The CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication Commission) is a public organization for telecommunications and broadcasting whereas CanCon is a regulatory mandate from CRTC which requires Canadian broadcasters to dedicate 50% of content between 6 pm to midnight for Canadian content. The issue is that to what extent should CRTC and specifically, CANCON, should have influence in the global world. This issue focuses on negative impact globalization and foreign transnationals are having on Canadian culture., Canadian content is being played less and less often and is increasingly replaced imported content; as a result, the CRTC enacted CANCON, a legislation which protects Canadian culture and identity. Some people support this, voicing that it supports Canadian content whereas others say it is discriminatory to external content and it even demonstrates that Canadian content simply cannot compete…
In twentieth Century, the Canadian government found out the importance to be got rid of American culture. It used three methods to achieve this goal. First, is put their hands on culture protection, use legislations to protect its media, which was known as Broadcasting Act in 1932. In 1968, it took one step further, the media in Canada must be owned by Canadians and the CRTC(Canadian Radio-Television Telecommunication Commission) ruled that during Prime Time(6 Pm to 12 Pm), at lest 50% of programming must be ‘Canadian Content’. The main well, Canadian government put a lot of efforts onto culture study. The Massey Commission in 1951 was the first time that Canadian government took an eye on culture industry and have a conclusion that Government should took actions on to it. Another important study that Canadian government did is the Fowler Committee; it showed Canada’s TV programs were too American. If Canada wants to less American, the government must do something. As results of those studies, Canada put huge budget into culture industry. In 1936 the government started Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which is founded by the government but not owned by it. The National Film Board aim to help Canadians to make films about Canada financially was formed in 1939. It gives money to anybody who has an idea to make a movie about Canada. The same functional organization was also formed for other type of arts in 1957, the Canada Council for the Arts. Canadian government to protect Canada’s own culture in the twentieth century used those three methods; they work together and did have protected the culture…
The most significant event in Canada’s history would be the building of the railway. It opened…
1. To what extent do you think the U.S.-Canadian magazine dispute was motivated by genuine desires to protect Canadian culture?…
To what extent do you think the U.S.-Canadian magazine dispute was motivated by genuine desires to protect Canadian culture?…
36. Based on what you may have read in the media or seen on TV, what other…
The political scene in Canada of the 1970s was a rather tense one. In Quebec, citizens felt they were not considered in federal decision-making. They had a culture influenced by the French while the majority of Canada had an English influence. This angered a group of Quebecois so it was decided they would try to be heard by the federal government in Ottawa.…
Canada, the 3.885 million square mile country located directly north of the United States, is the second largest country in the world. It has an extremely diversified population of 35.16 million people, and among this population are French Canadians. There is a lasting influence of French culture, religion, language, and more in Canada. This is due to the fact that it was once French territory; French Canadians currently residing in Canada are descendants of Canada’s colonial-era French settlers. Despite eventually having to give up their territory, known as New France, to the British, there is still a long-lasting influence of the French in Canada.…
The people of the Atlantic later developed into the cultures of the Innu, Beothuk, Mi’kmaq and Abenaki.…
national spirit was born; we were Canadian and could do a good job of paddling…
Throughout history, Canada has grown in so many ways from being more independent, showing our strength in the war, technological advances, gender and racial equality and many more. Canadian basketball is one of the many things that has evolved over the past few years thanks to former Toronto Raptor Vince Carter and retired NBA player Steve Nash.(Dan Stravinsky) We have already started to see a change in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for example the last two first round drafts have been Canadian (Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett).(Dan) Also, some of the best National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) players right now are Canadian (Jamal Murray and Kyle Wiltjer).(Murray) Carter and Nash both contributed greatly to the…
To what extent do you think the U.S.-Canadian magazine dispute was motivated by genuine desires to protect Canadian culture?…
The holocaust has proven to be a very devastating period in history, whether that is because of the 11 million Jewish, Jehovah’s, Homosexuals, gypsies and disabled people that lost their lives or the fact that a man as evil as Hitler had actually planned on killing millions of people, and then building a museum on an “extinct race” after he was sure he had assassinated all of the so called “inferiors.” Even the name Holocaust is obtained from the Greek words “completely burnt.” This topic may seem as if it does not relate to Canada in any sense, but the reality is that it does! We as Canadians could have played a role in saving the lives of millions of people but instead we became one of the reason that some of these people were killed in the first place. Yes, it is true that Hitler gave the U.S, Britain, Canada and many other nations the chance to take in Jewish refugees and essentially save their lives, but we did the exact opposite when we refused!…
As of 2017 Canada is oppressing and silencing Indigenous voices. Canada is currently preparing for the 150th anniversary of Canada or as Indigenous peoples have stated, the 150th anniversary of colonization. The way to combat the day of celebrating Indigenous control and genocide varies throughout Canada. Some people suggest resisting the celebration with protests, whilst others suggest for the push for changes that reflect the true history of Canada. Lillian Howard, the co-chair of the Vancouver Urban Aboriginal Peoples Advisory Committee, stated in an online transcription, The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti, “150 reflects the colonial history of Canada and the historical trauma that Indigenous peoples face”. Christi Belcourt, a Metis Visual artist stated in the online transcription, “I find it really insulting that there are 10,000 or 20,000 years of history on this continent…Yet Canadians are going to celebrate their 150 completely erasing and ignoring the thousands of years of Indigenous experiences". There has even been an alternate logo created for Canada 150 by Eric Ritskes which says, “Colonialism 150”.…
In the article “Consumers Know Best,” by Lena Leung, it is argued that no one likes Canadian television; therefore, the CRTC (Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission) should not be regulating our programming. It is very bold of Lena Leung to speak on behalf of all Canadians as she is clearly wrong. Just because she does not like it does not mean that all Canadians do not like Canadian broadcasting. The CRTC has been put in place by the Canadian government to protect Canadians. We as Canadians need to protect our culture and our economy; the CRTC is trying to do just that.…