.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Martin Champoux, Julie Dabrusin, Garnett Genuis, Anthony Housefather, Annie Koutrakis, Tim Louis, Heather McPherson, Jennifer O'Connell, Alain Rayes, Kevin Waugh — 10;
NAYS: — 0.
At 8:52 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.