Canadians, You Need to Know About Bill C-11!

It has blown my mind that more content creators don’t even know about this new bill being proposed by the Canadian government. Bill C-11 will have an effect on your channel. NO matter if you are brand new, small channel like mine OR have over 100,000 subscibers.

I am going to be careful today to not share much of my personal opinion on this bill - my goal is to give you enough information to do more of your own research and decide for yourself how you feel about this bill.

Bill C-11 is also called the online streaming act and it seeks to give the government power over the internet. The CRTC, with this new bill, it appears to me that it would give an immense regulatory scope with almost no limitation. The government is seeking to move oversight of the internet the same way it currently regulates cable television and radio.

A big issue that I see is that small creators like me, or ones that are new and just getting started will suddenly be subject to a plethora of rules and regulations. Honestly, I would b ill equipped and under financed to properly engage with the possible new legislation. In a nutshell, creators will face a lot more hurdles to get their content seen online.

It sounds like Bill C-11 could cause Canadian creators to lose foreign revenue if the government forces the promotion of Canadian content. If you haven’t already spent time looking at your anylitics, I encourage you to take peak. More than 75% of my views and income come from outside of Canada. And I get most oc your channels are the same…

‼️Maybe you are not a creator, you are just someone who’s main viewing especially the last few years is streaming services instead of cable, television and radio. Bill C-11, would make platforms including YouTube, Netflix and TikTok “force-feed Canadian content” that people might not usually choose to watch, rather than curated content matched to their preferences.

❓What is so bad about force feeding Canadian content? If people don’t choose the Canadian content they are offered, it could suggest it is not popular, which could lead to it being promoted less heavily around the world. YouTube’s algorithm, which applies across borders, detects whether a video has been watched, ignored or turned off part way through, as well as whether it gets a thumbs up or is disliked. This influences how the content is promoted not just in Canada but beyond its borders.Videos few people watch tend to be harder to find. If people do not select Canadian content they are offered, or if they indicate they don’t like it or choose another video instead, it could lead to content that wasn’t chosen, disliked or not watched to the end automatically being downgraded around the world.

Are you starting to understand what the big issue with this bill really is?

My major issue with Bill c-11 is that the language is VERY unclear in fact Jeanette Patell, head of government affairs and public policy at YouTube Canada says “Clearer definitions and more precise language are needed to ensure the bill doesn’t unintentionally scope in digital creators and negatively impact the thousands of Canadian creators on YouTube and the millions of Canadians who use YouTube every day,”

If people like here find the language unlcear, how are every day Canadians like myself supposed t be able to understand it?

It might be obvious to you that I am personally against this Bill but I do hope that my opinions doest’t stop you from at least going and doing some research of your own.

👉NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS BILL C11- it will have an impact on creators and if this is your passion, your career or just a side hustle all creators should have an understanding what the out come might be if this bill gets passed.

If you are like me and don’t agree with B-11- the simplest thing you can do right now is to go to www.digitalfirstcanada.ca and sign the petition and, please, LIKE this video and share the shit out of it with other Canadian content creators.

I would love to know your thoughts on this bill? If you agree - tell me why, I am open to conversations and maybe I have missed something?

I urge you to stand up for your art and your lively hood and take action.