Ottawa to scrap base contribution requirement for large U.S. streamers and replace it with government funding
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Ottawa to scrap base contribution requirement for large U.S. streamers and replace it with government funding
In May, the CRTC announced that online streamers would have to pay a contribution of 15 per cent of their annual Canadian revenues towards Canadian and Indigenous content
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By Catherine Lévesque
Published Jul 29, 2026
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