Peter Menzies: US Trade Talks an Escape Hatch for Canada’s Internet Policy Blunders

Peter Menzies: US Trade Talks an Escape Hatch for Canada’s Internet Policy Blunders

Commentary Canada’s efforts to harness the changes and challenges posed by the internet age may just have come a cropper. Predictably, both the Online Streaming Act and the Online News Act have been targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump as his country heads into renegotiation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade. Both pieces of Canadian legislation were passed in the spring of 2023 when Justin Trudeau was prime minister. His su…