Canada’s House of Commons on Wednesday passed a non-binding motion saying that Netflix should compensate the people of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, for using footage of a tragedy that took place in the city for the film “Bird Box,” according to the Associated Press.
The Canadian Parliament voted unanimously to condemn Netflix and demanded that they remove the images from “its fiction catalogue.”
“Netflix: Remove those images. This is not entertainment,” Pierre Nantel, a legislator with the New Democrat party who introduced the motion last week, said in a tweet.
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Netflix had no comment, but it did share a letter it sent to the Canadian minister of culture and communications Nathalie Roy from Netflix’s director of public policy Corie Wright apologizing for the use of the...
The Canadian Parliament voted unanimously to condemn Netflix and demanded that they remove the images from “its fiction catalogue.”
“Netflix: Remove those images. This is not entertainment,” Pierre Nantel, a legislator with the New Democrat party who introduced the motion last week, said in a tweet.
Also Read: 'Bird Box' Star Sarah Paulson Is Apparently the One Person in America That Hasn't Watched 'Bird Box' (Video)
Netflix had no comment, but it did share a letter it sent to the Canadian minister of culture and communications Nathalie Roy from Netflix’s director of public policy Corie Wright apologizing for the use of the...
- 1/31/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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