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Canada’s national telecom regulator was formally asked to stop imposing a controversial usage-based Internet pricing regime, on the same day that Silicon Valley powerhouse Netflix Inc. expressed serious concerns about its future in Canada.

“[usage-based billing] is something we’re definitely worried about,” Reed Hastings, chief executive of the web-based video streaming provider, was quoted by the Canadian Press as saying in a conference call on Wednesday; during which his company announced more than 20-million people now subscribe to Netflix.

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“It is potentially a significant negative for Netflix,” Mr. Hastings said.

Also on Wednesday, Vaxination Informatique, a consulting firm based in Montreal, Quebec, filed a petition requesting the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to repeal the first UBB decision, 2010-802. That ruling,