Our government has no intention to impose licensing requirements on news organizations nor will we try to regulate news content,” Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault told reporters at a news conference he called Monday morning. In an interview aired over the weekend, Guilbeault had said the government would ask media outlets to be licensed. Adrian Wyld/CP Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault speaks with the media in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on Feb. 3, 2020. “We are committed to a free and independent press, which is essential to our democracy,” the minister said Monday. Guilbeault said he was not referring to news organizations when he spoke about media outlets, but rather about organizations that produce and distribute cultural content.

Source: Huffington Post February 03, 2020 19:30 UTC