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Bill C-11 and Canadian creators in 2026: what the CRTC has actually imposed, and what is still a predictionCreators were told the Online Streaming Act would cost them their foreign audiences by teaching recommendation systems that Canadian videos go unwatched. Three years after royal assent the regulator has imposed no discoverability requirement on anyone, the money is stayed by a court, and no study has measured the harm.Article10 Oct42 quotes · 1 source · 9 min

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Does the journalism tax credit change what outlets say?No publicly available study has yet attempted a quantitative content analysis correlating outlet-level CJLTC dollars and editorial tone.Open problem10 Oct

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Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Discoverability, and Canadian Digital CreatorsCanadian creators' watch times have already "cratered" and that their global reach has been "actively suppressed.Fact-check22 Jul24k characters

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Is the government keeping them afloat?DOSSIER: The Hamilton Spectator, Torstar & NordStar Capital — A Forensic BriefQuestion

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The 1.5% foreign-streamer contribution under 2024-121 is expected to grow the ILNF "from $18 million to approximately $58 million" for the 2024-2025 broadcast year (per CRTC Decision 2025-133).The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime as Incumbent Protection: A Forensic Brief1.5%As of June 2025, Corus's 15 Global stations are eligible — the largest single beneficiary, capped at 45% of fund payouts.The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime as Incumbent Protection: A Forensic Brief45%Bell Fund / Quebecor Fund / Shaw Rocket Fund / TELUS Fund: incumbent-branded CIPFs that take a cut of foreign-streamer money under the 0.5% OLMC/diverse-communities envelope.The CRTC Streaming Contribution Regime as Incumbent Protection: A Forensic Brief0.5%However, the "90% income" framing in the original passage is a slight reformulation of "90% viewership" — these are related but not identical, since YouTube revenue scales with views but at different CPMs across geographies.Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Discoverability, and Canadian Digital Creators90%The Federal Court of Appeal stay on the 5% base contribution remains in place; first payments (originally due August 31, 2025) have not flowed.Fact-Check: Bill C-11, Algorithmic Discoverability, and Canadian Digital Creators5%