Bill C-11 risks becoming ‘a solution searching for a problem’
There’s an age-old expression in economics: an ill-thought out government policy risks becoming “a solution in search of a problem.” Canada’s recently passed, which seeks to protect and promote the country’s musical cultural heritage, risks falling into this trap.
First, don’t let Bill C-11 become a domestic square peg that struggles to fit inside a global round hole. The world has changed, and policies need to keep up. Second, there is a disconnect between how Canadian artists are performing on global streaming platforms and how well the intervention of Bill C-11 will succeed in its aims.
, I uncovered surprising evidence of local music thriving in European markets on global streaming platforms – a dynamic that didn’t exist when neighbourhood record shops and radio stations controlled what grabbed our attention. British artists may have dominated the U.K. charts last year, but the Germans, French and Italians reigned in their home markets – and did so in their mother tongues.
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