I mean, if the government says you need to pay to link to something, and you say that's fine I won't link to it, it seems like that should be one of your choices.
Otherwise you're just saying "we think this thing is important and you have money so we're taking it". If the government wants to subsidize Canadian news more than they do already they can raise taxes and pay for it. But if the internet firms decide to stop linking to avoid paying you should let them.
Who knows, you might even get an all-Canadian news aggregator springing up to service the demand for curated feeds of quality Canadian news...
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