Episode 252: Len St-Aubin on the CRTC’s Plan To Modernize Canadian Content Rules

December 01, 2025 00:41:20
Episode 252: Len St-Aubin on the CRTC’s Plan To Modernize Canadian Content Rules
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Episode 252: Len St-Aubin on the CRTC’s Plan To Modernize Canadian Content Rules

Dec 01 2025 | 00:41:20

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Show Notes

The CRTC recently released its much anticipated decision on Canadian content rules, the first of two decisions that could reshape broadcasting and film/TV production in Canada. The Commission promoted its Cancon approach as offering new flexibility into the system but the fine print matters as some changes may be more restrictive than they appear at first glance. To help make sense of the decision, Len St-Aubin, the former Director General of Telecommunications Policy at Industry Canada, joins the Law Bytes podcast. Len provided consulting services to Netflix until 2020 and has since been an active participant in the debate on Internet policy as part of the Canadian Internet Society.

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