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To those asking what "diverse" means in this context, here's a quote in the article from the authorities:

> “The funding will be directed to areas of immediate need in the Canadian broadcasting system, such as local news on radio and television, French-language content, Indigenous content, and content created by and for equity-deserving communities, official language minority communities, and Canadians of diverse backgrounds.”

Original Announcement: https://www.canada.ca/en/radio-television-telecommunications...

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Canada did this in the 70's, demanding that some certain percentage of TV content be "identifiably Canadian". Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas took that as a challenge to be the most ridiculous Canadian stereotypes they could come up with and nailed it as Bob and Doug McKenzie.

The irony is that kind of behavior _IS_ identifiably Canadian.

The irony was SCTV was already entirely Canadian made.

This makes me wonder, would something like Slings and Arrows have been considered "identifiably Canadian"? It happens to take place in Canada, but it could take place anywhere, like, say, Brazil.

What are these "equity-deserving communities"? And which communities are not equity-deserving?

I don't know how authoritative this source is, but usually when it comes to doling out money, governments are pretty strict about defining such terms.

https://www.dal.ca/dept/hr/employment_equity/definitions-equ...

At least in the US, these things have to match well-agreed-upon definitions of certain groups to receive grants, etc.

(not going to comment on whether I agree with the overall idea or not, just providing a definition)

What they actually mean by diverse is Canadian-produced. All Canadian streaming platforms are subsidized so a tax on them is meaningless. It's a protectionist measure.

Often actually they don't mean Canadian-produced, but culturally Canadian, which leads to absurd situations where you have Canadian-produced production with mostly Canadian casts that get refused for one reason or another

And a boss of the CBC that lives and works from NYC.

I don't know but aren't many of the best comedians in Hollywood/American TV (at least in the 80s and 90s) from Canada?

I guess America was already doing a great job of featuring Canadian talent.

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