They don’t want people to be forced on to their content only to have their content stopped before it has been fully watched - i.e. Wouldn’t you agree?įunny thing is that even the Canadian content producers don’t want this. You are getting what you want but others are not getting the same. So you are getting what you want.īut why should others that do want to watch American content not get what they want also? Why should they have the Government (forcing the content providers) disregarding their viewing preferences and choices and choose for them that they will get shovelled a landslide of Canadian content even though that’s not what they want? If you don’t want to watch American content, then your choices not to watch it will inform the providers that they should suggest non-American content to *you*. Or, let’s let our viewing choices dictate what content is presented to us. In fact, they are likely to become more consequential in the months ahead and may cause headaches for progress on other issues of importance to the Canadian government. to raise these issues before they have even completed the Parliamentary process suggests that the digital policy trade policy concerns are not going away. seizes on an issue (as it did with digital locks and copyright term extension), Canadian governments often look for compromise or cave altogether. Indeed, years of debates on Canadian copyright policy have taught that if the U.S. Further, even if Canada maintains that the laws are consistent with the trade agreements, U.S. retaliation, the reality is that a violation of the USMCA could spark billions in retaliatory tariffs. While supporters of the Canadian policies downplay the risks associated with U.S. expressed concern about digital tax policy in 2021 and that expanded to Bill C-11 in the summer of 2022 and to Bill C-18 last month.
I wrote about the risks of Canadian policy running off-side Canada’s trade obligations before either bill was even introduced given the recommendations found in the Yale Report. It is important to note that this issue has been festering for months. companies for the benefit of Canadian news producers and raises national treatment concerns under USMCA. Meanwhile, Canada’s Online News Act would require the largest social media platforms to bargain with Canadian news organizations and pay for the right to display news stories, headlines, snippets, and links. creatives of the North American market access they were promised under USMCA. This bill would mandate preferential treatment for Canadian content and deprive U.S. The Online Streaming Act would require streaming services to fund Canadian made content and promote it on their platforms. technology companies and raise concerns under USMCA. Online Content: In addition to pursuing a DST, Canada has been moving ahead on other troubling policies that target U.S. Senate Committee on Finance – Democratic Senator Ron Wyden and Republic Mike Crapo wrote to the USTR to express similar concerns. The following day the two leaders of the U.S. readout of the meeting states:Īmbassador White expressed the United States’ ongoing concerns with Canada’s proposed unilateral digital service tax and pending legislation in the Canadian Parliament that could impact digital streaming services and online news sharing and discriminate against U.S. The latest signals came last week at a bilateral meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden scheduled to visit Ottawa later this winter, it seems likely that digital policy – particularly a proposed digital services tax, Bill C-11, and Bill C-18 – will be on the agenda at the meeting. pressure seems likely to grow as the issue emerges as a major irritant in the bi-lateral trade relationship with Canada’s most important trading partner. Administration and Senators from both parties raising fears of discrimination. concerns with Canadian digital policy continues to mount with both the U.S.
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