After U.S. Targets Culture, Bloc Asks Carney to Backtrack on DST, CanCon Payments

After U.S. targets culture, Bloc asks Carney to backtrack on DST, CanCon payments

OTTAWA — The Bloc Québécois says the Liberal government should bring back the digital services tax on tech giants and keep Canadian content financial contributions for streamers. Both are policies the Liberals moved to eliminate after the United State...

Ottawa rejected last-minute U.S. demand to drop Cancon rules for streamers

American negotiators demanded Canada exempt big U.S. platforms from boosting discoverability of Canadian, French-language content in this country

Canada rejected U.S. demand to drop CanCon requirement for streamers: report

The federal government reportedly declined to concede to a demand from the U.S. to axe Canadian content (CanCon) requirements for American streamers. According to The Globe and Mail, this was one of the reasons that Canada ultimately stopped trying to negotiate with the Trump administration, leading to both countries implementing significant tariffs on one another. In […]