StatsCan isn’t doing Quebec’s anglophones any favours
A recent Statistics Canada report provides a clearer picture of who can speak English in Quebec, but that doesn’t define the province’s English-speaking community.
Spanish footballers serving as a beacon in the fog of misogyny
These Spanish women have decided they’re not taking this shit and are serving as heroes against a footballing structure and culture that expect their subservience.
‘There’s never been a case like this,’ lawyer says as Competition Bureau reviews Meta’s news block in Canada
If the bureau finds that Meta has violated the Competition Act, the firm could be fined up to $10-million, or three times the value of the benefit obtained from the anti-competitive conduct.
A ‘neutron bomb’ to the industry: newsrooms begin feeling impact of Meta ban, call for Competition Bureau inquiry and end to C-18 standoff
The lost engagement with its audience due to Meta’s ban ‘is a blow in ways other than just pure numbers,’ says The Tyee‘s David Beers.
‘She’s coming into a hot seat’: St-Onge takes on Heritage file with neither government nor big tech ‘prepared to stand down or blink’
Pascale St-Onge is taking on an already hot file, meanwhile, ‘waiting in the wings’ is one of the most controversial pieces of internet regulation legislation, says Michael Geist.
Denise Bombardier was complex, controversial, and cantankerous
Bombardier had no real equivalent in the rest of Canada, or even in North America.
Canadian actors pushing for better promotion of Canadian content on foreign streamers under Broadcast Act modernization consultations
Public consultations regarding proposed policy directions for the Online Streaming Act closed on July 25.
Heritage Canada shuts down its library, begins months-long work identifying titles to transfer to Library and Archives Canada
The department says this closure will allow it to re-allocate resources to meet growing demand for digital information management services, but librarians and researchers worry that pandemic shutdowns were a first step towards further closures.
Hockey Canada’s new CEO pick is proof of efforts to right its ship
Hockey Canada still has work to do, and new challenges will of course emerge. But they have made a brilliant move by appointing Kathy Henderson as chief executive officer.
David meets Goliath in the internet battle for Canadians’ hearts and minds
If there is a chance to support local media outlets over international internet giants, all politics is local.
