Senator Dagenais: Can you explain the logic behind the government’s fight against these web giants, when the Prime Minister himself uses them to announce changes in his family situation instead of using a local, Canadian news channel? In a way, he is proving the effectiveness of web giants in the system.

Hon. Jean-Guy Dagenais: My question is for the Government Representative in the Senate.

I see that measures taken by our government to force web giants to negotiate have been unsuccessful. Even worse, some media outlets are being financially impacted and losing visibility.

What will it take for the government to acknowledge that it is going down the wrong path with the Online News Act?