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This is not about creating content for every ethnic group in Canada. This is just about creating Canadian content for Canadians. It's not about multiculturali

This is not about creating content for every ethnic group in Canada. This is just about creating Canadian content for Canadians. It's not about multiculturalism, it's about supporting Canada's homegrown television and film production sectors. Also, I thought the 70s and 80s were about DE-segregating people. I thought that's what the Freedom Riders went South for. There is already more than "a certain level of assimilation" going around in Canada, for example. Content laws are there to make sure it doesn't turn to total assimilation.

Natsu 12y ago
> This is just about creating Canadian content for Canadians. It's not about multiculturalism, it's about supporting Canada's homegrown television and film production sectors. Well, the thing about that is that it's simply not going to work if Canadians themselves don't buy it to begin with. But that's already happening and a few silly media laws requiring the production of content almost nobody wants isn't really going to turn back the tide. I mean, Tim Hortons sold out. I'm pretty sure that the handwriting on the wall is up to at least 'מנא, מנא, תקל' by now...
Frozenlock 12y ago
" This is just about creating Canadian content for Canadians." How about American (not USian) making content for Americans? Or Terran, making content for Terrans? Why this divide? As someone who lives in Canada, why should I let someone else decides what I'm going to watch? Why should Québec and New Hampshire be so different? They are geographically close. It would make sense for them to tend to become more and more alike. If anything, those laws are artificially creating different cultures. It's not 'assimilation', it's living with other people. Do you think of yourself as 'assimilated' if you start playing the same games as one of your friends?

Natsu 12y ago

> This is just about creating Canadian content for Canadians. It's not about multiculturalism, it's about supporting Canada's homegrown television and film production sectors. Well, the thing about that is that it's simply not going to work if Canadians themselves don't buy it to begin with. But that's already happening and a few silly media laws requiring the production of content almost nobody wants isn't really going to turn back the tide. I mean, Tim Hortons sold out. I'm pretty sure that the handwriting on the wall is up to at least 'מנא, מנא, תקל' by now...

Frozenlock 12y ago

" This is just about creating Canadian content for Canadians." How about American (not USian) making content for Americans? Or Terran, making content for Terrans? Why this divide? As someone who lives in Canada, why should I let someone else decides what I'm going to watch? Why should Québec and New Hampshire be so different? They are geographically close. It would make sense for them to tend to become more and more alike. If anything, those laws are artificially creating different cultures. It's not 'assimilation', it's living with other people. Do you think of yourself as 'assimilated' if you start playing the same games as one of your friends?