Minister of Canadian Heritage Melanie Joly arrives at the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto, Ontario March 13, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
TORONTO: Canada's Liberal government is prepared to overhaul the country's laws governing broadcasting, media and cultural industries to support local content, Heritage Minister Melanie Joly told The Globe and Mail in a report on April 23, announcing a new policy direction in what she called a broken system.
Canada's broadcast regulator has long had requirements for networks to carry certain amounts of local content. But it cut that quota drastically last year under the Conservative government, after the industry was shaken up by the arrivals of online media services such as the streaming site Netflix.
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