Canadian content

Canadian content refers to the controversial Canadian Radio- television and Telecommunications Commission requirements that radio and television broadcasters must air a certain percentage of content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from Canada. It also refers to that content itself, and, more generally, to cultural and creative content that is Canadian in nature. Other countries employ similar quota systems. For example, Australian broadcasters are required to broadcast a certain percentage of Australasian content alongside international content. Similar domestic content quota laws also exist in the Philippines, Mexico, Nigeria, France, Israel, Ireland, South Africa, Jamaica, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. A major motivation is the fear that without a regulatory system, independent Canadian popular culture would be swallowed up by that of the neighbouring United States. However, the policy has been criticised by other commentators as cultural protectionism

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Canadian content refers to the controversial Canadian Radio- television and Telecommunications Commission requirements that radio and television broadcasters must air a certain percentage of content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from Canada. It also refers to that content itself, and, more generally, to cultural and creative content that is Canadian in nature. Other countries employ similar quota systems. For example, Australian broadcasters are required to broadcast a certain percentage of Australasian content alongside international content. Similar domestic content quota laws also exist in the Philippines, Mexico, Nigeria, France, Israel, Ireland, South Africa, Jamaica, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. A major motivation is the fear that without a regulatory system, independent Canadian popular culture would be swallowed up by that of the neighbouring United States. However, the policy has been criticised by other commentators as cultural protectionism