It isn't a good idea. It's a #terrible idea that #politicians in #Canada latched on to to show they're "standing up to big US tech companies", and which the big Canadian #media backed as (what they thought would be) a big cash cow.
I'm 100% with you that the #government has no business deciding what qualifies as "#news".
Canadian media companies are going to see their traffic drop 50-80% - including the ones with no seat at the negotiating table.