Netflix should play by the rules that govern everyone else

Netflix insists that it should not be subject to the same regulations as other content carriers. The usual suspects are lining up on both sides of the Canadian content issue. The debate on Cancon is almost as old as the beginning of radio.
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, pictured recently on Parliament Hill.
OTTAWA—Netflix just hiked its Canadian prices by three dollars a month. That represents an increase of almost 30 per cent and it barely made a ripple on the consumer outrage meter. Can you imagine the public pushback if Rogers or Bell were to hike their prices by almost 30 per cent? There would...

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