The Globe and Mail: Kevin Desjardins, president of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, said the positionof the organization, which represents private broadcasters, is that foreign streamers should still be required to contribute to supporting Canadian news.
In the past, news was produced by traditional broadcasters, and was cross-subsidized by their entertainment content. But those streamers “have helped to weaken or break that internal cross-subsidy,” he said.
“Our opinion would be that if they don’t produce news themselves, they should actually be supporting it otherwise, through contributions to funds,” Mr. Desjardins said in an interview Monday…