Help Canadians to Protect Our Freedom of Expression by Blocking Bill C-11

Help Canadians to Protect Our Freedom of Expression by Blocking Bill C-11
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September 11, 2022
Signatures: 120Next Goal: 200
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Why this petition matters
Started by Marcus Wong
Bill C-11 will allow the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commision) to:
- Dictate how and where your content appears on digital platforms.
- Affect your discoverability by artificially promoting some creators over others. Viewers may be pushed to watch content they aren’t interested in, resulting in more skips and thumbs down, which would impact how your content is exported to global audiences, lowering viewership and revenue.
- Apply complex “CanCon” rules that require you to prove your content is “Canadian” enough. This is easy for large Canadian media companies with teams who have been following these rules for decades, and makes it harder for smaller creators to benefit from any financial or promotional gain.
- Push your content down in feeds if it doesn’t meet CanCon requirements.
- Regulate the length and type of advertising on your channel, which could mean less money in your pocket.
TLDR; Certain creators could be suppressed leading to less revenue and exposure, and users could lose control (to an extent) over their viewing experience
Bill C-11, also known as the The Online Streaming Act, is currently under examination in the Senate after being passed through the House of Commons.
Make your voice heard by signing the petition below, and help us to block Bill C-11!
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Signatures: 120Next Goal: 200
Support now