Editing Culture of Canada (section)

==Media==
{{main|Media in Canada}}

[[File:CBC Radio Canada Chevrolet Express 02.jpg|thumb|A [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC) satellite truck, used for live television broadcasts]]
Canada's media is [[Press Freedom Index|highly autonomous]], [[Censorship by country|uncensored]], [[Multicultural media in Canada|diverse]], and very regionalized.<ref>{{cite report |last=Fry |first=H |year=2017 |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/421/CHPC/Reports/RP9045583/chpcrp06/chpcrp06-e.pdf |title=Disruption: Change and churning in Canada's media landscape |publisher=Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage |access-date=February 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Freedom of expression and media freedom |website=GAC |date=February 17, 2020 |url=https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_development-enjeux_developpement/human_rights-droits_homme/freedom_expression_media-liberte_expression_medias.aspx?lang=eng }}</ref> The ''[[Broadcasting Act (1991)|Broadcasting Act]]'' declares "the system should serve to safeguard, enrich, and strengthen the cultural, political, social, and economic fabric of Canada".<ref>{{cite book |first=Sara |last=Bannerman |date=May 20, 2020 |title=Canadian Communication Policy and Law |publisher=Canadian Scholars |page=199 |isbn=978-1-77338-172-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gs0DEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA199}}</ref> Canada has a well-developed media sector, but its cultural output—particularly in [[Cinema of Canada|English films]], [[Television in Canada|television shows]], and [[List of Canadian magazines|magazines]]—is often overshadowed by imports from the United States and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vipond |first=Mary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-0eDs29g49YC&pg=PA57 |title=The Mass Media in Canada |publisher=James Lorimer Company |year=2011 |isbn=978-1-55277-658-2 |edition=4th |page=57}}</ref> As a result, the preservation of a distinctly Canadian culture is supported by federal government programs, laws, and institutions such as the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC), the [[National Film Board of Canada]] (NFB), and the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Edwardson |first=Ryan |url=https://archive.org/details/canadiancontentc0000edwa |title=Canadian Content: Culture and the Quest for Nationhood |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-8020-9519-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/canadiancontentc0000edwa/page/59 59] |url-access=registration}}</ref>

[[Mass media in Canada|Canadian mass media]], both [[Newspapers of Canada|print]] and [[Canadian online media|digital]], and in both official languages, is largely dominated by a "[[Media ownership in Canada|handful of corporations]]".<ref name="TarasBakardjievaPannekoek20072">{{cite book |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Taras |editor-first2=Maria |editor-last2=Bakardjieva |editor-first3=Frits |editor-last3=Pannekoek |date=2007 |title=How Canadians Communicate II: Media, Globalization, and Identity |publisher=University of Calgary Press |page=87 |isbn=978-1-55238-224-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X2YNNHZlt5cC&pg=PA87}}</ref> The largest of these corporations is the country's national [[public broadcaster]], the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, which also plays a significant role in producing domestic cultural content, operating [[CBC Radio|its own radio]] and [[CBC Television|TV]] networks in both English and French.<ref name="TarasBakardjievaPannekoek2007">{{cite book |editor-first1=David |editor-last1=Taras |editor-first2=Maria |editor-last2=Bakardjieva |editor-first3=Frits |editor-last3=Pannekoek |date=2007 |title=How Canadians Communicate II: Media, Globalization, and Identity |publisher=University of Calgary Press |page=86 |isbn=978-1-55238-224-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X2YNNHZlt5cC&pg=PA86}}</ref> In addition to the CBC, some provincial governments offer their own public educational TV broadcast services as well, such as [[TVOntario]] and [[Télé-Québec]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Steven |last1=Globerman |publisher=Institute for Research on Public Policy |title=Cultural Regulation in Canada |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jlBGJyEdDy4C&pg=PR18 |year=1983 |isbn=978-0-920380-81-9 |page=18}}</ref>

Non-news media content in Canada, including film and television, is influenced both by local creators as well as by imports from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and France.<ref>{{cite book |first=Peter |last=Steven |date=2011 |title=About Canada: Media |publisher=Fernwood |page=111 |isbn=978-1-55266-447-6 }}</ref> In an effort to reduce the amount of foreign-made media, government interventions in television broadcasting can include both regulation of content and public financing.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Bart |last1=Beaty |first2=Rebecca |last2=Sullivan |date=2006 |title=Canadian Television Today |publisher=University of Calgary Press |page=37 |isbn=978-1-55238-222-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XGMT39azEAYC&pg=PA33}}</ref> [[Taxation in Canada|Canadian tax laws]] limit foreign competition in magazine advertising.<ref>{{cite book |first=Jacqueline |last=Krikorian |date=2012 |title=International Trade Law and Domestic Policy: Canada, the United States, and the WTO |publisher=UBC Press |page=188 |isbn=978-0-7748-2306-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7q9i7ln160QC&pg=PA188}}</ref>