The status of Bill C-10 rests on this Canadian federal election. How should those that produce Canadian content — television, film, and a lot more — show their political power in this election?
Canadian content creators now have I Am Canadian Content, an outlet to figure out where the parties stand on issued relevant to those Canadians. You can compare the parties based on key issues. If you need to dig further, you can download each of the major party platforms.
The French language version is Notre Culture | Our Culture.
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting authorised the Web site. In their own words, the organisation "is an independent, non-partisan citizens' movement working to advance Canada’s rich culture and the healthy democracy it sustains. A strong CBC, fearless journalism, and our shared story make us who we are. That peaceful, civil engagement keeps our democracy alive. FRIENDS is a citizens’ group, not an industry group, and we are not affiliated with or funded by CBC/Radio-Canada or any other media outlet."
Platforms are plans and promises. The Liberals, who have been in charge in the last 2 governments, do have a track record, including Bill C-10.
The case for Bill C-10 now goes before the Canadian Senate
Bill C-10 was the bill designed to improve the funding for Canadian content. The bill to update the Broadcasting Act had issues over whether regular people who make some money off of YouTube, for example, would pay into the process.
A status quo or a Liberal majority would eventually push Bill C-10 through the process. A Conservative minority would mean a restart if the policy would be touched at all.
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We showed ways in the 2019 election for Canadian content creators to get more involved in the political process. We know that Canadian content creators are often too busy to deal with lots of political research. This is the advantage of sites such as I Am Canadian Content.
Erin O'Toole wants to do significant damage to CBC Television and CBC News Network
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We did find this Toronto Star op-ed about the potential impact on CBC Radio, depending on which way the election will go. The Liberal Party speaks to modernizing CBC and Radio-Canada.
Editor's note: This section is repeated from our Canada election notebook from Sunday.
This story is about a year old but the details have not changed. Only one major party wants to take knives to the budget of CBC television in English and CBC News.
We've seen CBC News cave to the Conservatives over these perceptions. Vassy Kapelos of Power & Politics definitely has a bias. The Party Lines podcast has been extremely gracious to the Conservatives in this election.
We have talked extensively about the right-wing bias of Canadian journalism from the Postmedia newspapers (majority of the money from U.S. hedge funds) to the private TV networks. CBC News may not be your cup of tea but one of the few tides trying to be remotely neutral.
You could argue that Erin O'Toole and the Conservatives throw this out to satisfy the base. The problem is two fold: a) the actual history of deep CBC cuts under Stephen Harper and b) the impact on CBC News from constant complaining and the reaction to try and appease them as a sacrifice to Canadian journalism.
The Conservatives go out of their way to say no cuts to French-language programming or news.
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Perhaps you voted early and this information comes too late. There is the concern with most of the Canadian TV and film world being congregated in a few Toronto area ridings. The reality is that Canadian content is being created all over Canada. This Hour Has 22 Minutes shoots in Halifax. Heartland, as we note in the above video, shoots out in Alberta. Hudson & Rex shoot in St. John's.
photo credit: I Am Canadian Content
video credit: This Hour Has 22 Minutes/CBC
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