The CRTC is considering whether it should include a “cultural element” in its new definition of Canadian content.
A consumers’ group says having a test that attempts to define who or what is culturally Canadian would be “highly problematic.”
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre says the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission should stick to its current approach, which looks at whether Canadians are employed in key creative positions.
The broadcast regulator has heard from others during its two-week hearing who are in favour of including culture in the modernized definition of CanCon.
The National Film Board has argued that now is the time to include cultural elements in the definition of Canadian content….