Because it can:
The debate also featured interventions that suggest MPs do not understand what the bill will actually accomplish. For example, NDP MP Peter Julian asked “why does the member think the Conservatives are objecting so strenuously to having in place a situation where Canadian artists are actually remunerated effectively for their creations?” The better question is where in Bill C-11 does Mr. Julian think there is anything that addresses creator remuneration? There are no such provisions. At best, there is the potential mandate on platforms to provide funding to support Cancon creation. Those rules are unlikely to add much new money to the system, since the platforms already are among the biggest investors in productions in Canada and they will simply re-allocate some of that funding to meet the mandated payment requirements. Regardless, those rules do not address creator remuneration.
So, Members of Parliament completely overlooked in this bill (if they had bothered to read it) the restrictions placed on creators in lieu of promoting the dead horse of Canadian content.
Should this bill pass, there will be only one channel. Content will be decided by someone who isn't the public.
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