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Earlier this year, Senator Claude Carignan introduced Bill S-225, a bill that purports to address concerns about the viability of the Canadian media sector by amending the Copyright Act. The Senate has been studying the bill in recent weeks with Senator Paula Simons serving as the bill critic and one of the leads on the issue. Senator Simons was a longtime journalist before being appointed to the Senate and while an ardent supporter of local journalism, she has been critical of the proposed legislation. She joins the Law Bytes podcast to discuss the state of journalism in Canada, why she doesn\u2019t think the social media companies \u201cstole\u201d stories from the media, and what Canada should be doing to encourage innovation in the media sector.\nThe podcast can be downloaded here, accessed on YouTube, and is embedded below. Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify or the RSS feed. Updates on the podcast on Twitter at @Lawbytespod.\n\nShow Notes:\nBill S-225\nSenator Simons Speech on Bill S-225, May 25, 2021\nGeist, The Copyright Bill That Does Nothing: Senate Bill Proposes Copyright Reform to Support Media Organizations\nCredits:\nTRCM: Conservative Sen. Claude Carignan appears at committee for Bill S-225, June 2, 2021