[kwlug-disc] Fwd: Vote NO on C-10

[Ron Singh]

Check out the last sentence of her response -- Fair for me to assume that
our petition entries will be relegated to the bit bucket unless we cough up
our full address and mebbe, tele #?
I do see the MPs' point that they would want to qualify petition entries
one way or another, am OK with giving them my home(or office) address but
am reluctant to give out my tele #.

Thanks,

Ron S.



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From: Chagger, Bardish - M.P. <Bardish.Chagger at parl.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 3:53 PM
Subject: RE: Vote NO on C-10
To: ron singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com>


Dear Ron,

Thank you for contacting our office to share your position on Bill C-10, An
Act to Amend the Broadcast Act. Listening to issues raised by constituents
is an important part of my job as your Member of Parliament, and I take it
very seriously. Your position has been noted. Please provide your complete
residential address for our records, as well as a phone number if possible.

Through the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen how essential internet access
truly is to the way Canadians connect with one another and go about their
daily lives. Our government understands how important it is that we are
free to express ourselves online, and wants to continue to protect that
right. After thorough review, Justice Canada’s analysis confirms that Bill
C-10 remains consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which
protects Canadian’s freedom of speech.

To be clear, Bill C-10 is not about controlling what Canadians post online;
this legislation will not apply to individuals who publish on social media
platforms as they will never be considered a broadcaster under the
conditions of the Broadcasting Act. The Bill’s obligations will only apply
to web giants, not Canadian users. Proposed amendments to severely limit
the powers of the regulator on social media platforms, and explicitly
exclude individuals from any form of regulation.

Web giants have gone unregulated for far too long as the digital economy
has rapidly expanded. With Bill C-10, we’re working to level the field
between web giants and the local creators of our cultural content. The Bill
would require powerful foreign streaming services to provide information on
their revenues in Canada, financially contribute to Canadian stories and
music, and ensure that Canadian artists are more discoverable on their
platforms.

As emphasized in Budget 2021, we know how important it is to have a
long-term plan to help Canadian businesses, including in the creative
industry, grow and succeed. We recognize that our creators cannot afford to
wait any longer, and that restoring long-term economic growth in this
sector will help our creators come back stronger than ever.

Our government is committed to action and we stand ready to work with our
colleagues in other parties to protect our culture and promote Canadian
works and creators in Canada and abroad. I appreciate you writing on this
legislation. At all stages, our government has welcomed amendments to make
sure this legislation services its intended purpose which was never about
individual user speech.

I appreciate you taking the time to write to our office and to share your
feedback on this legislation. Upon receipt of your complete residential
address, we will raise your concerns with colleagues. I hope this
information is of assistance, and that you are keeping well and safe.


Sincerely,


Honourable Bardish Chagger, P.C.
Member of Parliament for the Riding of Waterloo

-----Original Message-----
From: ron singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com>
Sent: May 13, 2021 3:24 PM
To: Chagger, Bardish - M.P. <Bardish.Chagger at parl.gc.ca>
Subject: Vote NO on C-10

To: MP Bardish Chagger

As your constituent, I am writing to demand you vote no to Bill C-10, An
Act to Amend the Broadcast Act, which was recently amended to include
regulation of user-generated content on the Internet.

Supporting the production of Canadian cultural content is an important
objective. But the current draft of Bill C-10 goes so much further than
that, giving the CRTC full powers to impose broadcast-style regulations
over every single piece of audio-visual content posted on the Internet by
individual users. This means Internet platforms that host videos, memes,
apps, and other content generated by individuals in Canada on the open web
will be forced to uphold the same standards as radio and TV stations for
every single post.

Minister Guilbeault has promised that the government will issue temporary
guidance to the CRTC that limits the use of those powers in the short term.
That’s not nearly good enough.

No matter how the current government may promise it will direct the CRTC to
limit its use of these new powers – once they’re written in law, those
extreme new powers are there to stay. Current and future governments could
demand the CRTC crack down and limit how user content in Canada appears on
the web as they see fit – without the checks and balances of public
consultation or even a vote of parliament ever needed again.

The lesson of recent political upheavals in democracies is that our laws
must be designed to resist future bad governance and potential abuses of
power, not assume good intentions. It is completely unacceptable for either
the Canadian government or the CRTC to be granted so much sweeping power to
determine what people in Canada can watch and say online.

Please vote NO to Bill C-10. It needs to be sent back to the drawing board.
Our government must re-imagine its goal of supporting Canadian culture to
support innovative Canadian content native to new internet platforms, not
impose inappropriate and suffocating 20th century regulation standards on
the Internet.

Sincerely,

ron singh

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