CanadaOnline News Act Application and Exemption Regulations
A citation is an address, not a summary. The first part names the law; what follows narrows it to the exact section, article or paragraph.
What follows is LexLint's own research summary of this law, not legal advice.
In force since 19 December 2023.
A news media bargaining code rule binding public and private bodies.
What this law does
Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.
Sets the thresholds triggering the Online News Act: global revenue exceeding C$1 billion and at least 20 million Canadian monthly unique visitors (search) or active users (social media). Requires the largest search engine by Canadian advertising market share to provide at least C$100 million per year (CPI-indexed via formula: C$100M × CPIx ÷ CPI2023) to news businesses as a condition of exemption eligibility. Published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, Vol. 158, No. 1 (January 3, 2024); in force December 19, 2023.
What it reaches
Instrument type
a regulation made under an act
Categories
Bargaining code
When LexLint raises it
aggregates_content
Read the law
laws.justice.gc.ca / gazette.gc.ca
Every line above is drawn from the primary source linked here, read on the date shown. This is a research summary, not legal advice.