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Jean-Stéphen Piché
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Jean-Stéphen Piché
2021-03-08 11:41
Yes, we can break it down by year and by types of advertising, and by who.
View Heather McPherson Profile
NDP (AB)
That would be wonderful.
Mr. Ripley, I have another question for you, if I may.
Bill C-10 explicitly and completely exempts Facebook, YouTube, Pornhub and other services dealing in user-generated content from the Broadcasting Act. Were you instructed by Minister Guilbeault or his staff to do this, or how did that come to happen? How was it that Facebook and YouTube were excluded from Bill C-10?
Thomas Owen Ripley
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Thomas Owen Ripley
2021-03-08 11:42
I'll begin by saying that they are not necessarily excluded from the scope of the act. We are walking a line where certain of their activities will be subject to regulation, to the extent that they act like a broadcaster. In other words, to the extent that Google and YouTube have services where they are commissioning content, controlling that content—its affiliates are controlling that content—it will be captured. It's the same thing with respect to Facebook.
At the same time, we wanted to recognize that many Canadians obviously use these activities for user-generated content. That is a difficult line to walk, and that's the one we've tried to walk in the bill by excluding them, to the extent that they are acting as repositories for user-generated content, while pulling them in to the extent that they are controlling the curation of content on their services.
In practice, that may mean that certain services like Facebook Watch or YouTube Music will be subject to CRTC oversight with respect to broadcasting. That's the bill the government ultimately put forward, and so that's the government's position on that matter.
As Jean-Stéphen alluded to, that doesn't mean we aren't cognizant of the fact that those activities—those user-generated content spaces on those platforms—may need regulation. We are working on a bill with respect to online harms that will look at those issues.
From our perspective, broadcasting regulation is different from the kind of regulation that should apply with respect to user-generated content.
View Steven Guilbeault Profile
Lib. (QC)
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon, everyone.
I am joining you from Montreal, on the traditional territory of the Mohawk and the other Haudenosaunee peoples.
Mr. Chair, members of the Committee, it’s a pleasure for me to appear before you today regarding the study of Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts.
I would also like to acknowledge that today is International Women's Day.
I’d like to thank the members of the committee for the preliminary work you have been doing for some time now.
I’m delighted that this bill has finally passed second reading in the House of Commons. The delays that some Conservative members have caused were a concern for me, but we got there, and we can continue to move forward. Let us please remember that this is not a partisan bill. It is a bill that focuses on culture; it is a bill for Canadians, and it deserves to move forward.
I hope that all the members here and their caucuses recognize the urgency of modernizing the Broadcasting Act so that it can better serve the interests of Canadians in the digital world.
Today it's impossible to overlook the legislative imbalance that favours digital platforms to the detriment of Canadian broadcasters and creative industries. This reform responds to a pressing need. It is crucial to ensuring the vitality of Canadian businesses now and for decades to come. This is why our government will continue to work constructively and collaboratively so that Canadians can benefit from the most effective legislative tool possible, as soon as possible.
From the outset, the cultural and creative sectors have provided input into the modernization of the current legislation. They've expressed their support for this reform and this favourable movement is trending across the country, particularly in Quebec.
Moreover, since the tabling of the bill, this important discussion has continued in the public space and before your committee. It has given rise to several proposed amendments that we will examine with all the attention they deserve. We are, of course, open to improvements that would maximize the benefits of the amended Act for Canadians.
I know that you have received substantial input from several key contributors, and I look forward to seeing the results of the committee’s work in this regard.
I am well aware that the study of the bill must be carried out with care, for two reasons. First of all, because it introduces methods that are completely new in Canada for implementing a regulatory framework adapted to our current reality. Second, because this is an important issue. Many players in the creative and cultural industries are calling for this update to the Broadcasting Act and are counting on this new tool to continue to develop their work on digital platforms.
Let us remember that the current broadcasting system has served Canadians well for decades. It has fostered the emergence of strong national creative and cultural industries. It has supported the delivery of original content that reflects our identity and our values. Bill C-10 aims to preserve that legacy. However, it also aims to include many new players and new activities. It must therefore take an approach designed to include online broadcasters and ensure their equitable contribution.
With this bill, we want to make the diversity of Canadian voices resonate more clearly: francophone and anglophone voices, the voices of minority communities, Indigenous voices; and the voices of all communities across the country, including ethnocultural communities, racialized communities, and others that are too often underrepresented on the screen and elsewhere.
I want to make it clear that this bill is not intended to change the regulatory structure in broadcasting. Rather, it is intended to update the objectives of the legislation and the tools of the CRTC. It therefore preserves the autonomy conferred on the CRTC to implement the appropriate regulations and achieve the objectives of the Act. This autonomy is all the more important as the broadcasting system begins to incorporate new players with different business models, and as the system continues to evolve.
This bill does not address the regulation of online hate nor the equitable compensation of journalists by the web giants, as these are not strictly broadcasting issues; however, I intend to introduce two more bills on these issues in the near future. In due course, I will be pleased to appear before your committee regarding these other bills, always in the spirit of constructive co-operation.
I will be pleased to provide you with the Order in Council that we intend to issue following the passage of the bill. Please note, however, that this Order in Council was drafted prior to the introduction of the bill. It may therefore be redrafted as a result of amendments to Bill C-10 between now and Royal Assent.
As well, in the interest of transparency and as required by law, the Order will undergo a period of public consultation to invite feedback from Canadians.
I invite you to use the Order in Council as background material for your study, but to focus your efforts on the bill itself. Because that is the legislation that will be with us for several decades and will ensure the sustainability of the broadcasting sector. Over the years, governments will come and go, and will issue various Orders in Council to the CRTC as they respond to changing circumstances.
Finally, I would like to clarify the following situation. When I appeared on November 5, 2020, the member for Richmond—Arthabaska asked me what calculations the department had used to determine that the additional investments in Canadian content through digital television broadcasts would amount to $830 million. On December 11, 2020, the department provided the clerk of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage with the answers to the questions asked at the meetings of October 30 and November 5, 2020, including the one dealing with the calculation of the $830 million. At my last appearance before the committee—
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BQ (QC)
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2021-03-08 12:32
Minister, with all due respect, I think it's a little naive to think that the CRTC won't be somewhat responsive to pressure; it always has been. They have people coming to them with their views. The Web giants are bound to have much more persuasive power than smaller organizations, which have fewer resources.
View Heather McPherson Profile
NDP (AB)
As do I, of course, Minister.
Just to let you know, Canada does spend approximately $29 on public broadcasting, whereas we know that in the United Kingdom, they spend $105. They spend $73 in France. I would encourage you to take a leadership position to ensure that our CBC is adequately funded going forward. Of course, you have the support the NDP to do that work.
The next question I have for you is in terms of online advertising among web giants. We did have an opportunity to discuss this with your colleagues in the first hour.
View Heather McPherson Profile
NDP (AB)
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, again, to the minister.
I appreciate your willingness to look at amendments. It's very important to move this bill forward. We have a number of amendments that we will continue to share with you.
We need to take advantage of the opportunity to have the minister with us. I am going to ask you a question I've already posed previously, because I want to hear from you directly.
When Bill C-10 was put in place, it had been designed to explicitly exempt Facebook and YouTube from user-generated content from the Broadcasting Act. Did you instruct the department to put this into the bill or was it the department's idea?
View Steven Guilbeault Profile
Lib. (QC)
Facebook and Google are not exempt from—I think Mr. Ripley, Mr. Piché and I have answered that question—the law or the regulation. When they act as broadcasters, then the regulation will apply to them.
As I said earlier in a response to a question asked by Mr. Waugh, as a legislator, I'm not particularly interested when my step-uncle posts pictures of his cats on YouTube or Facebook. This is why we've excluded user-generated content from the regulation. When they act as broadcasters, then the regulation will apply to them.
View Heather McPherson Profile
NDP (AB)
One of my concerns is that we are in a potential election situation. Bill C-10 may be one of the only bills that is passed in this Parliament. How are we going to make sure that problematic content....You talk about bringing forward other legislation, but we may not have that opportunity. The Broadcasting Act deals with political advertising. It deals with Canadian content financing, emergency alerts....
Why are Facebook and YouTube exempt from those standards?
View Steven Guilbeault Profile
Lib. (QC)
As I said, Bill C-10 does not exclude Facebook and YouTube. This is a false assumption that you're making. They're simply not....
View Heather McPherson Profile
NDP (AB)
It does for the material that I speak about. It does for some of these things that they can be.... We don't have legislation coming forward where you're going to hold Facebook and YouTube to account for the online hate that they share.
View Steven Guilbeault Profile
Lib. (QC)
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