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To those asking what "diverse" means in this context, here's a quote in the article from the authorities: > “The funding will be directed to areas of immediate
by atonse 2y ago
To those asking what "diverse" means in this context, here's a quote in the article from the authorities:
> “The funding will be directed to areas of immediate need in the Canadian broadcasting system, such as local news on radio and television, French-language content, Indigenous content, and content created by and for equity-deserving communities, official language minority communities, and Canadians of diverse backgrounds.”
Original Announcement: https://www.canada.ca/en/radio-television-telecommunications/news/2024/06/crtc-requires-online-streaming-services-to-contribute-to-canadas-broadcasting-system.html https://www.canada.ca/en/radio-television-telecommunications...
- HyulianGrader 2y ago[flagged]
- mason_mpls 2y agook the first thing they mentioned was french language content, chill
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- csa 2y ago> the first thing they mentioned was french language content Based on the quote above, the first thing they mentioned was “local news on radio and television”.
- hunter2_ 2y agoThe headline says "Local News, Diverse Content" so when that condensed list is expanded to the full list, in which the first item of each list clearly aligns and the remaining item(s) of each list clearly align, then no, local news is not the first diversity item in the list. French language is.
- Dig1t 2y ago>Indigenous content, and content created by and for equity-deserving communities You are right but what about the second and third items: what does “equity-deserving” mean to you? In many cases in business and academia it means “not white”.
- commandlinefan 2y agoCanada did this in the 70's, demanding that some certain percentage of TV content be "identifiably Canadian". Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas took that as a challenge to be the most ridiculous Canadian stereotypes they could come up with and nailed it as Bob and Doug McKenzie.
- hnthr_w_y 2y agoThe irony is that kind of behavior _IS_ identifiably Canadian.
- gedy 2y agoThe irony was SCTV was already entirely Canadian made.
- dfxm12 2y agoThis makes me wonder, would something like Slings and Arrows have been considered "identifiably Canadian"? It happens to take place in Canada, but it could take place anywhere, like, say, Brazil.
- ghssds 2y agoWhat they actually mean by diverse is Canadian-produced. All Canadian streaming platforms are subsidized so a tax on them is meaningless. It's a protectionist measure.
- canadiantim 2y agoOften actually they don't mean Canadian-produced, but culturally Canadian, which leads to absurd situations where you have Canadian-produced production with mostly Canadian casts that get refused for one reason or another
- fidotron 2y agoAnd a boss of the CBC that lives and works from NYC.
- atonse 2y agoI don't know but aren't many of the best comedians in Hollywood/American TV (at least in the 80s and 90s) from Canada? I guess America was already doing a great job of featuring Canadian talent.
- srid 2y agoWhat are these "equity-deserving communities"? And which communities are not equity-deserving?
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- atonse 2y agoI don't know how authoritative this source is, but usually when it comes to doling out money, governments are pretty strict about defining such terms. https://www.dal.ca/dept/hr/employment_equity/definitions-equity-deserving-groups.html https://www.dal.ca/dept/hr/employment_equity/definitions-equ... At least in the US, these things have to match well-agreed-upon definitions of certain groups to receive grants, etc. (not going to comment on whether I agree with the overall idea or not, just providing a definition)