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submitted 1 day ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[-] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 hours ago

You mean customers. Netflix would just pass on the costs.

Isn’t worst than that ? The CRTC ruled that the media provider should pay and the federal government said « yeah, no. We will pay for them »

It's disappointing, but at the same time I don't have a big problem with the government stepping up subsidies for the industry.

I just wish it was a "why don't we have both" situation.

[-] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 hours ago

So you want Canadian Netflix users to pay a fee to watch US shows they want to watch, to finance Canadian shows they don't want to watch.

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

of course, let's give murican corporations a break

cAnAdA StROnK!

[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago

We're so fucked.

[-] Diego@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago
[-] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Hopefully this is just a CUSMA bargaining chip, not Carney bending us over.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 hours ago

What's the difference?

[-] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I mean, they're going to make us pay it in the end so maybe this will keep the price down a bit? Right?!

Some of the CRCT rules I don't really agree with. I had the radio on when Ozzy Osbourne died and they couldn't play 100% Ozzy because a certain % had to be Canadian content..... So I went to YouTube.

[-] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

If we didn't have those rules Canadian artists wouldn't get a chance! It's the way scale economies work. We need to protect our own economy.

[-] GodofLies@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

I can't tell if that's sarcasm or not, but cultural protectionism is in a way anti-progress, it sequesters cultural ideas to be almost 'stuck in time'. But let's be real, Canadian artists, while talented, haven't really been backed by the government to push beyond the North American market, or even beyond its own nation's borders. Look at K-pop and all of what South Korea has managed. It's clear that language isn't really the barrier - but rather what companies and governments are willing to back and put money where it matters.

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