Will Page: Bill C-11 threatens to derail progress technology has brought to Canadian culture

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officially launched in Canada in late 2014, a full three years after its U.S. launch. During that interim period, Spotify dominated the front page on Can’tada – a website documenting cool things Canadians couldn’t access. The holdup, as in many markets at the time, stemmed from the fear that streaming would cannibalize Canada’s incumbent creative industries.

Before I was at Spotify, I was a government economist, so I’m well aware of policymakers’ tendency to overlook the unintended consequences of their actions. And while I fully support regulators’ aims to prop up Canadian music, they should be careful not to undermine the success ushered in by streaming.

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