And a subset of Google users in Canada have discovered a bunch of Canadian news mysteriously disappearing from their search results… whose fault is this, and should we be concerned? We unpack the Online News Act, Bill C-18.

Host:  Mattea Roach

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Associate Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guests: Emilie Nicolas, Stuart Thomson, Les Perreaux

Background reading:

• Canadians Fume as Migrants Surge at Their Border – New York Times
• It’s time to close the breach at Roxham Road and enforce Canada’s borders – Globe and Mail
• Niagara Falls facing ‘limits’ in accommodating influx of asylum seekers, mayor says – CBC News
• Roxham: The little country road that became a big political headache for the Trudeau government – CBC News
• Google threatens Canada, because it can – Globe and Mail
• The Bill C-18 Reality: Everyone Loses When the Government Mandates Payments for Links – Michael Geist

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