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Deeply shameful, as a Canadian. I did not ask for this.
by asfarley 3y ago
Deeply shameful, as a Canadian. I did not ask for this.
- palijer 3y agoYeah, it doesn't look like they asked every single individual Canadian what they wanted. But here are the details for what was driving this. https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/fair-revenue-sharing/stakeholder-engagement.html https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/fair-re...
- LegitShady 3y agoYou have it backwards. Thats the way they justify what they already had planned. That didn’t drive this, that’s the post-decision excuse. “We consulted with stakeholders and press decided they really wanted that money”
- ix-ix 3y agoMeh, as a Canadian, this might not be perfect, but I am happy whenever the government attempts to revitalize Canadian heritage and remove American influences.
- LegitShady 3y agoAs a canadian, this is a disaster of legislation, and I don't celebrate attempts at anything that are so bad for the internet. The precedent this sort of legislation sets will break the internet and also make companies leave canada in fear of having legislation targeted at them. And for no gain at all. No Canadian heritage will be saved, and this doesn't remove american influences because google and meta were going to be charged for linking to canadian news, not american news. Still 100% ok to link to american news. This legislation does the opposite of what you're claiming.
- pcthrowaway 3y agoAlso Canadian, and I agree. But I also think their recently passed legislation concerning online streaming services was a bad move.
- ix-ix 3y agoI am super happy with that law.
- LegitShady 3y agoEveryone is allowed to have bad opinions, but if you can't even provide logical reasoning for them, then they don't matter at all because its not persuasive. Your support for this link tax law was poor reasoning and its likely your support canadian content laws are similarly flawed.
- timbit42 3y agoCanadian media asked for it.
- philistine 3y agoNot you specifically, but the majority of Canadians are in favour of the principle. https://mediapolicy.ca/2022/11/09/nanos-survey-shows-public-support-for-c-18-but-also-the-limits-of-polling/ https://mediapolicy.ca/2022/11/09/nanos-survey-shows-public-...
- gruez 3y agoThe linked article says that the survey was commissioned by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and the line of questioning seems very leading to me. I wouldn't put too much faith on the accuracy of the poll.
- goosedragons 3y agoOn some very loaded questions. Holy crud. Had they just asked "Are you in favour of tech companies like Google and Facebook paying news companies for linking to their articles?" perhaps the outcome would have been different.
- stackedinserter 3y agoThe majority of Canadians (maybe incl yourself) voted for this though.