Google urges CRTC to use restraint with Online Streaming Act

Participants make their way through a Google booth and display at the APEC summit in Lima, Peru on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

OTTAWA - Google asked the federal broadcast regulator Wednesday to exercise caution and restraint in regulating online platforms.

Representatives from Google, which owns YouTube, appeared before a CRTC hearing on market dynamics. It's one of a series of hearings being held as part of the regulator’s work to implement the Online Streaming Act, which updated broadcasting laws to capture online platforms.

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