Liberal
- Require digital platforms that generate revenue from publishing news content to share a portion of their revenues with Canadian news outlets, modelled after Australia's similar legislation.
- Support production of news for underserved communities with $50M over 5 years through the Local Journalism Initiative.
Introduce legislation, within 100 days, that would require digital platforms that generate revenues from the publication of news content to share a portion of their revenues with Canadian news outlets. This legislation would be based on the Australian model and level the playing field between global platforms and Canadian news outlets. The bill will also allow news publishers to work together to prepare for collective negotiation.
— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02
Support the production of news in underserved communities with $50 million over five years through the Local Journalism Initiative.
Develop a new $50 million Changing Narratives Fund to empower diverse communities, including BIPOC journalists and creatives, with the tools to tell their own stories and promote diverse voices in arts and culture and across media.
— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02