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NEW - Federal Policy Forced Streamers to Invest More In Canadian Content. Spotify Raised Prices. Funny how that works.
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Canadian content streaming funding has been a fight Canadian broadcasters have been losing for years, and the Monday panel digs into exactly what just happened: the CRTC ordered foreign streaming services to contribute to the Canada Media Fund, the government backed off citing trade irritants, and Spotify sent out a price increase notice for 15%. The same number. Same week.
Jimmy Zoubris and Andrew Caddell join the conversation to work through what the rollback means, who actually ends up paying, and whether the CRTC moves fast enough to matter in any of this. The panel also pulls on a harder question underneath the funding debate: when was the last time anyone actually sought out a Canadian show on purpose?
The answer lands somewhere between Schitt's Creek, Son of a Critch, and a Sunday night Quebec talk show that has been the top-rated program in the province for five years running.
Topics: Canadian content streaming, CRTC levy rollback, Spotify price increase, CanCon funding, streaming services Canada
Originally aired on 2026-06-08