That 25% or whatever it is tax the CRTC is going to put on streaming things should go to something closer to 100%, many people will stop using them and those who continue will help the Canadian arts. The CRTC should also tax the hell out of the US shows being played on Canadian TV channels, more people will keep that and fund the Canadian Arts. Then the CRTC should tax the heck out of the TV service providers who provide US channels, people using those are more likely to just keep that and fund the Canadian Arts or hell the TV providers may create Canada specific packages that encourage the Canadian Arts.
Then we need to bring back the digital services tax so people using US digital services get taxed, pushing further use and funding of Canadian Alternatives. Not everyone is going to homelab to remove US services, like I am trying so desperately to do. I am practically there with my home set up, I just have a few Apple devices left and I have practically dropped the Google.
These are not tariffs per say but they do the same thing.
15% and its not a tax, it’s a Canadian content mandate like for cable and radio programming. 15% of their content (by cost to them) must be Canadian per CRTC.
That 25% or whatever it is tax the CRTC is going to put on streaming things should go to something closer to 100%, many people will stop using them and those who continue will help the Canadian arts. The CRTC should also tax the hell out of the US shows being played on Canadian TV channels, more people will keep that and fund the Canadian Arts. Then the CRTC should tax the heck out of the TV service providers who provide US channels, people using those are more likely to just keep that and fund the Canadian Arts or hell the TV providers may create Canada specific packages that encourage the Canadian Arts.
Then we need to bring back the digital services tax so people using US digital services get taxed, pushing further use and funding of Canadian Alternatives. Not everyone is going to homelab to remove US services, like I am trying so desperately to do. I am practically there with my home set up, I just have a few Apple devices left and I have practically dropped the Google.
These are not tariffs per say but they do the same thing.
15% and its not a tax, it’s a Canadian content mandate like for cable and radio programming. 15% of their content (by cost to them) must be Canadian per CRTC.
Its not a tax.
Not quite.
It is a mandate to produce (or fund the production of) a percentage of their content that is served to the Canadian market in Canada.
Which, as you said, is also something that all Canadian broadcasters have been required to do for half a century or longer.