{"id":52997,"date":"2020-02-25T01:00:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T06:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=52997"},"modified":"2020-02-24T09:01:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T14:01:10","slug":"qotd-canadian-content-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/02\/25\/qotd-canadian-content-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"QotD: Canadian content rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-48672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>[<em>Stargate: Atlantis<\/em>] is a Sci-Fi channel show produced in Canada, starring Canadians and featuring a cranky, sympathetic Canadian character in a lead role. But thanks to Canadian trade-barriers it has yet to air on Canadian television. Remind me again what original programming Canada&#8217;s CRTC sheltered <em>Space: the Imagination Station<\/em> has produced? How many times can we be expected to watch decade old repeats of <em>Seaquest DSV<\/em> in defense of &#8220;Canadian culture&#8221;? If they had the wisdom to rebroadcast <em>Starlost<\/em> or some such epic crap I could almost see the point but as it stands CanCon rules, and the businesses they shelter, are a joke.<\/p>\n<p>I tried making this case to a left-leaning friend. She said, half-joking, &#8220;I know you are speaking Canadian but I can&#8217;t understand any of the words.&#8221; I am reminded every day of my former communication studies undergrads who would argue for Canadian content rules (I am told these represent &#8220;regulation&#8221; and not &#8220;censorship&#8221;) and, with no change of expression, cheerfully explain they never watch Canadian television because it is uniformly awful. Such is the naked truth of ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Ghost of a Flea, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghostofaflea.com\/archives\/006183.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Poisoning the Well&#8221;, <em>Ghost of a Flea<\/em><\/a>, 2005-08-12.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Stargate: Atlantis] is a Sci-Fi channel show produced in Canada, starring Canadians and featuring a cranky, sympathetic Canadian character in a lead role. But thanks to Canadian trade-barriers it has yet to air on Canadian television. Remind me again what original programming Canada&#8217;s CRTC sheltered Space: the Imagination Station has produced? 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