Mark Carney may be on the verge of making an unwise concession to Trump

In the name of placating President Donald Trump and his band of oligarchs, the Canadian government may be getting set to kill its last-remaining bit of Big Tech regulation.

I’m told, by sources not authorized to speak on the record, that Ottawa has told publishers to be ready for the death of the Online News Act. It would be just one concession offered up to alleviate — but not end — Trump’s punitive, illegal trade war. ---More...

Sources tell @TorontoStar’s Justin Ling that Ottawa has told publishers to be ready for the death of the Online News Act as a concession in trade talks with Donald Trump https://t.co/qmmIsqnOFY

— Mark Ramzy (@markramzyy)August 21, 2026

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