- Parties: The appellant/applicant was Spotify AB. The respondent was the Attorney General of Canada. 

- Subject Matter: Amazon.com.ca ULC, Apple Canada Inc., and Spotify AB filed judicial review applications and received leave to appeal the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)’s Broadcasting Policy CRTC 2024-121-1 dated Aug. 29, 2024, as well as orders requiring certain payments. Amazon, Apple, and Spotify requested a stay in this matter. The Motion Picture Association-Canada (MPAC) and other parties also wanted to stay the requirement for them to contribute to the independent local news fund (ILNF). On Dec. 23, 2024, in Amazon.com.ca ULC v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FCA 217, the appeal court agreed to stay the individual orders issued to Amazon, Apple, and Spotify or the relevant parts of the order appended to the August policy until it could decide the judicial review applications and appeals challenging the August policy. The appeal court also stayed the requirement for the MPAC and others to make payments to the ILNF. The appeal court held that the parties were able to show that there would be a serious issue for trial and irreparable harm without a stay. They were also able to establish that the balance of convenience weighed in favour of the stay, the appeal court said. This case is ongoing. 

- Date: The hearing was set on Feb. 3, 2025. 

- Venue: This was a federal case before the Federal Court of Appeal. 

- Amount: No financial award was specified.