A Senate committee finished close examination of the Online Streaming Act (Bill C-11) on Thursday and a House of Commons committee wrapped a similar clause-by-clause consideration of the Online News Act (Bill C-18) on Friday. (The Logic)

Talking point: Both bills are meant to make Big Tech support Canadian culture, by subjecting streaming services such as Netflix to Canadian-content requirements and by making large platforms like Google and Meta pay Canadian news outlets. The streaming act is closer to becoming law, with a handful of Senate amendments (including one more explicitly exempting user-generated content from Cancon rules) to be reconciled with the House of Commons. The Online News Act still has senators’ scrutiny ahead of it, if the full House approves its committee’s changes. Conservatives on the committee said the final bill will favour big broadcasters at the expense of the smallest rural newspapers. “Time will tell,” replied Liberal MP Chris Bittle. The Logic’s CEO David Skok has previously testified in support of the bill, on the grounds that large platforms are already striking payment deals that favour large media companies. Other small publishers opposed the bill in its original form.