Facebook's abrupt decision to stop Australians from sharing news on the site also erased several state government and emergency department accounts, causing widespread anger.
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault has made it clear that he intends to introduce a “made-in Canada” plan by summer that includes payment for news content.
The move comes as a response to a proposed Australian law that would require it and Alphabet Inc’s Google to pay the country's news publishers for content.