According to the Bill, search engines, like Google, will be required to boost news organizations that promote "racialized communities, cultural and linguistic minorities, LGBTQ2+ communities, and persons with disabilities." Consequently, non-compliant news publishers not focusing on such progressive topics will be punished by receiving lower rankings in searches.

Trusted organizations like The Counter Signal, True North, Rebel News, and The Post Millennial will be shuffled to the last page of search results.

In addition to Bill C-11, Trudeau has now issued a notice that he will also be tabling a new act to regulate the online news industry in the country.

As Law professor Michael Geist points out, "In my post today, I make the case that the government's defence of Bill C-11 has been "cartoonishly misleading." Assurances that only companies are regulated or that platforms will choose how to contribute mislead on the bill's implications."

"Yesterday, Liberal MPs:

Assured the House that digital-first creators were outside Bill C-11

Effectively admitted they were in but claimed would be excluded by a still-secret policy direction

Dismissed creator concerns as "YouTube talking points."