The <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;Online News Act&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-18/royal-assent&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-18/royal-assent" target="_blank">Online News Act</a>, which came into force at the end of last year, forced major information technology companies like Google and Meta to share revenue from Canadian news stories posted on their websites with the media outlets that originally produced them.

Google opted to make a <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;deal&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canadian-government-reaches-c-18-online-news-deal-with-google-sources-1.6665565&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canadian-government-reaches-c-18-online-news-deal-with-google-sources-1.6665565" target="_blank">deal</a> with the Department of Canadian Heritage last November, which will see the company contribute $100 million a year to Canadian-based news publishers, to be distributed in an equitable fashion by a collective.

The nature of the relationship between the tech giant and the Canadian Journalism Collective seems puzzling even to the CRTC{ai:summary}<p>In the wake of the Online News Act, major tech companies like Google are now required to share revenue with Canadian news outlets. Google has struck a deal with the Department of Canadian Heritage to provide $100 million annually to support local journalism. #economy</p>

Michael Taube: Google partners with lefty collective in attempted end run around Online News Act

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