🆕 Report from #CHPC: Tech giants’ intimidation and subversion tactics to evade regulation in Canada and globally https://www.ourcommons.ca/documentviewer/en/44-1/CHPC/report-13
#CHPC
House of Commons Heritage Committee #CHPC to CBC's board: No bonuses for executives #cdnpoli #media https://www.ourcommons.ca/documentviewer/en/44-1/CHPC/report-8
@andykm My objections to C11 were rejected by #CHPC and posted at last minuted by #TRCM (because I asked them to please provide reason for rejecting it, then then posted it on last day intead of rejecting it).
The governmertw ere aware of the issues which is why they rejected my filing. I am the only one who went beyond text of C11 to point out conflicrs with unchanged parts of Broadcasting Act.
One year ago today, I raised warning flags about @HonAhmedHussen @CdnHeritage funding a purveyor of hate.
No one has been held accountable. No one.
Not one penny has been recovered from the hate monger
Purveying Hate On The Public Dime • Telecom Trends http://mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=16148
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RT @Mark_Goldberg
At #CHPC last week, @AHousefather said he sent 3 emails on July 18. @MKhannam1 didn't hear from @HonAhmedHussen CoS Hursh J…
https://twitter.com/Mark_Goldberg/status/1628757107804610563
Happy anniversary @HonAhmedHussen and Chief of Staff Hursh Jaswal. Remember this post?
Purveying Hate On The Public Dime • Telecom Trends http://mhgoldberg.com/blog/?p=16148
The lethargy, inaction, and lack of accountability on #LaithMarouf was/is inexcusable
#CHPC @liberal_party
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RT @Mark_Goldberg
@adgelessness @jaycola @hollyanndoan @CdnHeritage Let's accept the awarding of the contract as stupidity. And allowing Minister to …
https://twitter.com/Mark_Goldberg/status/1628790064275677187
B’nai Brith Makes Recommendations to Prevent Another Laith Marouf Fiasco | @bnaibrithcanada @MichaelMostyn https://www.bnaibrith.ca/bnai-brith-makes-recommendations-to-prevent-another-laith-marouf-fiasco/
"Thorough due diligence would have shown that his hate warranted condemnation, not dollars."
Brief to #CHPC https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ftCRoL01Gt2OmG1ldIRvxmNjHJ-a8w6w/view
That answers the question of whether the amendments to the undemocratic Bill C-18 motion were good enough. Canadian Chamber of Commerce says no.
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RT @AnjaKaradeglija
Now updated, following an amended motion passed by #CHPC. @CdnChamberofCom says: "From what we’ve seen out of today’s committee meeting, our original concerns remain unchanged.”
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/democratic-rights-at-stake-chamber-of-commerce v…
https://twitter.com/AnjaKaradeglija/status/1637903625602121728
ChatGPT, journalism and Bill C-18 | @howardalaw https://mediapolicy.ca/2023/03/15/chatgpt-journalism-and-bill-c-18/
"There is a well-known aphorism about innovation: we tend to overestimate its impact in the short-run and underestimate it in the long-run."
Parliament's Procedure and Practice (2017 Edition) has the offending text: https://www.ourcommons.ca/procedure/procedure-and-practice-3/ch_20_7-e.html#:~:text=swearing
It seems to be an artifact from another era, perhaps not noticed since it is so rarely used?
It should be struck.
My religious beliefs are not the business of Parliament
#CHPC
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RT @Mark_Goldberg
Just reviewed the #CHPC video and I am sitting here a little stunn…
https://twitter.com/Mark_Goldberg/status/1635315492251631616
Seems to me that Heritage, of all Committees, should be more sensitive to this.
Are Charter rights being infringed by this form of being put under oath by creating an affirmation that requires a declaration of a specific religious belief?
4/4
The #CHPC clerk followed with the usual affirmation.
Why are witnesses asked to bring their religious belief into an affirmation? I don't think taking an oath is unlawful according to my religious belief, but I have a right to be affirmed and should be able to exercise it
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I choose affirmation because I feel my testimony is between me and the state, not with God.
@jasonjkee & @sabrinageremia had to start with "I do solemnly, sincerely and truly affirm and declare that the taking of any oath is according to my religious belief unlawful" #CHPC
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Just reviewed the #CHPC video and I am sitting here a little stunned by the language used in putting the @googlecanada witnesses under oath: https://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20230313/-1/38705?mediaStartTime=20230310135011&mediaEndTime=20230310135123&viewMode=3&globalStreamId=14
I have always chosen to be affirmed, not sworn on a religious text, as is my right as a Canadian citizen...
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That Google #CHPC hearing was more heat than light. MPs took turns showing how angry they are with Google. Actual news: test ends March 16th, affected users randomized, Google concerns focus on payment for links in Bill C-18 and expansive list of eligible news businesses.
Now Liberals move to put Google under oath. Google has tried to avoid some answering some questions, but haven’t seen anything to suggest untruthful answers. #CHPC
Full round of questions of Google at #CHPC and most MP questions about who isn’t there or doc demands, rather than on the test and its impact. There are real questions but so far no one asking: how many affected? why not disclose in advance? what has it learned? how much longer?
Canadian Heritage committee meeting with Google underway. Google says its links to news publishers has $250M in value + 150 deals in place. Says transparently concerned with Bill C-18, notably payments for links. Uncapped liability simply for providing links. #CHPC
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