Registry of Lobbyists
News Media Canada / Médias d'Info Canada
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Justice and Law Enforcement, Media
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Abuse of dominance and anti‑competitive business practices related to online search, search advertising and display advertising services in Canada.
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Policies or Program
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Intellectual Property, Media
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Copyright Act -- ensuring there is no artificial intelligence crawling without consent, credit, and compensation.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Government Procurement, Media
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Directing a minimum of 25% of the Government of Canada domestic advertising budget to Canadian private sector news businesses.
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Policies or Program
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Media
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Eliminating commercial advertising, including branded content, associated with CBC/Radio-Canada’s news and public affairs properties.
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Policies or Program
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Intellectual Property, Media
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Ensuring funding from Google under the Online News Act is distributed in accordance with the Online News Act and Regulations. Only eligible news businesses (as defined by Section 27 of the Act) should receive funding. Per the Online News Act Application and Exemption Regulations: SOR/2023-276, the distribution must be based “only the number of full-time equivalent employees who, in the previous calendar year, were employed by each news business for the purpose of producing, for news outlets operated by that business, original news content that is intended to be made available online.”
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Regulation, Policies or Program
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Media
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Extending the Local Journalism Initiative.
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Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
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Media, Taxation and Finance
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For transparency and to facilitate verification of eligible news publishers under the Online News Act, make the list of Qualified Canadian Journalism Organizations public.
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Policies or Program
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Consumer Issues, Media
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Having Canada Post return to the long-standing policy of exempting community newspapers with commercial inserts (e.g., flyers from local hardware and grocery franchisees) from the Consumers’ Choice program. Community newspapers with commercial inserts are not ‘junk mail’.
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Policies or Program
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Media, Taxation and Finance
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Keep advertising in dollars in Canada by closing the loophole in Section 19 of the Income Tax Act that allows for the deductibility of foreign internet advertising.
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Policies or Program, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Media, Taxation and Finance
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Maintaining the Canadian Journalism Labour Tax Credit at 35%.
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Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
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