A group of Republican members of U.S. Congress say Canada's policy requiring foreign streaming services to contribute five per cent of their revenues to funding Canadian content is discriminatory and should be rescinded amid trade negotiations.

The 18 Republicans penned a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, calling Canada's Online Streaming Act "discriminatory" against American companies.

The members of Congress who signed the letter include Lloyd Smucker, Carol D. Miller, Ron Estes and Rudy Yakym.

They argue that American streaming services are important contributors to the U.S. economy and that the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)'s decision to force foreign servic

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