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Bill C-18 (44-1)
An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada
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The private sector, essentially news businesses, incur transaction and compliance costs under the Bill.","fr":"Les co\u00fbts financiers du projet de loi pour le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral d\u00e9coulent principalement de l\u2019\u00e9laboration de la loi par Patrimoine canadien et de son application par le Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des t\u00e9l\u00e9communications canadiennes (CRTC). Le secteur priv\u00e9, compos\u00e9 principalement d\u2019entreprises de nouvelles, s\u2019expose \u00e0 des co\u00fbts de transaction et de conformit\u00e9 en vertu du projet de loi."}},{"content":{"en":"We expect the total public cost to develop and implement Bill C-18 to be an average of $5.6 million per year over 5 years for Canadian Heritage and the CRTC. Budget 2022 allocated $8.5 million over two years, starting in 2022-23, to the CRTC to support the implementation of the Bill. In response to PBO inquiries, the CRTC and Canadian Heritage stated that \u201cthe funding in Budget 2022 would not be ongoing, as the CRTC\u2019s administration of the regime would initiate a cost recovery process\u201d.","fr":"Nous nous attendons \u00e0 ce que les d\u00e9penses publiques totales li\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9laboration et \u00e0 la mise en \u0153uvre du projet de loi C-18 s\u2019\u00e9l\u00e8vent en moyenne \u00e0 5,6 millions par an sur cinq ans pour Patrimoine canadien et le CRTC. Le Budget de 2022 alloue au CRTC 8,5 millions de dollars sur deux ans, \u00e0 compter de 2022-2023, pour la mise en \u0153uvre du projet de loi. En r\u00e9ponse aux demandes de renseignements du DPB, le CRTC et Patrimoine canadien ont fait savoir que \u00ab le financement pr\u00e9vu au Budget de 2022 ne sera pas permanent, car le CRTC lancera un processus de recouvrement des co\u00fbts dans le cadre de l\u2019administration du r\u00e9gime \u00bb."}},{"content":{"en":"We expect news businesses to receive from digital platforms a total compensation of $329.2 million per annum and spend about $20.8 million in transaction and compliance costs for negotiating their first deals under the Bill.","fr":"Nous nous attendons \u00e0 ce que les entreprises de nouvelles re\u00e7oivent au total des plateformes num\u00e9riques une indemnisation de 329,2 millions de dollars par an et \u00e0 ce qu\u2019elles d\u00e9pensent environ 20,8 millions de dollars en co\u00fbts de transaction et de conformit\u00e9 dans la n\u00e9gociation de leurs premi\u00e8res ententes pr\u00e9vues par le projet de loi."}}]},"bills":[{"id":336,"created_at":"2022-04-05T14:00:10-04:00","updated_at":"2022-10-04T14:46:40-04:00","legisid":"44_1_C-18","parliament":44,"session":1,"prefix":"C","number":18,"title_en":"An Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada","title_fr":"Loi concernant les plateformes de communication en ligne rendant disponible du contenu de nouvelles aux personnes se trouvant au Canada","bill_num":"C-18","permalinks":{"en":{"website":"https:\/\/www.pbo-dpb.ca\/en\/bills--projets-de-loi\/44-1\/C-18","legisinfo":"https:\/\/www.parl.ca\/legisinfo\/en\/bill\/44-1\/c-18"},"fr":{"website":"https:\/\/www.pbo-dpb.ca\/fr\/bills--projets-de-loi\/44-1\/C-18","legisinfo":"https:\/\/www.parl.ca\/LegisInfo\/fr\/projet-de-loi\/44-1\/c-18"}},"pivot":{"publication_id":711,"bill_id":336}}],"bibtex":{"en":"@techreport{PBO-RP2223017M,\n author={Kpekou Tossou, Rolande},\n title={Cost Estimate for Bill C-18: Online News Act},\n institution={The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer},\n year=2022,\n \n address = \u0022Ottawa, ON\u0022\n}","fr":"@techreport{DPB-RP2223017M,\n author={Kpekou Tossou, Rolande},\n title={Estimation des couts li\\\u0027{e}s au projet de loi C-18 : Loi sur les nouvelles en ligne},\n institution={Bureau du directeur parlementaire du budget},\n year=2022,\n \n address = \u0022Ottawa, ON\u0022\n}"}}
