Canadian Identity and Culture
During Question Period, Yves-François Blanchet of the Bloc Québécois said the government, during the CUSMA trade negotiations, had asked the CRTC to drop the 15% levy on large foreign streaming platforms such as Netflix and Disney+, which he said would cost the cultural sector about $3.4 billion a year, on top of earlier scrapping of the digital services tax; he argued it hurt Quebec culture and the French language and asked the Prime Minister to reverse the decision. Prime Minister Mark Carney replied that the levy was paid by ordinary Canadians through their streaming bills, that the decision was about affordability for families, and that the government is investing additional money in Canadian and Quebec culture, including funding in the budget that Blanchet voted against.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .
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