Google to Pay $100M a Year to Canadian News Publishers in Deal With Ottawa

Google to Pay $100M a Year to Canadian News Publishers in Deal With Ottawa
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
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Ottawa has agreed to set a $100-million yearly cap on payments that Google will be required to make to media companies when the government’s controversial online news legislation takes effect at the end of the year.

The announcement on Nov. 29 has the Liberals bending to the tech giant’s demands after Google threatened to remove news from its platform.