Konrad von Finckenstein and Peter Menzies on the Potential Problems with Bill C-11

The internet is the center of the digital age and its engine of innovation. Konrad von Finckenstein and Peter Menzies, former CRTC chair and vice chair respectively, are disappointed in Bill C-11. They observe that the proposed legislation kicks the can to the country’s top regulator, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for huge decisions, but is the CRTC prepared? Konrad and Peter  call for the scope of Bill C-11 to narrow significantly to focus only on big players such as online streamers and to omit user-generated content entirely. We discuss structural changes needed to define Canadian content and create a producer-accessed, platform-agnostic funding framework; weigh-in on whether discoverability can - or should -  be regulated; and finally, whether the industry is ready to move from domestic protection to global competition. 

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Read the exclusive column by Irene Berkowitz in Playback about this episode HERE: https://playbackonline.ca/2022/03/01/the-sessions-episode-2-former-crtc-leaders-on-the-potential-problems-with-bill-c-11/