It would help them as well to a degree.
The problem is that C-18 is done in a vacuum in a capitalist society where it's presumed that Meta and Google will simply just hand out money bags when it doesn't need to. The premise that they would just pay shows the arrogance of our current government.
If it's worth their while, they will pay, but both have stated they do not need to do so. Canadian media outlets need Meta / Google more than the opposite.
Realists understand this, and see why C-18 is detrimental to Canadian media and Canadians.
It's a poorly written law that critics and experts warned of consequences that are materializing now.
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