Pass C-11 and protect our cultural sovereignty and Canadian storytelling

No More Free Rides - sign the petition tell your MP to support Bill C-11

Canada’s Broadcasting Act has not been updated in over 30 years. Not a single change to the policies that impact how stories are told and who gets to tell them since the internet was first created.

Meanwhile, foreign streaming services like Netflix, Disney and Google have effectively been crashing on our cultural couch for the last decade, earning billions from Canadian subscribers yet paying nothing towards the systems and structures that protect our cultural sovereignty and allow diverse Canadian storytelling to thrive.

That’s what bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, seeks to correct. No more free rides.

Those who benefit from Canada’s cultural sector must contribute to it.

The bill is almost over the finish line. It was supported by most MPs in the House of Commons. It is now with the Senate who have the power to make key amendments to ensure our Canadian cultural sovereignty and identity are protected through the creation, production and promotion of diverse Canadian stories.

This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to force foreign tech giants to pay their fair share towards Canadian stories.

Help us protect our cultural sovereignty and promote Canadian storytelling for generations to come.

Tell Senators to pass C-11.

required

Dear Senator,

I am writing to you today because as a member of the Canadian Senate, you hold the future of our cultural sovereignty in your hands.

The Online Streaming Act is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to bring foreign tech giants like Netflix, Disney and Google into the Canadian regulatory system by requiring them to contribute their fair share to the creation, production and presentation of Canadian stories.
 
I am aware that key amendments to the bill are being heavily debated at the Senate committee. These amendments will ensure that the Online Streaming Act results in a fair and equitable ecosystem. One that protects and promotes our cultural sovereignty by ensuring that our stories continue to be told by Canadians with diverse perspectives from coast to coast to coast. Changes to the Act will also safeguard our cultural identity by preventing foreign streamers from cutting our key Canadian talent out of the picture and replacing them with foreign workers all while dressing up Montreal as Chicago and calling it Canadian content.

As a FRIENDS' supporter, I am calling on you to adopt their key amendments and allow C-11 to continue its legislative path towards law so that Canadian storytelling and cultural sovereignty can be protected.

Thank you.

YES! Please send me news, action alerts, and opportunities to support FRIENDS. I can unsubscribe at any time.