JUST IN: The US trade representative, Jamieson Greer, confirmed that the story of bilingual/French on labels was a “fake story” told by the Liberals to CBC.
In addition, he adds that the US simply did not want discriminatory taxes on US streamers where they had to pay 5% of their Canadian revenues as a tax (the Online Streaming Act).
This was never a last minute ask, unlike what Carney has told Canadians.
As it turns out, Carney lied.
Again.