Peter Menzies: The Feds Have Surrendered to Google Over Online News Act. Now What?

Peter Menzies: The Feds Have Surrendered to Google Over Online News Act. Now What?
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 18, 2023. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
Peter Menzies
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The tawdry tale of Canada’s Online News Act took what is likely to be its final twist this week when the federal government announced it had reached an agreement with Google to fund news organizations.

Peter Menzies
Peter Menzies
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Peter Menzies is a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, an award winning journalist, and former vice-chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
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