Not sure where you’re getting that from—this isn’t about anyone helping radio stations. The idea is that the government would impose laws and taxes on large streaming services operating in Canada that are somewhat similar to those currently imposed on radio stations in Canada.
Under those rules, streaming services that are not Canadian-owned and have more than CAD $25 million (approx. USD $18.5 million) in revenue in Canada annually are required to pay 5% of that revenue into funds that subsidize Canadian content and creators.
I don’t understand why streaming should support radio ? They should support artists and new artist via taxes though, that makes total sense.
But the radio …?
Not sure where you’re getting that from—this isn’t about anyone helping radio stations. The idea is that the government would impose laws and taxes on large streaming services operating in Canada that are somewhat similar to those currently imposed on radio stations in Canada.
Because streaming is international while radio is local.
If international sites wanna play their music in Canada, then they should pay for the privilege.
I don’t understand why streaming services need to help radio stations. Are radio station sharing their profit as well ?