Star Wars, the Movie: Google fights back YEAR IN REVIEW 2022

By NEPMCC, Toronto, ON

“Out of the blue”, Google and the tech giants are pushing back against Government initiatives to redress the imbalances created by the global digital empires among national and local communications enterprises.

Google announced,on February 5th, that it would eliminate 12,000 jobs in Canada. It did not say where or when.Meta/Facebook had previously threatened to block access to its platforms.

Their concern? Two pieces of legislation: Bill C-11 and Bill C-18, the Online Streaming Act, Online News Act, and Digital Charter Implementation Act. The tech giants view both as inimical to their economic interests. They want the government to “back off”.

Canada is not alone in this hightakes poker game. Several countries, including, but not limited to, Australia, France and Italy, have made initiatives or taken measures to mitigate what some among their citizenry view as predatory practices in the field of creativity, advertising and journalism.

January

• Deadline to renew Ontario Health Card extended

• Ontario allowed non-urgent, non-emergent surgeries gradually resume cont’d on pg. 7 cont’d on pg. 42

• National Investment Bank Ghana completed voluntary redundancy exercise.

• “Ghana is not safe from coups currently happening from some West African countries”Col.Festus Aboagye.

• Justice Kofi Barnes of the Ontario Superior Court swears in new leaders of GCAO in Toronto.

• Nana Professor Okogyeaman Dankwa Ameyaw Kokoroko II leads his community to repossess large tract of land from Ghana Cocoa Board.

• Togbi Nyaho Tamakloe VI leads fundraiser in support of Keta Sunset’s Beach Soccer World Clubs Championship campaign in Spain.

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