Online streaming services must hand over 5% of domestic revenues, CRTC says
CBC
Online streaming services operating in Canada will be required to contribute five per cent of their Canadian revenues to support the domestic broadcasting system, the country's telecoms regulator said on Tuesday.
In a briefing, officials from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said the money would be used to boost funding for local and Indigenous broadcasting. The measure would raise roughly $200 million a year, they said.
More to come.
The leader of Canada's Green Party had some strong words for Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives while joining her provincial counterpart on the campaign trail. Elizabeth May was in Halifax Saturday to support the Nova Scotia Green Party in the final days of the provincial election campaign. She criticized PC Leader Tim Houston for calling a snap election this fall after the Tories passed legislation in 2021 that gave Nova Scotia fixed election dates every four years.