Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act and
to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts,
also known as the Online Streaming Act, (the
"Bill") was tabled for its first reading on February 2, 2022 by the
Minister of Canadian Heritage.
The "re-tabled Bill" aims to "respect the work of
Parliamentarians during the last Parliament" and to provide a
"new approach for programs uploaded to social media
services."
Under the Canadian broadcasting system, online services such as
Netflix, Crave, Disney+ and their domestic and foreign competitors
are described as "online undertakings." If passed, the
Bill will empower the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications (the "CRTC") to make
orders imposing conditions on "online undertakings"
reflective of certain objectives, including, but not limited to:
support for the creation of Canadian content; fair and equitable
treatment of similarly situated broadcasting undertakings; and
diversity, equity and
