# How the Trade War Just Changed Everything with Canadian Culture and Tech Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/how-the-trade-war-just-changed-everything-with-canadian-culture-and-tech Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/how-the-trade-war-just-changed-everything-with-canadian-culture-and-tech.md Podcast: [CANADALAND](https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958) Published: 2026-08-28T10:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6a90e36f5ef8cda9be5c9f73 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/e/6a90e36f5ef8cda9be5c9f73/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/canadaland-317958/episodes/how-the-trade-war-just-changed-everything-with-canadian-culture-and-tech Duration seconds: 2070 ## Resource As trade negotiations broke down, Canadian streaming policy, CanCon requirements, and French language discoverability have taken a surprisingly central role in the narrative.  Mark Carney says last minute US trade demands threatened our cultural sovereignty, while US Trade Representative Jameson Greer called this a “funny, fake story.”  Digital law expert Michael Geist joins to talk about where digital policies fit into the trade discussion, the future of Canadian digital policy, and whether recent developments in the trade war present an opportunity to decouple from US tech giants.  Host: Jesse Brown Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor) Guest: Michael Geist Photo: Bryan Berlin Further reading:  https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dominic-leblanc-greer-culture-language-9.7322393   Ottawa rejected last-minute U.S. demand to drop Cancon rules for streamers - The Globe and Mail   Opinion | Mark Carney may be on the verge of making an unwise concession to Trump U.S. trade talks fuel worry in Canada over tech and AI rules - National Post Alignment on digital trade threatens Canada’s ability to have a say over our lives online | Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project Quebec's French language, identity weren't targeted despite Carney's claims, U.S. envoy says France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s | Reuters Meta agrees to make changes, pay up to $18B US over social media harms to children | CBC News   Hamilton's AI data centre moratorium vote inspires other Ontario cities - Hamilton Spectator Edmonton baker goes viral responding to cultural appropriation allegations |… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/canadaland-317958/episodes/how-the-trade-war-just-changed-everything-with-canadian-culture-and-tech/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/how-the-trade-war-just-changed-everything-with-canadian-culture-and-tech.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.