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Originally Posted by troutman

The Broadcast Policy for Canada is set-out in 3(1):
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/...1.html#h-34144

• (d) the Canadian broadcasting system should
  • (i) serve to safeguard, enrich and strengthen the cultural, political, social and economic fabric of Canada,
  • (ii) encourage the development of Canadian expression by providing a wide range of programming that reflects Canadian attitudes, opinions, ideas, values and artistic creativity, by displaying Canadian talent in entertainment programming and by offering information and analysis concerning Canada and other countries from a Canadian point of view,
  • (iii) through its programming and the employment opportunities arising out of its operations, serve the needs and interests, and reflect the circumstances and aspirations, of Canadian men, women and children, including equal rights, the linguistic duality and multicultural and multiracial nature of Canadian society and the special place of aboriginal peoples within that society, and
  • (iv) be readily adaptable to scientific and technological change;

(f) each broadcasting undertaking shall make maximum use, and in no case less than predominant use, of Canadian creative and other resources in the creation and presentation of programming, unless the nature of the service provided by the undertaking, such as specialized content or format or the use of languages other than French and English, renders that use impracticable, in which case the undertaking shall make the greatest practicable use of those resources;

This seems like what the CRTC does with TV and Radio.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting_Act_(Canada)

I guess many countries will have some sort of policy governing broadcasting, but this gives my the creeps. Somewhere, is there some document laying out what "Canadian Attitudes" are? I would have thought that freedom of expression and free markets, if not absolute rights, were still a "Canadian Attitude" apparently the Government attitude differs.


I really can't believe this.