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A spokeswoman for Netflix declined to comment further. Representatives of the CRTC could not be immediately reached for comment.

Earlier in the day, CRTC spokeswoman Patricia Valladao had said she was confident Netflix would provide the information by Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline. “We really expect them to comply,” she said.

Netflix appeared before the CRTC at a hearing examining the future of television in an age of increased competition from online video providers. Canada’s major cable companies, consumer groups, unions and a long list of other intervenors all appeared to have their say about proposed regulatory changes to address declining viewership of traditional television.

Netflix did not appear until the last day of the two-week hearing, but the company, its growing audience and its exemption from Canadian content quotas and other broadcasting regulations were a hot topic among the other presenters. Quebecor Media Inc. told the hearing that if the CRTC did not free traditional cable companies from regulations as well, Netflix would soon become the top Canadian broadcaster.

The orders are not applicable to Netflix under Canadian broadcasting law

Netflix’s refusal to play by the CRTC’s rules puts the regulator in an awkward position. The commission has previously ruled that while the Broadcasting Act gives it the power to regulate online video, it chooses to exempt the web from regulation.

Members of the federal Conservative government have made statements throughout the hearing vowing to keep online video free from regulations and funding requirements.

“The CRTC has in the past declined to regulate such online services — a position that our government continues to firmly support,” said Canadian heritage minister Shelly Glover in a statement Friday afternoon following Netflix’s presentation at the hearing. “We will not allow any new regulations or taxes on internet video — we will reject a Netflix and YouTube Tax.”

Regardless, CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais told Ms. Wright on Friday that if Netflix refused to comply with his orders to disclose information, the regulator might force Netflix to play by the same rules as traditional Canadian broadcasters. He took offence at Ms. Wright’s suggestion that the CRTC couldn’t be trusted to keep confidential information from leaking to competitors.

“You operate under an exemption order that requires you to provide the information. Failure to provide the information puts at risk your exemption order,” Mr. Blais said.

However, if the CRTC ordered Netflix to comply with Canadian content quotas, funding percentages and other regulations, it’s unclear what recourse the commission would have if Netflix simply continued to defy it.

Read the full Netflix submission to the CRTC below: