Tech industry group: Canadian streaming bill would violate USMCA

Pending Canadian legislation on online streaming services is “explicitly discriminatory” and, if enacted, will violate the country’s commitments under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, according to a new report by a major technology industry organization. Canada’s proposed “Online Streaming Act” would have “an adverse economic impact on U.S. cross-border suppliers of online content by subjecting them to prescriptive obligations to ensure the production and promotion of Canadian content,” the Computer & Communications Industry Association contends in a white paper released on Friday...