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Netflix’s support of Indigenous screen organizations is great news — or is it?

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InEditorialWritten by

Charnel Anderson

Netflix’s new partnerships with Indigenous screen organizations are to be applauded, but actually producing and showing Indigenous films to its Canadian subscribers would be more beneficial than supporting more training and skills development.

Netflix’s support of Indigenous screen organizations is great news — or is it?

Google needed the perfect pushover. Clearly that’s Canada.

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InEditorialWritten by

Daniel Bernhard

onJune 24^th, 2019

Google’s Sidewalk Labs’ proposal to develop a “smart city” on Toronto’s waterfront is more than a local issue about data protection: it represents Big Tech’s ambitious plan to monetize the public sphere, and we should all be worried.

Google needed the perfect pushover. Clearly that’s Canada.

Franco-Canadian Civic Life in the Age of Social Media: The Good, the Bad and the Necessary

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InEditorialWritten by

Antoine Panaïoti

onJune 4^th, 2019

Franco-Canadian Civic Life in the Age of Social Media: The Good, the Bad and the Necessary

Soft Power: How Quebec Uses Cultural Diplomacy

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InEditorialWritten by

Christine St-Pierre

onMay 7^th, 2019

Quebec’s former minister of culture and international relations, Christine St-Pierre, has come to understand the major impact Quebec’s cultural diplomacy, or soft power, has had around the world.

Soft Power: How Quebec Uses Cultural Diplomacy

2019 Campaign Briefings

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InPolicy BriefsonJanuary 30^th, 2019

Explore the key issues our local campaign teams will be delivering during the 2019 federal election campaign.

Why Representation in Film Criticism Matters

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InEditorialWritten by

onJanuary 23^rd, 2019

When it comes to representation in film, strides are being made. However, there is still a major lack of representation in film criticism in media outlets across Canada.

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FRIENDS Calls for Rapid Action to Preserve the Values of Canadian Broadcasting

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InNewsonJanuary 11^th, 2019

In a thorough, well-researched submission, FRIENDS urged the expert panel reviewing the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Acts to bring internet broadcasters like Netflix and Facebook under democratic control – and fast.

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Ontario's Cut to Indigenous Culture Fund Undermines Reconciliation

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InPress ReleasesonDecember 14^th, 2018

FRIENDS condemns the Ontario government’s $2.25 million cut to the Indigenous Culture Fund, and is calling for the decision to be reversed immediately.

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Canada's Netflix Problem

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InBriefingUpdated onNovember 9^th, 2018

Canada exempts internet broadcasters like Netflix from rules that Canadian broadcasters have to follow. These exemptions increase Netflix's profits by hundreds of millions, at the direct expense of Canadian programming and culture.

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The Case for Public Broadcasting

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InBriefingUpdated onNovember 9^th, 2018

Public brodacasting is an essential public service like health care or education. CBC sustains our democracy, challenges and advances our culture, and solidifies our identity and independence.

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