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The Liberal government says it will restore a privacy provision from the Online Streaming Act that was accidentally deleted.
The federal budget released this week says the government will make a legislative amendment to add back the privacy provision.
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In 2023, the Online Streaming Act updated Canada’s Broadcasting Act to capture online streamers like Netflix.
The Senate included an amendment stating the bill would be construed and applied in a manner consistent with individuals’ right to privacy.
But two months after it became law, a different bill replaced that provision with one dealing with linguistic communities.
The Heritage department said in August it was recently made aware of what it said appeared to be an inadvertent oversight.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 5, 2025.
