The Conservative Party appears to have successfully blocked the swift passage of Bill C-10, which would update the Broadcasting Act, as the Senate sponsor of the bill says there is a “zero-per-cent chance” the Senate will approve it before the Chamber breaks for summer next week.
Mr. Dawson, a former Liberal MP who now sits as a member of the Progressive Senate Group, said Conservative delay tactics have left insufficient time for the Senate to approve the bill before the break.“There is no scenario by which the Senate will get this bill and study it in June, and we’re not scheduled to sit in July, so, end of story,” he said. “I’m not happy. I’d rather study it and I’d rather adopt it, but the House delayed it extensively and there’s nothing the Senate could do about it.
The Conservatives sided with critics, including academics and some former CRTC commissioners, who warned that the removal of the clause created freedom-of-speech concerns. A later Liberal amendment aimed at addressing those concerns failed to win over detractors. The legislation has broad support from groups representing Canada’s arts community.
As a Canadian, I HOPE this is true. In a world of online freedom, though they may have good intentions, the Canadian government's broadcasting policies are becoming too gangster-like. Forcing companies to fund the production of content is un-Democratic and NOT ok. BillC10
This didn't age well :(
Good news.
That's some great news, never seen much of anything from senators but this is awesome! 👏
Good
The current government is a joke and I hope the masses are starting to wake up to this!
Nice. The Fiberals get all the backlash, and the bill doesn't pass. Good.
For a minority government, that claims to be so much better over the other parties, this was brutal. I'll forever remember what the liberals have done throughout their reign
6079xSmithxW s_guilbeault has now shifted to racist blame game pre election campaign since C-10 is a failure. He won’t understand how that works either.
privacylawyer Excellent news! Hopefully it will NEVER become law.
What can we make of a government which is trying to strong arm a bill which fundamentally effects the free speech rights of every Canadian? If ever a party deserves to lose the right to govern, it’s for things like this. Incompetent, bungling, colluding power grab.
BillC10 be like
Good
Good. It needs to crawl away and die.
Good.
privacylawyer Dreadful article that takes Lib talking points and ignores actual experts in law and comms who roundly decried the Bill as an assault on our Charter-guaranteed Freedom of Expression. But $595 Million in taxpayer $$ paid to MSM apparently works to make sure the Lib message wins.
Should never have been considered. But hey, Rulers want Absolute Rule and a subservient, uninformed population. We’ve seen this before, control what they see, hear and read, eventually you control what they think.
privacylawyer Bill C-10 never becoming law would be fantastic news. This is the only news about the bill that is acceptable.
globepolitics Awesome 👏
Great news 👏👏👏
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: Sportsnet - 🏆 57. / 59 Read more »
Source: nationalpost - 🏆 10. / 80 Read more »
Source: TSN_Sports - 🏆 80. / 51 Read more »
Source: nationalpost - 🏆 10. / 80 Read more »