The Federal Government has proposed a new Bill C-18 (the Online News Act). The intent is to support news businesses to negotiate and receive fair compensation when third parties with a dominant market position monetize their news content in a market environment that has been disadvantageous to news businesses. The bargaining framework has been created to ensure that platforms compensate news businesses fairly. It encourages platforms to reach voluntary commercial agreements with a range of news businesses.. News businesses are not required to participate; they may choose whether to bargain under the regime. The government reached a deal with Google in November. Google will pay 100 million annually to news publishers and will continue to allow access to Canadian news content on its platform. The next step in this process is the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) who is responsible for overseeing the bargaining framework under the Act. The Commission’s new responsibilities include drafting a Code of Conduct to guide negotiations but important to us at this point in time is that CRTC will determine the eligibility of news businesses to participate in the framework.