Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said Canadians will not be intimidated by these tactics.

Paul Deegan of News Media Canada said "Meta's decision to 'unfriend' Canada by denying access to trusted sources of news for some of their users, as wildfires burn and when public safety is at stake, is irresponsible and tone deaf," said Deegan.
"This hard-nose lobbying tactic is more evidence of the power imbalance that exists between dominant platforms and publishers."

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/meta-instagram-canada-online-news-act-explainer-news-1.6914154

Rodriguez has said Google and Meta do not have obligations under the law because the regulatory process is just beginning.
"We're deeply convinced that Google's and Facebook's concerns can be resolved through the regulatory process. If Facebook truly believes that news has no value, they can say so at the negotiating table."
"Threats to pull news instead of complying with the laws in our country only highlight the power that platforms hold over news organizations, both big and small."

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In light of the BBC's recent addition to Mastodon with their own top-level social.bbc domain, I think this is of particular importance for the CBC to join Mastodon. So far they are resistant, as evidenced by this statement:

"In an editor's blog, CBC News editor-in-chief Brodie Fenlon has suggested audiences follow the broadcaster on TikTok and other apps, such as Gem and CBC Listen."

The decentralized Fediverse is exactly where CBC should be, especially with this attack on Canadian journalism.