Maxxicus Callahan
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This Bill C-10 thing is kind of important actually I was unaware of it but reading into it I found the stated purpose of the bill is to bring online media including YouTube and large streaming platforms under certain regulations of the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission. What this will primarily effect is discoverability. Under the current regulations radio and television needs at least 35% of its broadcast content to be Canadian so the intent is to expand this to the online media realm which is going to be a challenge. This will mean if you are in Canada you will be recommended Canadian culture, movies, music and television etc. at a higher rate. The Canadian government has a fund for the arts through Canadian Public Broadcasting and other institutions so my guess is artists receiving this funding will be the ones getting a boost in discoverability.
There is a vital importance in Canada to preserve the culture of our French speaking population and to promote French language media. It is one of the reasons we have been able to avoid the political tension and terrorist violence posed by French separatist movements since the 1970’s. It was not long ago Canada had to impose martial law in French Canada during the FLQ crises. For this reason nearly everything in Canada must be bilingual by law and government employees are often given French language lessons or strongly encouraged to learn French. Honestly I wish I knew French it makes getting jobs a lot easier especially where I am but I digress.
The other point to this is the larger one of our neighbour to the south the good ol U, S of A. There is a ton of spillover into Canadian culture from American media and politics. Sometimes Canadians focus more on what’s happening in the USA than they do Canada. I don’t consider this a bad thing necessarily American culture and media are fantastic and it’s a free country you are allowed to form your own sense of culture and identity. But Canadian identity has always been political ever since Canada became a sovereign nation for the reason that Canadians often make a point to define Canadian identity by what separates us from the Americans. For one we have a monarchy, and in our nation’s mythology we were the loyalists who burned down the White House in the War of 1812. The British deliberately intstilled this in Anglo-Canadians so they had a pride and patriotism to a flag that belonged to their own soil but one which still signified its ties to the British Empire and provided raw materials to them.
This is one side to Canadian nationalism the other is socially progressive nationalism celebrating Canadian identity through universal healthcare, multiculturalism and Canadian friendliness (a facade I claim, Canada fucked over First Nations people with genocidal policies for nearly a century and to this day our resource extraction companies are still doing it) it’s a controversial matter but it’s something the government is apologizing for now through truth and reconciliation. This is another part of promoting Canadian culture, First Nations culture is becoming as important as promoting French identity so it makes sense the boosting to different artists will probably reflect where you are in Canada and what First Nations land you are on.
I’ve seen some commentators call this Canadian liberal-leftist nationalism, they might be right it ticks all of the boxes for representation and diversity but it’s not like the conservatives are any better when they make this claim. They spent loads of money on the monarchy with tax payers money to put up large commissioned portraits of the Queen in government buildings and built a giant statue of her majesty. They even spent loads of money for some naval battle re-enactment costing the tax payers $28 million dollars! I could go on Canada is hilarious it’s just like how South Park depicts us it’s sadly true on some level and Canadians know it.
Edit: I forgot to mention CBC is a public broadcasting company it’s primary purpose is to present news to Canadians paid for by the tax payers. This means there is no profit motive and no corporate or partisan interference since it is designed to serve as a public good with a mandate to provide Canadians with national and regional news. CBC also features publicly funded arts and television. What a lot this Bill C-10 boils down to is protectionism for Canadian film, television and music industry.
The other point to this is the larger one of our neighbour to the south the good ol U, S of A. There is a ton of spillover into Canadian culture from American media and politics. Sometimes Canadians focus more on what’s happening in the USA than they do Canada. I don’t consider this a bad thing necessarily American culture and media are fantastic and it’s a free country you are allowed to form your own sense of culture and identity. But Canadian identity has always been political ever since Canada became a sovereign nation for the reason that Canadians often make a point to define Canadian identity by what separates us from the Americans. For one we have a monarchy, and in our nation’s mythology we were the loyalists who burned down the White House in the War of 1812. The British deliberately intstilled this in Anglo-Canadians so they had a pride and patriotism to a flag that belonged to their own soil but one which still signified its ties to the British Empire and provided raw materials to them.
This is one side to Canadian nationalism the other is socially progressive nationalism celebrating Canadian identity through universal healthcare, multiculturalism and Canadian friendliness (a facade I claim, Canada fucked over First Nations people with genocidal policies for nearly a century and to this day our resource extraction companies are still doing it) it’s a controversial matter but it’s something the government is apologizing for now through truth and reconciliation. This is another part of promoting Canadian culture, First Nations culture is becoming as important as promoting French identity so it makes sense the boosting to different artists will probably reflect where you are in Canada and what First Nations land you are on.
I’ve seen some commentators call this Canadian liberal-leftist nationalism, they might be right it ticks all of the boxes for representation and diversity but it’s not like the conservatives are any better when they make this claim. They spent loads of money on the monarchy with tax payers money to put up large commissioned portraits of the Queen in government buildings and built a giant statue of her majesty. They even spent loads of money for some naval battle re-enactment costing the tax payers $28 million dollars! I could go on Canada is hilarious it’s just like how South Park depicts us it’s sadly true on some level and Canadians know it.
Edit: I forgot to mention CBC is a public broadcasting company it’s primary purpose is to present news to Canadians paid for by the tax payers. This means there is no profit motive and no corporate or partisan interference since it is designed to serve as a public good with a mandate to provide Canadians with national and regional news. CBC also features publicly funded arts and television. What a lot this Bill C-10 boils down to is protectionism for Canadian film, television and music industry.
Jordan Peterson probably won’t be that effected by this or drowned out by any means. He is just mad because he thinks signal boosting is unearned and he didn’t need it yet he was signal boosted back in the day on TVO a provincially funded network so he’s really not one to make hay of this in my opinion.
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