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Oct 10, 2017 · Our investment was approved under the Investment Canada Act. No tax deals were part of the approval to launch our new Canadian presence. Netflix follows tax laws everywhere we operate. Under Canadian law, foreign online services like Netflix aren’t required to collect and remit sales tax. Netflix is an online service, not a broadcaster
- A Busy First Year for Netflix Canada
A year ago Netflix received government approval to create...
- A Busy First Year for Netflix Canada
Sep 28, 2018 · A year ago Netflix received government approval to create “Netflix Canada” - our first permanent production presence outside of the United States. We established Netflix Canada for a simple reason: Canada has a world-class creative and production community and we really like working with it. The government’s approval of Netflix Canada ...
Apr 27, 2023 · After years of debate, the Senate gave its final approval Thursday to Bill C-11, also known as the Online Streaming Act. It received royal assent shortly after. The bill makes changes to Canada's ...
- What Is Bill C-11?
- What Is Meant by ‘Broadcasting Regulation’?
- What Is The Social Policy Behind Broadcasting Regulation?
- Why Is C-11 Controversial?
- Are Concerns About Censorship Founded on Fact?
- Will C-11 Mean A New Definition of Canadian Content?
- An Unintended Consequence of C-11: Harm to Public Service Channels
The ‘Online Streaming Act’ C-11 is a federal bill going through Parliament right now, as of March 2023 (at the time of writing). It’s been called the ‘Netflix Bill,’ but its first formal title was ‘an Act to Modernize the Broadcasting Act.’ The goal of C-11 is to update the regulation of TV and radio content for online streaming.
As the most popular of our many cultural platforms ranging from movie theatres to books, TV and radio broadcasting are at the centre of Canadian mass media and popular culture. ‘Regulating’ them is mostly about money: the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and the federal government together figure out how to pay for...
‘Broadcasting regulation’ is the antidote to American domination of English Canadian media and English language domination of Québécois media, especially in arts and entertainment. It has been in place for a long time, going back at least to before World War II when the U.S. established its cross-border domination of film theatres and radio. Over t...
The opponents and critics of C-11 come from various places but they are united with the Conservative Opposition in the belief that the Internet is ‘special,’ too different from TV and radio to justify regulation. Yet the Conservatives campaigned in the 2021 election in favour of regulating the streamers (i.e. ‘yes, a Netflix Tax’). Now in Oppositio...
The noise about C-11 is 90% manufactured hysteria and 10% valid concerns. The Conservative campaign continually describes C-11 as a ‘censorship bill’ with slick videos aimed at accumulating e-mail addresses for potential fundraising and its voter database. But when it comes to regulating social media uploads, Bill C-11 actually prohibits the CRTC f...
There exists an unkillable urban myth about passing a government culture test to earn the stamp of ‘Canadian content.’ Ironically no such ‘Maple Leaf’ test exists. A ‘Canadian content’ show that is made for theatres or TV —making it eligible for film production subsidies— is based solely on a flexible headcount of Canadians playing key creative rol...
There are other consequences of Bill C-11 recognizing the foreign ownership of online platforms operating in Canada. A big one concerns our privately-owned ‘public service’ broadcasters such as OMNI multilingual TV, the LGBTQ+ channel OutTV, and the Indigenous APTN, all of which the CRTC has designated as ‘must carry’ on Canadian cable TV. But to s...
May 18, 2023 · The Netflix deal was part of the federal government’s strategy to boost investment in Canada’s creative industries while working on updated legislation for the digital age. The influx of ...
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Sep 28, 2017 · OTTAWA, September 28, 2017. Today, the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Netflix announced an agreement that will see the company create Netflix Canada – a first of its kind production company for Netflix outside of the United States – and invest a minimum of CAD $500 million in original productions in Canada over the next five years.
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May 18, 2023 · In recent years, Netflix has been a key investor in programs that support the next generation of Canadian creators. Netflix’s 2017 deal with the federal government saw the company commit to spending at least $525 million over five years in Canada’s screen sector. The deal included a talent development fund that led to a series of ...
