And im not sure how a requirement to register translates into censorship.
"Today, the CRTC is advancing its regulatory plan to modernize Canada’s broadcasting framework and ensure online streaming services make meaningful contributions to Canadian and Indigenous content."
I would ask, who decides what is 'meaningful'? This sounds like an open door to censorship to me. Was not the requirement to make 'meaningful' contributions to society the excuse used by the Soviets and Red Chinese to stifle publications.
The rules have been around for 40+ years in one form or another.
It's more of a pass the mic around so every group gets some airtime law, and not so much a you cannot talk about this or that.
The idea is that it acts a bit like human rights, at balancing majority rules. Where financial incentives would prefer to always tailor to the majority since it makes more money, this enforces that minorities get some proportional airtime on big media channels.
It's only specific to Canadian and Indigenous content. The content does not have to be French.
But if you didn't register, your "audience large enough that you can pull in 10 MCAN in ad deals" operation might fly under the radar!
If you're already incorporated, you've already told the government about yourself.