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Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte, Postdoctoral Fellow, Communication Studies and Media Arts, McMaster University

Caught between culture and commerce: Canada’s high-stakes trade clash with the United States

In recent weeks, Canada’s federal government has taken seemingly contradictory stances on the protection and promotion of Canadian culture.

On the one hand, after years of efforts to legislate and regulate online streaming, the government slashed the royalties imposed on foreign digital streaming platforms operating in Canada in order to facilitate trade negotiations with the United States.

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