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View Martin Shields Profile
CPC (AB)
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2021-03-29 11:39
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome back to our committee.
I think it was Mr. Dinsdale who referred to the $5,000 specifically that went to local media to cover COVID. Does he have a list that he can supply us, with all of those? I have nine weeklies in my riding, so I would be very interested to see that list.
Marc Dinsdale
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Marc Dinsdale
2021-03-29 11:39
I believe the list was probably disclosed in one of our blog posts, but we can certainly follow up with you directly and supply the committee with the full list.
View Martin Shields Profile
CPC (AB)
View Martin Shields Profile
2021-03-29 11:39
Thank you.
As you would realize, in nine weeklies—some are digital; some are just paper and some are both—they cover a lot more than just local COVID. They cover the local municipal council, the schools, and all those things that dailies don't cover. Their ask of me is, “We need the advertising.” It's the advertising that they survive on. They don't survive on news articles.
What's your opinion on how the media will survive in my riding of nine weeklies, if they have no advertising dollars and the Canadian government gives it to you?
Marc Dinsdale
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Marc Dinsdale
2021-03-29 11:40
We certainly appreciate that, and we have seen the challenges created in a world where the advertising market is shifting to different types of solutions. The interesting part to me is, when we look at examples of local news publishers like Village Media, which is, as Kevin pointed out, in 14 different northern Ontario markets, we see that they have been able to build a model that is—
View Martin Shields Profile
CPC (AB)
View Martin Shields Profile
2021-03-29 11:40
Sir, I'm interrupting you because I'm talking about weekly newspapers that are independent in only one community. I'm not talking chains. I'm talking about the nine in my riding. They're not chains. They're independent.
What you're referring to, to me, is not local media. That's a chain.
Marc Dinsdale
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Marc Dinsdale
2021-03-29 11:41
Well, they represent news in 14 communities that range in size from 50 to 150,000 people.
The point I was trying to make, sir, is that the model they have built at Village Media is an interesting one that is probably replicable in more places, in that they have local classifieds, a local automotive section and a local events section, etc., which complement and add base strategy to provide.... What we have to look at—in terms of the previous state of local news and through all of those things—is that the model of a publisher like Village Media shows they've successfully been able to maintain this.
View Martin Shields Profile
CPC (AB)
View Martin Shields Profile
2021-03-29 11:41
I have very limited time, sir. When that has happened here, the local news disappears. When you have nine involved in one chain, it disappears.
I want to go you, Mr. Chan. You talk about a policy that has to do with what I would call censorship. Would you share that policy with us?
Kevin Chan
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Kevin Chan
2021-03-29 11:42
We publish all of our policies, sir, online. You can read them at facebook.com/communitystandards. Our content policies are called our “community standards” in public.
I thank you, sir, for raising this concern about censorship. Obviously, we are very much mindful of that. Again, the delicate balance that we're trying to strike, sir, is to give people as much ability to express themselves as possible without expressing things that would be physically harmful if practised.
Kevin Chan
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Kevin Chan
2021-03-29 11:42
These policies are developed by the global policy team at Facebook and—
Kevin Chan
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Kevin Chan
2021-03-29 11:42
Yes, sir. I'm part of that, as is Rachel Curran.
View Martin Shields Profile
CPC (AB)
View Martin Shields Profile
2021-03-29 11:43
So that policy has changed and is an ongoing, living document?
Kevin Chan
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Kevin Chan
2021-03-29 11:43
These things do change, sir, based on the realities of people's speech and the way people interact. I would love to let Rachel speak a bit about our consultation process around the world with experts, some of which she has led herself, if that's helpful.
View Martin Shields Profile
CPC (AB)
View Martin Shields Profile
2021-03-29 11:43
I'm referring to the Canadian [Technical difficulty—Editor] interested in, if she can refer specifically to how you're developing policy, but you have published it. Could you share it specifically with the committee?
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