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[–] kae@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

I understand the concerns around uncertainty, but the calls around censorship seems far fetched here.

We've been doing this since the inception of the country. It's called taxes. The government is levying a tax on media companies to reinvest in Canadian content. We've always had this 'tax' on traditional broadcasting, which is easier to regulate through frequency auctions and licenses.

Moving forward in good faith, this is a win for our country and content producers.

Even if we humor the conspiracy theories, you can vote with your conscience to make this a balanced and fair regulation.

[–] jsdz@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago

This not "a win for our country" and it isn't a "freedom of speech violation" either. Nothing so dramatic. It's just another ridiculous, elaborate, useless, expensive, bureaucratic scheme the likes of which only the CRTC is capable of managing.