Answering questions from senators about the Liberals’ Bill C-11 Tuesday morning, Pablo Rodriguez said language in the proposed law will keep the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission from trying to regulate Canadian content from individuals on YouTube and TikTok. (The Logic)

Talking point: Streaming platforms and their users have mobilized to protest the law, saying it will stifle digital-first artists and content creators. Rodriguez countered that Bill C-11 tells the CRTC to weigh whether content makes money, has a version in traditional broadcasting like radio or TV, and has a unique identifier under a system like the International Standard Recording Code before deciding whether it’s appropriate to regulate. “Only commercial content will be regulated,” he said. Even that “doesn’t mean obligations for the creator,” he added. “It means obligations for the platform.”