Canada's culture minister says the government has directed its television and communications regulator to back down from a recent decision to triple financial contributions required from U.S. streaming services such as Netflix for Canadian content.

Congress and the Trump administration can and should push back against Canada’s — and other nations’ — attempts to punish successful U.S. companies.

OTTAWA - Ottawa says it will direct the CRTC to review its recent decision tripling streamers’ financial contributions to Canadian content.