Music Canada CEO says CRTC regulatory update shouldn’t put ‘artificial dome’ over Canadian content

As the CRTC begins three weeks of public hearings, endangered Canadian content creators need urgent regulations to stave off predatory foreign streamers, says CAB president Kevin Desjardins.
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says 'time is of the essence' to complete the process of updating the regulations governing online streaming giants and the contributions they will need to make to Canadian producers as part of the Liberals' Online Streaming Act.

With the clock already ticking down on the long-awaited public hearings to determine how much online streaming services will be required to contribute to Canadian and Indigenous content as part of the government’s effort to update industry regulations for the digital age, ...

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