Google will send top execs to testify at parliamentary committee over news blocking | Vancouver Sun

Google said they have notified the heritage committee that it will voluntarily make their president of global affairs and chief legal officer, Kent Walker, and vice-president of news, Richard Gingras, available to meet with the committee.

9, Google started its five-week test that limited news access to less than four per cent of its Canadian users.

Tech giants such as Meta and Google have long fought against elements of the proposed law, which would require them to negotiate deals that would compensate Canadian media companies for linking to or otherwise repurposing their content online.

On Monday, three days before U.S.

Chris Bittle, parliamentary secretary to the Canadian Heritage minister, shared the Liberals proposed motion on Twitter.

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