There is nothing wrong with Canadian broadcasters showing the occasional American import – even the BBC in Britain does that – but it shouldn’t be their sole purpose. If they want to survive, they will have to differentiate themselves and provide Canadians with real alternatives. Should this be too much for them to handle, they can always fall back on “Plan B”, as submitted to the CRTC among the possible solutions, and consummate their relationships with their American partner networks. This would see the Canadian broadcasters in their current form shut down their operations and re-emerge as rebranded affiliates of the American networks, e.g., NBC Canada, CBS Canada, FOX Canada, etc. With the Americans in charge, who really do know a thing or two more about how to do television, Canadians might actually get to see more local Canadian content than they do now on their “Canadian” TV networks.
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