Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault says now that the Liberals will regulate YouTube, any enforcement measures will have to comply with “the government’s vision.”.Blacklock’s Reporter says Internet posters who don’t follow that vision face fines up to $15 million..Guilbeault, in a draft policy note to the CRTC, said YouTube and other Internet video services should promote “Indigenous storytelling,” “racialized community-owned media,” programming by gay producers and other content “that would not otherwise be met by the market.”.He did not define objectionable videos that should be removed..Bill C-10 would regulate YouTube to ensure users’ uploaded content “serves the needs and interests of all Canadians” and “reflect their circumstances and aspirations,” according to the text of the bill..But Guilbeault’s draft order states the “government’s vision” will determine enforcement..“The policy direction will ensure that the new tools introduced by Bill C-10 are used in a way that is consistent with the government’s vision,” wrote Guilbeault..“It represents the government’s early and broad intentions.”.YouTube censorship must “reflect the importance of supporting racialized and ethno-cultural communities as a key priority,” wrote Guilbeault. Regulations must promote “programming led by women, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and two-spirited community, racialized and ethno-cultural communities and other equity groups or communities, recognizing the challenges faced by these groups in the broadcasting system.”. Guilbeault says Internet crackdowns must reflect ‘government’s vision’ .“The CRTC is directed to consider how to use flexible, dynamic and incentive-based regulatory tools,” wrote Guilbeault..Enforcement must ensure “greater weight be afforded to supporting objectives that would not otherwise be met by the market.”.The changes are the first revision of the Broadcasting Act since 1991, and the first to regulate the Internet. Successive cabinets avoided web regulations following a 1994 Department of Industry investigation by an Information Superhighway Advisory Council. The CRTC since 1999 reaffirmed it had no role in controlling Internet content..Then-Liberal MP Reg Alcock (Winnipeg South), the 2003 president of the Treasury Board, in a 2011 interview said cabinet was wary of the Internet’s impact..“Information technology changes the balance of power,” said Alcock, who died of a heart attack in 2011..“It changed the balance of power in society and it changed the power balance in Ottawa, and Ottawa is all about power, so it’s very threatening..“What you can’t change you desperately try to control. Eventually of course it gets ripped out of your fingers. The technology is inevitable, but it’s the reaction of people who are comfortable with the way things are that disturbs it.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
