The Motion Picture Association told a Senate committee on Tuesday that filmmakers fear the online streaming bill could give the broadcast regulator “the power to micro-regulate” content on their platforms in Canada
Big U.S. movie studios including Netflix have warned that Bill C-11 could allow Ottawa to meddle in the menu of films offered to Canadians to watch at home.
It would make streaming platforms, along with traditional broadcasters, promote a certain amount of Canadian content. Wendy Noss, president of the Motion Picture Association, said in a written submission to the Senate committee that broad wording in the bill needs to be changed so it does not “provide the CRTC with the power to micro-regulate” what platforms offer.
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has said he will ask the CRTC to update and redefine what counts as Canadian content., told the committee it is important that the definition of a Canadian film includes who owns the intellectual property rights, and it is “very important that the economic ownership and control is held in Canadian hands.”
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