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Newsletter: May 5, 2020

Fizza Kulvi







Weekly News (May 5, 2020)
Compiled by Fizza Kulvi with Sara Bannerman McMaster University, Communications Governance Observatory 




(April 28 – May 4, 2020)

Canadian News

· [PLATFORM REGULATION/ MEDIA POLICY/COPYRIGHT] OPINION: MacLeod, et. al: An urgent message to the Government of Canada from the publishers of Canada’s major newspapers (National Post)
· [MEDIA OWNERSHIP] Postmedia to lay off 80 employees, permanently close 15 newspapers as COVID-19 hits revenue (Globe and Mail)
· [COPYRIGHT] OPINION: Owens: The court backs creators, not universities (Financial Post)
· [CYBERSECURITY] RCMP to boost social media mining for threats ranging from disease to shootings (National Post)
· [PRIVACY] Contact tracing needs to be balance public health benefits with privacy: Trudeau (National Post)
· [PRIVACY] Alberta has a new COVID-19 app. Here’s what it does – and doesn’t – do (Toronto Star)
· [CYBERSECURITY] Uighur-rights group gearing up for legal battle with U.K. over Huawei and 5G. Canada could be next (Toronto Star)
· [PUBLIC BROADCASTING] OPINION: Black: Canada needs a much better CBC (National Post)
· [COPYRIGHT] OPINION: Trosow and Macklem: What is fair dealing in copyright? Here’s why it matters when moving classes online due to coronavirus (The Conversation)
· [PLATFORM REGULATION] OPINION: Owens: Google needs to play nice with news media (National Post)
· [PLATFORM REGULATION] OPINION: Cox: Internet giants should pay their share (Hamilton Spectator)

International News





(April 28 – May 4, 2020)

Federal Court of Appeal
· The Federal Court of Appeal announced the following decisions:  
[COPYRIGHT] York University v. The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright)

Office of the Information Commissioner
·        A critical phase for the access to information system

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
· Tips for Canadians to consider when using videoconferencing services

YouTube
· Expanding fact checks on YouTube to the United States

Apple
· Apple Reports Second Quarter Results

CRTC

News Releases:
· Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-138
[2020-04-29 11:00AM]
APPROVED – Golden West Broadcasting Ltd. – Various locations in Alberta and Manitoba – Applications to renew the broadcasting licences for the English-language commercial radio stations listed in the decision

· Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-137
[2020-04-28 11:00AM]
APPROVED – subject to certain modifications – Application by Leclerc Communication inc. (Leclerc) for authority to acquire from Média ClassiQ inc. the assets of the French-language commercial specialty radio station CJPX-FM Montréal, and for a new broadcasting licence to continue the operation of this station. 
Application by Leclerc to amend CJPX-FM’s conditions of licence in order to change the station’s specialty format to a mainstream commercial format.
Leclerc Communication inc. – Montréal, Quebec




Senate of Canada
· Adjourned until June 2, 2020

Canadian House of Commons

Sitting days this week: May 4 – 7, 2020
· Upcoming committee meetings:
[INDU] (May 4, 2020) Industry, Science and Technology: Canadian Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

CRTC

The CRTC plans to issue the following decisions, regulatory policies and reports in the coming week. This list may be incomplete and is subject to change without notice.

Anticipated releases for the week of May 4 – May 8

· Broadcasting Decision:  
Applications by various licensees to renew the broadcasting licences for various radio stations

Upcoming Public Hearings:

Open Public Consultations

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