The CRTC – Canada's media regulator – announced on Friday that they would be requiring podcast providers, social media services and online streaming platforms to register with the government in order to reach Canadian listeners. The CRTC Chairperson described this new demand as an effort to obtain "robust public records" on podcast streamers.

Elon Musk, Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski and journalist Glenn Greenwald have all spoken out about the CRTC's new initiative to force podcast streamers to register with the government.

And a Quebec resident who attended his mothers funeral in May 2022 in Poland was recently handed a $6250 fine from the Canadian government for violating Canada's travel and quarantine laws.

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