In an emailed statement, Rodriguez said: “Facebook knows very well that they have no obligations under the act right now. Following Royal Assent of Bill C-18, the Government will engage in a regulatory and implementation process. If the Government can’t stand up for Canadians against tech giants, who will?”
Google has also warned it could cut or end existing deals with Canadian news outlets in response to the bill. Through its Google News Showcase program, the company currently has deals with news publishers that cover 150 outlets. That includes Postmedia, publisher of the National Post, which also supports the legislation. Google pays news outlets to licence content for the program, although the financial terms of the deals with outlets haven’t been disclosed.
If the companies remove news from their platforms, it’s unclear what recourse the Liberal government would have. When he was asked about that possibility at a Senate committee earlier this month, Rodriguez said the government had “options,” such as pulling government advertising from the platforms, launching new programs or increasing funding of other programs.Article contentThe bill would force Google and Facebook to negotiate commercial deals for revenue-sharing with news publishers.
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