Head of Google Canada set to face questions at House of Commons committee – National | 24CA News

The head of Google Canada is about to return to a House of Commons committee to speak in regards to the firm’s choice to dam news entry to a few of its customers.

Sabrina Geremia was summoned by MPs, and was initially scheduled to seem in entrance of the heritage committee on Monday.

But technical difficulties delayed the assembly and MPs invited her again at the moment, whereas additionally requesting paperwork associated to Google’s news ban.

Three different Google executives, together with its CEO, have refused a summons to seem.

New Democrat MP Peter Julian says he plans to introduce a movement to inform the House of Commons that there was a refusal of the summons.

Google says it’s working a five-week take a look at to restrict news as a doable response to the federal government’s proposed Online News Act, which might require tech corporations to pay news organizations for linking to or in any other case repurposing their content material on-line.