Stop broadcasting giants’ online media takeover!
Canada’s biggest media conglomerates are making a power grab to force the Internet into the restrictive model of broadcast television — and with Bill C-10, our government is backing them up.
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault claims he’s supporting Canadian creators by imposing 20th century broadcast regulations and levies onto Internet streaming services.1 But in reality, C-10 will only further line the pockets of current broadcasting giants like Bell Media, while leaving vast numbers of Canada’s new media Internet creators out in the cold.2
Canada needs rules that uplift small creators excluded from the broadcast status quo, not a grab for even larger subsidies for the content of massive legacy media companies. But with the likes of Bell Media using Guilbeault to get what they want, we’re going to need all the help we can get to win this fight. Email your MP to send C-10 back to the drawing board NOW!