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Back-of-the-Napkin Cultural Policy: The Government’s $600 Million Streaming Plan Copies the CRTC Decision It Killed at More Than Double the Cost

The government quietly released details on Sunday of how it will allocate the $600 million it promised in June when it announced plans to kill the CRTC’s Online Streaming Act ruling on Internet streamer contributions. The plan largely copies the CRTC’s 2024 base contribution decision, with public tax dollars replacing streamer contributions at a rate far higher than the Commission expected. The windfall is seemingly another by-product of a policy the government is making up as it goes along: cancel the CRTC decision and use back-of-the-napkin math for $600 million, then rely on the same CRTC decision for allocations with the public paying cultural groups far more than the streamers would have been required to contribute. The government plan, booked for a single year ending in March 2027, notably includes $91.5 million for the broadcaster news funds that the streamers have been fighting in court. Five months after the bombshell decision, the government still has not released its promised policy direction to the CRTC, yet it has adopted the Commission’s framework for how it will divide the money.

Improv Policy: The Government Doesn’t Know What To Do About Its Online Streaming Act Mess

Earlier this month, the government shocked the culture sector by announcing it was effectively reversing the CRTC decision that implemented the Online Streaming Act. Culture Minister Marc Miller tried to cushion the blow with a promise of $600 million in support for the audio and audiovisual sectors, but there was no escaping the anger from some over abandoning a policy that had been years in the making. Weeks later, it is still not clear what precisely the government intends to do. In fact, it is increasingly evident that there is no plan, with the government improvising on critical issues such as the implementation of the reversal, funding for news, and the eventual contribution requirements for Internet streamers.