Canada rejected U.S. demand to exempt Netflix, Amazon from Canadian content rules before trade talks collapsed

Hours before trade talks broke down, U.S. negotiators demanded Canada exempt streamers like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video from rules requiring promotion of Canadian content, including French-language programming. Ottawa rejected the demand as a threat to culture and sovereignty. A senior government source, unauthorized to speak publicly, described the U.S. ask as a red line. Prime Minister Mark Carney said culture "had never been up for negotiation."