Mark Wiseman · Ambassador, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Shiping Wu · Second Secretary (Trade Policy), Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Annie Ouelett · Counsellor, Trade Policy,, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Ensure that the Online News Act continues and that funding is distributed in accordance with the Act and its Regulations. Ensure social media services covered by the Online News Act do not allow publisher content to be reproduced (screen shots, copied text, etc.) without providing compensation to news businesses.Read more
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Policy, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Amend the definition of a Qualified Canadian Journalism organization (QCJO), requiring that an organization regularly employ two or more journalists to include: journalists who do not deal at arm’s length with the organization. This would generally include owners/partners who actively pursue, research, analyze, explain, edit, format, design, write or report the news, or select, plan, or assign work, in accordance with journalistic processes and principles. They would work, on average, a minimum of 26 hours per week and spend at least 75% of their time engaged in the production of original written news content, including researching, collecting information, verifying facts, photographing, writing, editing, designing and otherwise preparing content.Read more
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
Align the Government of Canada advertising policy with the Government of Canada's "Buy Canadian Policy" by directing the Agency of Record to ensure a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.Read more
To halt the theft of copyright protected news content, Public Services and Procurement Canada and Treasury Board should ensure those on the government’s list of interested artificial intelligence suppliers sign a "supplier commitment to support the Government of Canada’s effort in leading the way on ethical AI” that includes a commitment to the principles of transparency, consent, and attribution with respect to all copyright-protected source content.
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Align the Government of Canada advertising policy with the Government of Canada's "Buy Canadian Policy" by directing the Agency of Record to ensure a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.Read more
Extending the Local Journalism Initiative.
Ensure that the Copyright Act is not modified through an exception permitting Text and Data Mining (TDM) allowing AI companies to use Canadian news publishers' protected works to train generative AI systems without consent, credit, or compensation.
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
For transparency and to facilitate verification of eligible news publishers under the Online News Act, make the list of Qualified Canadian Journalism Organizations public.
Laurie-Anne Kempton · Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Communications and Consultation, Privy Council Office (PCO)
Align the Government of Canada advertising policy with the Government of Canada's "Buy Canadian Policy" by directing the Agency of Record to ensure a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.Read more
Francis Bilodeau · Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Blair McMurren · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Protect intellectual property by preventing LLMs from scraping journalistic content. Ensure search engines cannot abuse their dominant position by de-indexing Canadian news sites if publishers block their AI bots from crawling our protected content without consent, credit, and compensation.Read more
Eliminating commercial advertising, including branded content, associated with CBC/Radio-Canada’s news and public affairs properties.
Ensure that the Online News Act continues and that funding is distributed in accordance with the Act and its Regulations. Ensure social media services covered by the Online News Act do not allow publisher content to be reproduced (screen shots, copied text, etc.) without providing compensation to news businesses.
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Align the Government of Canada advertising policy with the Government of Canada's "Buy Canadian Policy" by directing the Agency of Record to ensure a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.Read more
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
Miled Hill · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.Read more
Align the Government of Canada advertising policy with the Government of Canada's "Buy Canadian Policy" by directing the Agency of Record to ensure a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.
Ensure that the Online News Act continues and that funding is distributed in accordance with the Act and its Regulations. Ensure social media services covered by the Online News Act do not allow publisher content to be reproduced (screen shots, copied text, etc.) without providing compensation to news businesses.
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.Read more
Extending the Local Journalism Initiative.
Ensure that the Online News Act continues and that funding is distributed in accordance with the Act and its Regulations. Ensure social media services covered by the Online News Act do not allow publisher content to be reproduced (screen shots, copied text, etc.) without providing compensation to news businesses.
Marc Miller · Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Dominic LeBlanc · Minister Responsible for Canada-USTrade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Martin Moen · Associate Asst Dep. Minister, Trade Policy and Negotiations, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Janice Charette · Chief Trade Negotiator to the United States, Privy Council Office (PCO)
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Amy Awad · Director General, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Francis Bilodeau · Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Ensure that the Online News Act continues and that funding is distributed in accordance with the Act and its Regulations. Ensure social media services covered by the Online News Act do not allow publisher content to be reproduced (screen shots, copied text, etc.) without providing compensation to news businesses.Read more
Scott Shortliffe · Vice President, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Daniel Pye · Director News Remuneration, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Ensure that news businesses are compensated fairly under the Online News Act. Ensure funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.” Ensure social media social media services covered by the Online News Act do not allow publisher content to be reproduced (screen shots, copied text, etc.) without providing compensation to news businesses.Read more
Pierre-Marc Lauzon · Director, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Ensure any policy changes to the Aid to Publishers component of the Canadian Periodical Fund take into account the importance of the program, especially to smaller rural community newspapers.Read more
Align the Government of Canada advertising policy with the Government of Canada's "Buy Canadian Policy" by directing the Agency of Record to ensure a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.Read more
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Align the Government of Canada advertising policy with the Government of Canada's "Buy Canadian Policy" by directing the Agency of Record to ensure a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.Read more
Ensure that news businesses are compensated fairly under the Online News Act. Ensure funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.” Ensure social media social media services covered by the Online News Act do not allow publisher content to be reproduced (screen shots, copied text, etc.) without providing compensation to news businesses.
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
Ensure any policy changes to the Aid to Publishers component of the Canadian Periodical Fund take into account the importance of the program, especially to smaller rural community newspapers.
Align the Government of Canada advertising policy with the Government of Canada's "Buy Canadian Policy" by directing the Agency of Record to ensure a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.Read more
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
Ensure that news businesses are compensated fairly under the Online News Act. Ensure funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.” Ensure social media social media services covered by the Online News Act do not allow publisher content to be reproduced (screen shots, copied text, etc.) without providing compensation to news businesses.
Eliminating commercial advertising, including branded content, associated with CBC/Radio-Canada’s news and public affairs properties.
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Ensure that news businesses are compensated fairly under the Online News Act. Ensure funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.” Ensure social media social media services covered by the Online News Act do not allow publisher content to be reproduced (screen shots, copied text, etc.) without providing compensation to news businesses.Read more
Align the Government of Canada advertising policy with the Government of Canada's "Buy Canadian Policy" by directing the Agency of Record to ensure a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.
Ensure search engines cannot abuse their dominant position by de-indexing Canadian news sites if publishers block their AI bots from crawling our protected content without consent, credit, and compensation. This practice discourages other AI companies from entering into fair content licensing agreement with news publishers.
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
Kaitlyn Jonescu · Senior Regional Advisor, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.Read more
Align the Government of Canada advertising policy with the Government of Canada's "Buy Canadian Policy" by directing the Agency of Record to ensure a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.
Ensure that news businesses are compensated fairly under the Online News Act. Ensure funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.” Ensure social media social media services covered by the Online News Act do not allow publisher content to be reproduced (screen shots, copied text, etc.) without providing compensation to news businesses.
Ensure that the Copyright Act is not modified through an exception permitting Text and Data Mining (TDM) allowing AI companies to use Canadian news publishers' protected works to train generative AI systems without consent, credit, or compensation.
Ensure search engines cannot abuse their dominant position by de-indexing Canadian news sites if publishers block their AI bots from crawling our protected content without consent, credit, and compensation. This practice discourages other AI companies from entering into fair content licensing agreement with news publishers.
Eliminating commercial advertising, including branded content, associated with CBC/Radio-Canada’s news and public affairs properties.
Clayton Reinink · A/ Sr Competition Law Officer, Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
Ensure search engines cannot abuse their dominant position by de-indexing Canadian news sites if publishers block their AI bots from crawling our protected content without consent, credit, and compensation. This practice discourages other AI companies from entering into fair content licensing agreement with news publishers.Read more
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Ensuring funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.”Read more
Directing a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.
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