CanadaOnline News Act
In force since .
A news media bargaining code rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
What it requires
- Applies only to operators of designated digital news intermediaries: large search engines and social media platforms that meet the revenue and user thresholds set in regulations.
- If designated, bargain with eligible Canadian news businesses and reach compensation agreements with them.
- If you do not reach an agreement, expect mandatory mediation and then final offer arbitration.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
Who enforces it
Settledness
- As of
- Open questions
- When does a "significant bargaining power imbalance" exist between an operator and news businesses under section 6, and who decides it before the Commission lists the intermediary under section 8(1)?
- Is a link or snippet that lets a reader reach a news article "news content" that is "made available" under subsection 2(2), given that paragraph (b) reaches content whose access is "facilitated by any means"?
- What makes agreements provide "fair compensation" under subparagraph 11(1)(a)(i), and which agreements must the Commission treat as meeting it?
What this law does
Requires operators of designated digital news intermediaries (large search engines and social media platforms meeting the revenue and user thresholds set in regulations, to bargain with eligible Canadian news businesses and reach compensation agreements; failing agreement, mandatory mediation and final offer arbitration apply. Administered by the CRTC. Received Royal Assent ; came into force (180 days after assent).
When LexLint raises it
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