Panel recommends new powers, roles for CRTC as part of sweeping review

The 235-page report makes 97 recommendations that come after more than 18 months of consultations headed by Janet Yale, a former telecommunications executive and CRTC commissioner.

It says the CRTC would be responsible for a new registration process for media content on the internet, whether the provider is domestic or a foreign entity like Netflix. Many of the recommendations are directed at the makeup and enforcement powers of the CRTC, which is currently the key federal agency responsible for upholding Canada's broadcasting and telecommunications acts.

It also recommends that the federal government immediately require foreign media content suppliers to collect the goods and services tax on subscriptions in order to eliminate a disadvantage faced by their Canadian competitors. The Trudeau government assigned the panel to consider a vast array of issues -- from the role of foreign streaming services like Netflix, to mobile phone and internet services, to the future of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

Crotch is a waste of taxpayer money. The don’t do nuthin

LOL THEY ARE IN BEDVWITH BELL,ROGER'S, COGECO,SHAW AND THE REST OF THE LEFT WING MEDIA...

Defund the CRTC

Burn crtc to the ground

You know what I like in my CRTC? Less CRTC.

no good will come of this

More censorship power? It's a no from me.

Let's hope this panel was not chosen under trudeau's corrupt direction.

Take large corporate ownership out of the media. Make sure people working in the media can report wrong doing without fear of losing their jobs. Without impartiality, our media has becomes nothing but propaganda and advertising.

Former telecommunications executive and CRTC commissioner suggests CRTC should get more power. What a surprise! And how much did this 'report' cost?

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission would get sweeping new powers and responsibilities. The CRTC needs fewer powers not more!

Just what Canada needs, more government control of the media.

Defund the media.

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Opinion: The CRTC says internet regulation is ‘inevitable,’ but is it sensible?Later this week, a government-appointed panel is likely to recommend new regulations for internet streaming companies such as Netflix, Disney and Amazon that will include mandated contributions to support Canadian film and television production globebusiness Of course our Canadian powers that be want to regulate and censor globebusiness Internet regulation is 'inevitable'? Time to get rid of the CRTC and any government that's going to let that happen. globebusiness There's a lot of words here obfuscating the simple point that this has nothing to do w/ regulating *content or sales*. It's about requiring all players in the market to spend a portion of the $ generated *IN CANADA* on stories from Cdn creators, not *ONLY* reselling us US shows.
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