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The CRTC page linked (but clearly not read) by Greenwald literally says this only three paragraphs down,
^1: The CRTC page confirms that only revenues in Canada count, https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/industr/modern/registr.htm
> Online streaming services that operate in Canada, offer broadcasting content, and earn $10 million or more in annual revenues will need to complete a registration form by November 28, 2023. Registration collects basic information, is only required once and can be completed in just a few steps.
^1: The CRTC page confirms that only revenues in Canada count, https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/industr/modern/registr.htm
Also, this isn’t really anything conceptually new or nefarious as it’s made to sound.
Canada has long had a requirement that a certain amount of content is “Canadian”. I have no doubt that without it we wouldn’t have any homegrown content—everything we consumed would be imported from the US.
The CRTC’s mandate, by statute, is to administer and enforce this. As we’ve seen a shift away from traditional radio and cable TV, they need to change their approach to fulfill the mandate they’ve been given.
This isn’t the government suddenly deciding they want the address of every podcaster so they know where to send the gestapo when they say something politically inconvenient—this is a government agency responding to the changing landscape and applying the same regulations to new media broadcasters as they have been to traditional media.
Canada has long had a requirement that a certain amount of content is “Canadian”. I have no doubt that without it we wouldn’t have any homegrown content—everything we consumed would be imported from the US.
The CRTC’s mandate, by statute, is to administer and enforce this. As we’ve seen a shift away from traditional radio and cable TV, they need to change their approach to fulfill the mandate they’ve been given.
This isn’t the government suddenly deciding they want the address of every podcaster so they know where to send the gestapo when they say something politically inconvenient—this is a government agency responding to the changing landscape and applying the same regulations to new media broadcasters as they have been to traditional media.
Apparently this is to "ensure online streaming services make meaningful contributions to Canadian and Indigenous content". Are we really supposed to believe that?
First they came for $10,000,000;
Then they came for $1,000,000;
Then they came for $100,000;
Then they came for $10,000;
Then they came for me.
Canada is a small market. Better to just shut off access there.
As a Canadian this is all horseshit.
Glen greenwood strikes me as somebody not making Canadian content wanting to propagandize to Canadians.
This is directed at him for good reason.
This is directed at him for good reason.
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