A really interesting perspective by a former vice-chair of the CRTC, who believes the Online Streaming Act has backfired on the Commission, citing the law of unintended consequences.

"Netflix has shut down funding for training initiatives upon which it had so far spent $25 million. Spotify blamed the CRTC for at least part of its recent price increase and the Digital Media Association—which represents the likes of Amazon, Apple, Spotify, and YouTube/Google—launched a “Scrap the Streaming Tax” protest campaign. The Canadian Media Production Association, meanwhile, has forecast lower levels of investment in the industry going forward.

Things, in other words, aren’t going the way of those who were targeted by the legislation."

Unfortunately for Canadian consumers and creators, the Online Streaming Act is performing exactly as predicted