The Senate transport and communications committee rejected a proposal that would have seen most people exempt from the new bill except for large companies or programmers.
'It’s a kind of reverse takeover of the internet. The tiny Canadian broadcasting system can take on the world of the internet by the mere trick of redefining ‘broadcasting.’ C-11 is that bold and that absurd.'
'The Liberals’ internet regulation bill, Bill C-11, will give the government power to control your internet choices and impose their own,' the MP and party leadership candidate warned.
It might be hard for non-Canadian readers to grasp just how tightly controlled the Canadian media landscape truly is, but it is arguably as biased as, or more biased than, any media paradigm in the developed world.