A coalition of U.S. trade associations wrote to Biden urging him to personally raise the contentious bills, C-11 and C-18, in talks with Trudeau
has been urged to escalate U.S. concerns about the impact of two Canadian bills on Google, Facebook and Netflix during his visit to Ottawa this week, after tensions grew between the tech giants and the federal government over the measures.
The officials said the recent turmoil in the banking world, such as the recent failure of Silicon Valley Bank, is another matter likely to be on the agenda. On Monday, a coalition of U.S. trade associations wrote to Mr. Biden urging him to personally raise the contentious bills,Bill C-18, or the online news bill, now being discussed in the Senate, would make Facebook and GoogleBill C-11, the online streaming bill, would make streaming platforms such as Disney+, Netflix, Amazon Prime and YouTube promote Canadian films, TV and music, and contribute financially to Canada’s cultural industries.
The letter sent this week says Bill C-18 would make a “narrow range of U.S. digital companies” pay Canadian news organizations and broadcasters. Washington-based Maryscott Greenwood, chief executive officer of the Canadian American Business Council, said it was not clear whether the issue would be raised by the President directly with Mr. Trudeau or in talks with ministers or officials, but she said the bills should be“These are top-of-mind issues. They are not a small obscure issue,” she said, adding that Washington was aware of the Commons heritage committee’s questioning of Google and Facebook over the online news bill.
Google last week finished five weeks of tests of a potential response to Bill C-18, restricting around 1.2 million Canadians from accessing news through its search bar.
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