Canada: Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued Broadcasting Regulatory Policy

On 18 November 2025, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2025-299 arising from the proceeding initiated by the consultation on reviewing the definition of Canadian program and expenditure requirements (CRTC 2024-288). The policy states that the Online Streaming Act amended the Broadcasting Act and that the CRTC must implement the amended framework. It states that the CRTC received 480 written submissions and held a three-week public hearing in May 2025 with 78 appearing parties. It sets out changes to the certification framework for Canadian programs, including an expanded list of key creative positions, an updated points structure, requirements that key creative positions be performed by humans rather than artificial intelligence, requirements concerning Canadian copyright ownership, and requirements concerning reporting and publication of aggregated Canadian broadcasting revenues and Canadian programming expenditures. It states that the criteria are provided in Appendix 1 and that the CRTC will publish a notice of consultation proposing new regulations defining “Canadian program.”