This isn't about being able to watch U.S. commercials, not totally at least. I can watch those commercials online later if I really want to. For me, I'm po'd because I pay money for the U.S. channels so I can watch U.S. content. I don't pay for those channels so I can watch a pizza hut pasta commercial 12 times or the Russel Peters Juno spot 15 times. If I want to see those I can easily watch my local CTV station. I know people have jokingly said this is borderline facism but I'm not so sure it isn't. The CRTC decisionmakers must think they know what we want better than we do ourselves.
It is the same reason I don't listen to local radio much anymore. Cancon thinks I need to listen to a certain percentage of Canadian music over their regulated airwaves. Cancon can b**w me. The next step for them is to start running Canadian commercials over the satellite radio stations I listen to.
These dudes are evil people. Evil!
/end rant
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