They cannot do that. The law forbids discriminating against any Canadian news business. If they link to news sites that don't demand payment but won't link to o

They cannot do that. The law forbids discriminating against any Canadian news business. If they link to news sites that don't demand payment but won't link to ones that want to be paid, it'd be viewed as retaliation. The only options are to accept the rigged negotiation process and pay all news business vastly inflated rates, or to link to none of them.