Trump brings a reckoning for our protectionist CanCon and sabre-rattling tech policies

Open this photo in gallery: Canada’s cultural frameworks are largely based on decades-old policies, but as U.S. President Donald Trump appearing to call out what he views to be Canadian protectionist policies in sensitive sectors, the cultural and digital sectors may be next.Jenny Kane/The Associated Press Michael Geist holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, faculty of law. If the first salvo fired by U.S. President Donald Trump in the form of a threatened 25-per-cent across-the-board tariff on Canadian goods (excluding energy, which would face a 10-per-cent levy) is a preview of…