Editing Canadian content (section)

==Trans-Pacific Partnership==
There is concern about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Intellectual Property Provisions<ref name="CanCon5Oct2012" /> of the [[Trans-Pacific Partnership|TPP]] in terms of CanCon.<ref name="USTR">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Trade Representative Kirk Welcomes Canada as a New Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiating Partner |url=http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2012/june/ustr-kirk-welcomes-canada-as-new-tpp-partner |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910181407/http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2012/june/ustr-kirk-welcomes-canada-as-new-tpp-partner |archive-date=September 10, 2013 |access-date=2015-10-30 |publisher=Ustr.gov |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In October 2012, Canada formally became a TPP negotiating participant.<ref name="NZ">{{Cite web |date=10 October 2012 |title=Canada: Old friends, new opportunities |url=http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Trade-and-Economic-Relations/2-Trade-Relationships-and-Agreements/Trans-Pacific/1-TPP-Talk/0-TPP-talk-10a-Oct-2012.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816191839/http://mfat.govt.nz/Trade-and-Economic-Relations/2-Trade-Relationships-and-Agreements/Trans-Pacific/1-TPP-Talk/0-TPP-talk-10a-Oct-2012.php |archive-date=August 16, 2013 |access-date=2012-12-12 |website=TPP Talk |publisher=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade}}</ref><ref name="GC9oct2012" /> In order to enter into the TPP agreement, Canada had to accept the terms agreed upon by the nine original signatory countries: [[Brunei]], [[Chile]], [[New Zealand]], [[Singapore]], [[Australia]], [[Malaysia]], [[Peru]], [[United States]], and [[Vietnam]]. According to MP [[Don Davies]], Canada had no veto power over these terms and accepted the "existing unbracketed text, sight unseen and without input."<ref name="GCHansard19nov2012">{{Cite web |last=Davies |first=Don |date=19 November 2012 |title=41st Parliament, 1st Session |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=5842035 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220114650/http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=5842035 |archive-date=February 20, 2014 |access-date=September 4, 2013 |series=Government of Canada |publisher=Hansard |location=Ottawa, Ontario, Canada}}</ref>

In September 2012, the [[International Intellectual Property Alliance]], a U.S. private sector coalition representing over 3,200 U.S. producers and distributors of copyright protected materials,<ref name="IIPA">{{Cite web |last=IIPA |title=About IIPA |url=http://www.iipa.com/aboutiipa.html |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110122414/http://www.iipa.com/aboutiipa.html |archive-date=January 10, 2016 |access-date=2 September 2012 |publisher=International Intellectual Property Alliance}}</ref> sent a submission to the [[U.S. Trade Representative]]'s office requesting that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement<ref name="IIPACanada4sep2012">{{Cite web |date=4 September 2012 |title=IIPA Request to Appear and Testimony on-Canada |url=http://www.iipa.com/pdf/2012_Sep04_IIPA_Request_to_Appear_and_Testimony_on_Canada_TPP.PDF |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030151850/http://www.iipa.com/pdf/2012_Sep04_IIPA_Request_to_Appear_and_Testimony_on_Canada_TPP.PDF |archive-date=October 30, 2012 |access-date=2 September 2013 |publisher=International Intellectual Property Alliance}}</ref> "be comprehensive in scope, strictly avoiding any sectoral carveouts that preclude the application of free trade disciplines. We note that several market access barriers [in] Canada involve, for example, content quota requirements for television, radio, cable television, [[direct-to-home]] broadcast services, specialty television, and [[satellite radio]] services."<ref name="IIPACanada4sep2012" />

After the replacement of the TPP with the [[Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership]] in 2018, it was reported that Canada had secured an exemption from a clause in the agreement that prohibits discriminatory rules on foreign audio-video services in order to ask services to financially support the creation of Canadian content.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Emily |date=2018-03-08 |title=CPTPP side deals leave door open for Canada to regulate Netflix, experts say {{!}} Financial Post |url=https://business.financialpost.com/telecom/media/cptpp-side-deals-leave-door-open-for-canada-to-regulate-netflix-experts-say |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724095406/https://business.financialpost.com/telecom/media/cptpp-side-deals-leave-door-open-for-canada-to-regulate-netflix-experts-say |archive-date=July 24, 2019 |access-date=2019-07-24 |website=[[Financial Post]] |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Geist |first=Michael |date=2018-10-01 |title=Canadian Content Could Thrive in a New Trade Agreement |url=https://www.cigionline.org/articles/canadian-content-could-thrive-new-trade-agreement |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724095404/https://www.cigionline.org/articles/canadian-content-could-thrive-new-trade-agreement |archive-date=July 24, 2019 |access-date=2019-07-24 |website=[[Centre for International Governance Innovation]] |language=en}}</ref>