> The fee systems effectively mirrors the fees already imposed on local broadcasters. I suppose the question becomes should it have been there on the others?

> The fee systems effectively mirrors the fees already imposed on local broadcasters. I suppose the question becomes should it have been there on the others? I kind of feel that due to the reduced population scale and density of Canada, if you want marginal communities to have closer to home produced content you need to do something like this. The base for the niche groups isn’t big enough (and realistically often isn’t wealthy enough) to minimally support niche content sustainably. Then again, it feels the recent focus in Canada has been to strip down the taxable to fund and placate the untaxable, with total disregard as to making the taxable or the untaxable more productive and improving their outlook on life. The tax feels fine to me if in decent circumstances, but it’s another example of the governments broader attitude which makes it off-putting.