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Culture and Media is inherently political, to me it makes sense to make sure that the media reporters, the opinion pieces, and the cultural heritage and lineage
by didibus 5y ago
Culture and Media is inherently political, to me it makes sense to make sure that the media reporters, the opinion pieces, and the cultural heritage and lineage remains mostly in control by Canadians for Canadians, and that all Canadians get an equal representation, which considers and encourages minority groups to have a voice.
That doesn't mean that you block and censor media and culture from other countries to reach Canadians. A broadcaster is not a publisher. A broadcaster is inherently a curator, it's a promoter and censor in its own right. If you're the biggest distribution channel, but you are in control of choosing what content gets the most or best "air time", which is what a broadcaster does, you have an outsized control and impact on what content reaches Canadians and what content doesn't.
That means Disney could buy all Canadian TV and radio stations from money they acquired in the US market, and just decide to only broadcast US news, opinions, media, music and film, etc.
Or it means that Canadian broadcasters could choose to do the same because they make more money from big budget American productions than Canadian productions. But it seems wrong to me to say that news, media, and culture should all be driven and optimized purely on what makes the most money, and not on any other dimensions, such as cultural heritage and diversity, equal opinions and voices from Canadians of various groups and affiliations, etc.
Similarly, for online broadcasting, it means what does YouTube decide to recommend you? What do they decide to promote or show first in a search result? You'd want regulations to make sure that YouTube considers what's best for Canadians, by making sure it's equally showing Canadian content from various Canadian groups, and not that it's just demoting and making all Canadian voices and content hard to find while instead only recommending content that is optimized for clicks, revenue, outrage, or representing American, or Russian, or other foreign nations or groups.
That doesn't mean banning foreign content, it just means it can't get priority over Canadian content in broadcasts. You also can still sell and distribute it in Canada without problems.
- 908B64B197 5y ago> That means Disney could buy all Canadian TV and radio stations from money they acquired in the US market, and just decide to only broadcast US news, opinions, media, music and film, etc. If people want to consume Canadian content, they'll simply switch to a different station. The free market is always right! > Or it means that Canadian broadcasters could choose to do the same because they make more money from big budget American productions than Canadian productions Why not simply step up their game and make content that people want to watch? They are free to sell it on the US market as well.