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I feel like this bill makes more sense if you look at it from a geopolitical standpoint instead of an economic standpoint. Economies of scale dictate that, yes

I feel like this bill makes more sense if you look at it from a geopolitical standpoint instead of an economic standpoint. Economies of scale dictate that, yes, Disney and Marvel can make billions of dollars of profits year after year. And they can absolutely out-spend Canadian companies, coming from a market with 10x the number of consumers. For comparison, you can look at Quebec. While France has a larger population than Quebec, the difference is smaller, and the cultural difference is larger, and so they punch above their weight against the rest of Canada when it comes to media because they have a drive to consume local content that isn't found elsewhere. And so this bill is an attempt to (artificially) bootstrap that same culture in the other 75% of Canada.

908B64B197 5y ago
> Economies of scale dictate that, yes, Disney and Marvel can make billions of dollars of profits year after year. And they can absolutely out-spend Canadian companies, coming from a market with 10x the number of consumers. If it's just about the money then why did Parasites do so well globally? Canadians are free to sell their content in the US after all. > And so this bill is an attempt to (artificially) bootstrap that same culture in the other 75% of Canada. Why are folks from the 75% not interested in it? Seems they would rather buy American.
- Pet_Ant 5y ago
  Culture snow balls. The American media perpetuates their culture through network effects. Without support our voices drowns out.