Canada’s broadcast regulator says Ottawa could be forced back to the drawing board if streaming companies win their legal battle over the Online Streaming Act .

Appearing before MPs, CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides was asked what would happen if the courts side with streamers who are fighting new rules. Bloc Québécois MP Martin Champoux pressed her on whether the regulator could issue another ruling or if Parliament itself would have to change the law.

“It depends on the decision,” Eatrides told the committee in French, reports The Canadian Press.

At the heart of the case is a CRTC order that forces streaming platforms to hand over five per cent of their Canadian revenues to support domestic content such as local news. The Federal Court has put that requirement on pause while it reviews the c

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