Bryan Adams decries Ottawa’s online streaming rules [Video]

Global hitmaker Bryan Adams is adding his voice to opposition over new federal regulations on streaming.

The “Cuts Like a Knife” and “All For Love” singer released a video on social media saying elements of the Online Streaming Act would make it harder for Canadian musicians to break through globally.

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The video echoes points raised by a national campaign by the Digital Media Association, which represents the world’s leading music streaming companies including Amazon, Apple Music, Feed.FM, Pandora, Spotify and YouTube.

The group says Ottawa’s requirement that big foreign streamers financially contribute to Canadian content could result in them raising subscription prices, and thereby make those services less affordable.

Federal Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says she’s glad Adams jumped into the debate but disputes his description of the rule as “a streaming tax.”

She says …