YouTube Says Bill Could Cover User-Generated Content, Despite Minister’s Assurances

YouTube Says Bill Could Cover User-Generated Content, Despite Minister’s Assurances
Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez delivers opening remarks to the National Culture Summit at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on May 3, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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YouTube says user-generated content, such as cooking videos made in people’s kitchens, could be regulated by an online streaming law, despite assurances from the heritage minister that this will not happen.

Speaking publicly for the first time about Bill C-11, Jeanette Patell, head of government affairs for YouTube Canada, says the draft law’s wording gives the broadcast regulator scope to oversee home videos.