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The most interesting thing is what's defined as "Canadian Content". Most of what Celine Dion produced in her career doesn't fit the government approved list of

The most interesting thing is what's defined as "Canadian Content". Most of what Celine Dion produced in her career doesn't fit the government approved list of cultural content, so is considered foreign music. But some recordings from Elvis do count because he recorded them on Canadian soil during a tour.

hbn 3y ago
The issue is "making it" in Canada means moving to the US where there's real opportunity. Anyone who's really good is just kneecapping themselves by staying in the country. So most of our creative output is mediocre, especially when the only stuff that gets funded through CBC and whatnot is based entirely on identity politics with no consideration of whether or not the people involved have proven they can make anything good.
- red-iron-pine 3y ago
  > especially when the only stuff that gets funded through CBC and whatnot is based entirely on identity politics with no consideration of whether or not the people involved have proven they can make anything good this is basically the entirety of Canadian culture at this point. there isn't anything meaningfully different from the US, so they have to double down on 'the woke' to try to differentiate. the result is a few gems, a lot of dross, and non-stop virtue signaling.
  - 908B64B197 3y ago
    Friend of mine here in the bay area is French Canadian and his teenagers (both full Americans born here) both watch and follow French Canadians on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. He explained to me that under Canadian law, absolutely none of that is Canadian Content or Culture. No subsidies, no quotas. Even a Denis Villeneuve movie isn't either. He explained to me that to watch original content in French he has to VPN in Canada to be allowed to watch content that's only produced in Canada for French Canadians; they won't even make the smallest attempt at exporting it. Honestly the whole concept, to me, is bizarre.
  - hbn 3y ago
    I hate to even say it cause the "x has gone woke" crowd is so loud and annoying these days, but it's just so obvious that basically everything that comes out of CBC, or even just our politicians getting on TV and supposedly doing a serious political statement, is so unserious and feels like it's made by aliens. We're so obsessed with not being "stupid Americans" that we have no identity. It's pathetic and embarrassing.

hbn 3y ago

The issue is "making it" in Canada means moving to the US where there's real opportunity. Anyone who's really good is just kneecapping themselves by staying in the country. So most of our creative output is mediocre, especially when the only stuff that gets funded through CBC and whatnot is based entirely on identity politics with no consideration of whether or not the people involved have proven they can make anything good.

red-iron-pine 3y ago
> especially when the only stuff that gets funded through CBC and whatnot is based entirely on identity politics with no consideration of whether or not the people involved have proven they can make anything good this is basically the entirety of Canadian culture at this point. there isn't anything meaningfully different from the US, so they have to double down on 'the woke' to try to differentiate. the result is a few gems, a lot of dross, and non-stop virtue signaling.
- 908B64B197 3y ago
  Friend of mine here in the bay area is French Canadian and his teenagers (both full Americans born here) both watch and follow French Canadians on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. He explained to me that under Canadian law, absolutely none of that is Canadian Content or Culture. No subsidies, no quotas. Even a Denis Villeneuve movie isn't either. He explained to me that to watch original content in French he has to VPN in Canada to be allowed to watch content that's only produced in Canada for French Canadians; they won't even make the smallest attempt at exporting it. Honestly the whole concept, to me, is bizarre.
- hbn 3y ago
  I hate to even say it cause the "x has gone woke" crowd is so loud and annoying these days, but it's just so obvious that basically everything that comes out of CBC, or even just our politicians getting on TV and supposedly doing a serious political statement, is so unserious and feels like it's made by aliens. We're so obsessed with not being "stupid Americans" that we have no identity. It's pathetic and embarrassing.