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
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
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Directing a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.Read more
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.”
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
Daniel Pye · Director News Remuneration, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
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
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Directing 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%.
Copyright Act -- ensuring there is no artificial intelligence crawling without consent, credit, and compensation.
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.”
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.
Copyright Act -- ensuring there is no artificial intelligence crawling without consent, credit, and compensation.
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
Mark Schaan · Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Artificial Intelligence), Privy Council Office (PCO)
Samir Chhabra · Director General, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Alexandra Dostal · Sr. Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Directing a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.Read more
Copyright Act -- ensuring there is no artificial intelligence crawling without consent, credit, and compensation.
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
Keep advertising in dollars in Canada by closing the loophole in Section 19 of the Income Tax Act that allows for the deductibility of foreign internet advertising.
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Keep advertising in dollars in Canada by closing the loophole in Section 19 of the Income Tax Act that allows for the deductibility of foreign internet advertising.Read more
Directing a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.
Copyright Act -- ensuring there is no artificial intelligence crawling without consent, credit, and compensation.
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.”
Extending the Local Journalism Initiative.
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
Scott Shortliffe · Executive Director, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
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
Isabelle Mondou · Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Joelle Montminy · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Directing a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.Read more
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.”
Copyright Act -- ensuring there is no artificial intelligence crawling without consent, credit, and compensation.
For transparency and to facilitate verification of eligible news publishers under the Online News Act, make the list of Qualified Canadian Journalism Organizations public.
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Directing a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.Read more
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.”
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
Miled Hill · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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
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
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Directing a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.Read more
For transparency and to facilitate verification of eligible news publishers under the Online News Act, make the list of Qualified Canadian Journalism Organizations public.
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
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.”
Directing a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.Read more
For transparency and to facilitate verification of eligible news publishers under the Online News Act, make the list of Qualified Canadian Journalism Organizations public.
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
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
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Directing a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.Read more
Copyright Act -- ensuring there is no artificial intelligence crawling without consent, credit, and compensation.
Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
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.”
Steven Guilbeault · Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Fairness in federal advertising expenditures and placement.Read more
Directing 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.
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.”
Tax measures related to journalism labour and advertising.
Brian MacKay · Deputy Chief of Staff, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Copyright Act, with respect to copyrights and remuneration rights for news media organizations.Read more
Directing 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.
Fairness in federal advertising expenditures and placement.
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.”
Tax measures related to journalism labour and advertising.
Eliminating commercial advertising, including branded content, associated with CBC/Radio-Canada’s news and public affairs properties.
Pierre-Marc Lauzon · Director, Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Tax measures related to journalism labour and advertising.Read more
Directing 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.
Fairness in federal advertising expenditures and placement.
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.”
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