Canadian Magazine Dispute Essay

To what extent do you think the U.S.-Canadian magazine dispute was motivated by genuine desires to protect Canadian culture?

I believe that U.S. and Canadian magazine dispute is motivated by the Canadian government’s desire to protect Canadian culture and local magazine from foreign completion. Although Canada is a second large country in the world, it has less population than the State of California alone. Therefore, the market of newspapers and magazines are much smaller that in the USA. Local magazines and newsprints are enough to cover local needs and carry the Canadian contents. Allowing the big news media corporations of the USA, such as Time Warner, to enter the Canadian media market would strangulate the livelihood of local magazines and put many workers out of work. Furthermore, The Canadian government would also lose tax revenue if split-run editions of foreign magazines enter the Canadian market. The Canadian government also has the right to protect and promote Canadian Culture through newsprints and magazines. Canadian artists have the right to get enough coverage of media to rich out and connect with the rest of Canadians from cost to cost. The “Production of magazines as an important touchstone …show more content…
However, this is the only option that is left for the Canadian government to protect the Canadian culture content. The intention of the government was not to gain financial interest more than it is a measure to promote and protect the national culture. As the Canadian national Committee on Mass Media concluded that "magazines constitute the only national press we possess in Canada. Magazines, in a different way from any other medium, can help foster in Canadians a sense of