The Online News Act means digital platforms will have to pay Canadian news media if they want to share their content, and in this Fireside Chat we ask what we have learned from the government’s efforts to strengthen Canadian journalism and the response of leading platforms like Google and Facebook. By September it will be clearer whether the largest digital platforms are willing to negotiate deals with news providers or instead cease access to this news for Canadians. We hear what one leading media agency leader thinks of the new-look news landscape and what it means for ‘trusted’ media and media buying.