The Quebec government is facing its first serious challenge to legislation that would force Internet providers to block access to certain gambling websites, a law that has been derided as a "threat to Internet freedom, a form of censorship and outside the province’s jurisdiction."

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre filed an application on Friday with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, asking the federal regulator to declare the law unconstitutional.

“PIAC brought its complaint to the CRTC because Bill 74 violates a long-standing recognition of federal jurisdiction over telecommunications and owing to concerns about what could happen if one province is allowed to order ISPs [Internet service providers] to block certain websites,” said Geoff White, external counsel for PIAC “This is important not just as a legal matter because it could impact how complex and costly it is to run an ISP – which would drive up already high prices for consumers – but also impact the openness of the Internet."
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