I 100% agree with you about simsubbing screwing over the beginning or ending of shows. Although I think that is something that should be able to be fixed by better vigilance but the cable/sat providers.
Your diatribe about HNIC theme or top 30 shows has absolutely no relevance to this (and you are wrong, to boot). CTV(or any network) pays for the Canadian rights. That's the way the business runs and they want to protect their rights. Part of their broadcast license has Canadian content requirements. Their broadcast license says nothing about simsubbing. Simsubbing is something in the Cable/Sat licenses, and it is a tradeoff they made to be able to rebroadcast the American channels.
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