The government is involved in a shakedown of Google for the benefit of bell and Rogers (whose lobbyists wrote it). I’m glad they are pushing back.

There is a law professor at U of Ottawa who is generally considered the most expert and independent on these topics and he has been blowing the whistle on this bill c-18. Michael Geist.

Rogers and bell have quite the grip on our governments but this one really takes the cake.

Likely the Quebec privacy laws which are gdpr equivalent in many cases. This forces tech companies to create a different experience for Quebec vs rest of Canada. As neither have enough user size, it's often easier to skip Canada altogether till the team has the spare bandwidth for this.