The 15% “TAX” headline is COMPLETE LIE. A misrepresentation - READ THE ARTICLE. It is NOT a TAX but a requirement that streamers spend 15% of Canadian revenue to PURCHASE or CREATE CANADIAN CONTENT. This is a Canadian content law. NOT A TAX.
Canada is good about supporting local artists. I love that local artists must be played on the radio.
Rest of the world needs to do this too.
…and a 25% tarrif like our steel and aluminum.
Reciprocity.
But, I stream the red green show every day.
I never watched it growing up but everything I’ve heard about it since I was an adult is great. Never watched much skit comedy outside of kids on the hall and that’s just when not much else was on.
Nowadays I’d say the kids in the hall stuff was much better than other stuff I watched, cause I’m not sure I even remember…some syndicated sitcom I assume, waiting for dinner.
Still recall some of the taglines as little as I saw it, since you were waiting for the next show (possibly Simpsons at one point on cbc).
Can we also add a surcharge so I never have to see an ad again?
Send me 50¢ per day and I’ll share a link to ublock origin?
I use an adblocker, but would like to financially support the creators that create the content I consume. Blank CDs back in the day supposedly had a surcharge built in to cover piracy and I like the idea of something like that. Not sure how it would work, maybe some sort of “toll” system where instead of an ad I pay the amount the advertisers did to not see it.
There’s no way that advertisers are paying as much as it would cost me to subscribe to everything, so why can’t I pay that amount to serve myself “blank” (nonexistent) ads? Or just an extra surcharge that goes to creators and I’ll just keep using the adblocker guilt free.
Would that include Stargate SG-1? It was all filmed in Canada.
On that theme, MacGyver too.
The Canadian tuxedo would have gone extinct if it wasn’t for this law.
Elephant in the room is who has recently bought up a bunch of streaming services ;)
Oi you have a streamy license?
Only if Canada could step up their game produce better content.
cant fix boring writing with pathetic dialog and lack of talent+big ego and complete lack of standards with a law.
Too many Canadians fall into “but my aunt liked my stuff” excuse and expect no notes.
