US Business Groups Warn CRTC’s CanCon Rules Could Worsen Trade Conflict

US Business Groups Warn CRTC’s CanCon Rules Could Worsen Trade Conflict
A person navigates to the on-line social-media pages of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on a cell phone in Ottawa on May 17, 2021. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Groups representing U.S. businesses and big tech companies are warning the CRTC that its efforts to modernize Canadian content rules could worsen trade relations with the United States.

They say the CRTC’s measures to implement the Online Streaming Act, which updated broadcasting laws to capture online platforms, could lead to retaliation from the U.S.