Is this incompetence or malice?

On the surface you can’t really say the Liberals didn’t try to regulate some of this stuff and get more local content but the results in this case is Bell getting $40 million break in fees that would usually fund these programs plus another $30 mill from the Google deal. Canadian lose more local news coverage and get to watch the Prime Minister of the country essentially shrugs and says he can’t believe Bell only care about maximizing profits.

The Liberals’ update to broadcasting law, the Online Streaming Act, came into effect last April. It abolished certain licensing fees, which St-Onge said will save the company some $40 million a year.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/social-media-creators-podcasts-won-t-be-regulated-under-liberal-online-streaming-law-1.6644499

This marks the end of the government’s direct role with the law formerly known as Bill C-11, the Liberal government’s second attempt to bring major online-streaming services into Canada’s broadcasting system and eventually have them contribute to supporting local music and stories.

“The sector needs to adapt to where the Canadian public is today. And we know Canadians look for their news and content online,” Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said Tuesday in Montreal.

 

I can’t believe 80% of Canadian voters were good with these 2 imbeciles running country last election.

https://ottawa.citynews.ca/2024/02/08/local-news-cuts-at-bell-come-after-it-was-granted-40m-in-regulatory-relief-st-onge/

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre responded to the cuts on Thursday by placing blame on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

He said high taxes, burdensome red tape and an uncompetitive business environment “is driving our jobs and our money out of the country to foreign nations that are prospering at our expense.”