On Monday morning Guilbeault backed down from his remarks, saying that the government will not demand news organizations to get a license.

H/T: True North

Life comes at you fast.

“If you’re a distributor of content in Canada and obviously if you’re a very small media organization the requirement probably wouldn’t be the same if you’re Facebook, or Google. There would have to be some proportionality embedded into this,” Guilbeault said.

That doesn't sound like someone who is backing down entirely, though, does it? Don't think for one second that this won't be repackaged and reintroduced once the current uproar dies down. Trudeau and Guilbeault decided not to play this card yet, but they definitely showed their hand, and they're tired of opposition voices.

Nobody should doubt their willingess to use the powers of the state to shut them down.

"We would ask that they have a license. Yes." #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/F7iTPWW3T5 — Pundit Class 🇨🇦 (unlicensed) (@punditclass) February 2, 2020