CanadaOnline News Regulatory Policy CRTC 2024-327, mandatory bargaining framework
In force since .
A news media bargaining code rule binding public and private bodies.
What it requires
- Applies only to platforms subject to mandatory bargaining under the Online News Act; it sets the operational procedures for that bargaining.
- Bargain within a 90-day bargaining period, followed by a 120-day mediation phase and a 45-day final offer arbitration period.
- Expect undue-preference complaints, which eligible news businesses may file against platforms under the framework.
- Provide the data the framework mandates from platforms, which supports annual auditor reports.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
Who enforces it
Settledness
The CRTC enforces the Online News Act and issued this policy itself, so the policy is its own guidance and no separate construing page is recorded.
- As of
- Open questions
- Does an agreement term such as its length, audit rights or payment schedule have a sufficient connection to the value of the compensation to count as a monetary issue within final offer arbitration under the Online News Act?
What this law does
Establishes operational procedures for mandatory bargaining under the Online News Act: a 90-day bargaining period, followed by a 120-day mediation phase, and a 45-day final offer arbitration (FOA) period. Also governs undue-preference complaints filed by eligible news businesses against platforms, and mandates data collection from both platforms and news businesses to support annual auditor reports.
A separate code-of-conduct regulation was consulted on in late 2024 (CRTC 2024-236 Notice of Consultation) but had not been registered as of the date shown.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app reuses other publishers' content.
Back to the example · Lint your app
Page updated .