Treat media providers equally, but don’t pass on costs, Canadians tell Joly
OTTAWA — Canadians want all media service providers treated equally, and content producers want a stable tax credit regime, Heritage Minister Melanie Joly said Thursday as she spelled out the themes she latched onto from recent cross-country consultations on Canada’s media and cultural landscape.
However, Canadians don’t want to see any new costs borne by media companies passed on to them through their utility bills, she told a cultural industry symposium.
“We have to bear in mind that Canadians are anxious about their cost of living,” Joly told the Canadian Media Producers Association panel.
Canadians appear to accept the notion that services such as Netflix are put on a level playing field with traditional TV service providers, she said.