Google’s showdown with Ottawa

• 2 years ago
• Radio
• Duration 15:35

MPs are accusing Google of trying to intimidate the government over the company’s decision to block some Canadians from accessing news via the search engine. Tech policy experts Vass Bednar and Michael Geist, along with Maria Saras-Voutsinas from Canada‘s Ethnic Press and Media Council, discuss Google’s appearance at committee on Friday and whether the online news bill, C-18, is the right way to help the struggling media industry.