Could or Would the U.S. Retaliate Against the Online Streaming Act (C-11) Now That it is Law?

At the same time, the paper cautions that the CRTC needs to be careful with respect to imposing a requirement on foreign streamers to contribute to Canadian production if at the same time it denies them the ability to acquire and exploit the production they have helped finance when no such limitation is imposed on equivalent Canadian streaming services. [...] don’t like the legislation and domestic opponents in Canada have latched on to this fact, warning that the Online Streaming Act could violate the provisions of the new NAFTA, the CUSMA (referred to in the U. [...] It does not need to hide behind Article 32.6 to achieve the policy ends of C-11 (although the government through the legislation, and the CRTC through implementing regulations, need to be careful to design measures that are not discriminatory but apply equally to Canadian and foreign streaming services in like circumstances). [...] Others focus more on the stories, the writing, the locations, the use of local production facilities, etc., but are agnostic as to the source of the funding and who, ultimately, has the rights to the production. [...] retaliate against the Online Streaming Act? in the end the answer depends on how the CRTC implements the legislation.