Today, Music Canada filed an application with the Federal Court of Appeal seeking leave to intervene in the ongoing appeal of the CRTC’s base contributions decision, which imposed a 5% levy on the major music streaming platforms operating in Canada. Throughout the years-long legislative process and the CRTC’s implementation of the Online Streaming Act, Music Canada has worked to help ensure that this new regulatory framework supports and grows Canada’s commercial music sector and creates new opportunities for Canadian and Indigenous artists. As the voice of commercial music in Canada, we are concerned that the CRTC’s base contributions decision risks harming ongoing and direct investments in the Canadian music streaming market and Canadian and Indigenous artists.