Claims & sources
CRTC
Claims & sources for CRTC. Every fact below is a verbatim quote from a real document we have stored. ↩ See the full Record
| Claim | Asserted by | Stance | Evidence balance | Source | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no CRTC instrument presently exists that could plausibly produce a per-video view ceiling on a Canadian political commentary channel | unattributed | pro | +3.0 | Canadian Independent Political YouTube a | ↗ |
| Future CRTC discoverability rules could affect Canadian creators | unattributed | neutral | +3.0 | Canadian Independent Political YouTube a | ↗ |
| no CRTC instrument presently exists that could plausibly produce a per-video view ceiling on a Canadian political commentary channel | unattributed | pro | +2.0 | Canadian Independent Political YouTube a | ↗ |
| the 2026 algorithm tranche of CRTC regulations caps reach at roughly 70–95K views | Jasmin Laine | pro | +1.0 | Canadian Independent Political YouTube a | |
| The alleged suppression is tied to a "2026 algorithm tranche of CRTC regulations" capping reach at roughly 70–95K views. | Jasmin Laine | pro | +1.0 | Canadian Independent Political YouTube a | |
| The regime is a giant cross-industry subsidy scheme. | University of Ottawa's Michael Geist | critical | +1.0 | The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime a | ↗ |
| the conditions of service will be designed narrowly | unattributed | neutral | +1.0 | Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Disco | |
| The Motion Picture Association-Canada and others are challenging the base-contribution decision in Federal Court. | unattributed | neutral | — | Canadian Independent Political YouTube a | ↗ |
| CRTC discoverability requirements could hurt Canadian creators' global reach | Jeanette Patell | critical | — | Canadian Independent Political YouTube a | ↗ |
| CRTC discoverability requirements could hurt Canadian creators' global reach | Jeanette Patell | critical | — | Canadian Independent Political YouTube a | ↗ |
| The 2026-96 outcome is a more equitable contribution model. | Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) | pro | — | The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime a | ↗ |
| the CRTC's framework would violate the CUSMA Investment Chapter | Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) | critical | — | The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime a | ↗ |
| streamers don't have the same access to the funds into which they pay | Apple | critical | — | The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime a | ↗ |
| The provision of such sensitive financial information to the CAB is particularly concerning and prejudicial | MPA-Canada (Wendy Noss) | critical | — | The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime a | ↗ |
| This again will be viewed as discriminatory by U.S. firms, and regarded as a subsidy by U.S. firms to Canadian ones | Carleton's Meredith Lilly | critical | — | The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime a | ↗ |
| a giant cross-industry subsidy scheme designed to support everyone from small producers to Bell's news division | University of Ottawa's Michael Geist | critical | — | The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime a | ↗ |
| The design was specifically requested by its beneficiaries. | unattributed | pro | — | The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime a | ↗ |
| it would be unfair for the Commission to impose base contribution requirements on online undertakings that are affiliated with Canadian broadcasters | CAB | critical | — | The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime a | ↗ |
| a credible third-party audit showing foreign streamers can access at least 30% of the funds they pay into would weaken the discrimination claim under CUSMA Article 14.10.1(b) | unattributed | pro | — | The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime a | ↗ |
| lobbying expenditure by the telecommunications sector influenced the CRTC's 2024 spectrum allocation decision | unattributed | pro | — | The CANOPTICON Epistemological Framework | |
| the regime amounts to discrimination under CUSMA's cultural exception | unattributed | critical | — | The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime a | ↗ |
| the design specifically advantages Canadian broadcasting incumbents over foreign streamers — and over Canadian independent producers | Geist | critical | — | The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime a | ↗ |
| the activity most likely to bring Canadian work to global audiences, the very outcome the Act claims to want, earns no credit at all | Geist | critical | — | Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Disco | ↗ |
| The Motion Picture Association called the May 21, 2026 ruling discriminatory and CUSMA-violating. | Motion Picture Association | critical | — | Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Disco | ↗ |
| Imposing legacy broadcasting requirements on innovative digital platforms, which will cost U.S. firms almost $7 billion over the next five years, will only impede Canada's audiovisual industry's ability to adapt to an interactive medium with global reach. | Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) | critical | — | Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Disco | ↗ |
| CRTC's actions cause view ceiling for Canadian political channels | unattributed | critical | -1.0 | Canadian Independent Political YouTube a | |
| Algorithms pushing videos to geographic audiences caused watch times to crater | TikTok | pro | -1.0 | Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Disco | |
| the conditions of service will be designed broadly | unattributed | neutral | -1.0 | Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Disco | |
| The CRTC has already implemented discoverability rules causing observable harm | unattributed | critical | -2.0 | Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Disco | ↗ |