Ontario Government Wants To Regulate the Internet

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 8, 2014 @10:10AM from the I-wanna-be-in-charge dept.

An anonymous reader writes This afternoon, the Ontario government appeared before the CRTC as part of its future of television hearing. Michael Geist reports that it issued a clear call for new regulation of so-called new media companies such as Netflix and Google. The government states: "In order to create a more level playing field, the ministry recommends decreasing this regulatory imbalance. The ministry believes the best way to accomplish this is to expand the regulation of new media TV, rather than by lightening the current regulation of traditional TV." What does the expansion of regulation involve? For the Ontario government, it includes regulating foreign online video services such as Google and Netflix, but exempting Canadian services.

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Re:Government doesn't get it. by El+Puerco+Loco · 2014-09-08 14:53 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Yeah, there's a reason why 99.99% of Canadians live within like 12 feet of the U.S. border. Canadian culture is crap and Canadians know it. The entire national identity revolves around Tim Horton's, poutine, and like the 2 or 3 hockey teams they still have left.