Following two issues arose in order to protect local cultures that globalization impacted.
The Canadian magazine dispute
The conflict started as to preserve the Canadian culture related to selling the magazines in Canada which turned to trade dispute instead. Basically, decades ago, there was easy to distinguish between the domestic and foreign magazines. Magazines printed inside the Canada are treated as domestic unlike printed outside the border of Canada are treated as foreign. Along with this, it was also easy to apply tariff at the port of entry for foreign magazines.
As far as globalization has gone crossing the border line, makes tough to differentiate between domestic or foreign. In addition, the trade agreements have the limited
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To exempt from the new tax, split-run editions should include at least 80% of the Canadian content. This results in the rise of American magazines prices. This became the great disadvantage for American split-run magazines. Because of this, the United States set up WTO to dispute settlement of the discriminating tax rule. Also, WTO ruled in favor of US. Moreover, After WTO ruling, the United States and Canada are acting against each other. In the meantime, US threatened to take action against Canadian steel, wood products, textiles etc. Finally, an agreement done, that prevents trade crisis where Canada removed most of its barriers in split-run magazines. Now, only 11% of the magazines sold in Canada are domestic, remaining 89% are foreign precisely …show more content…
Furthermore, it may be good if the market share of Canadian magazines would be even much more than 11% so that many Canadians would get the chance to read Canadian content. On the other hand, magazines are not only the source to preserve the Canadian culture. The government should explore that as well. The government also think, what happens if Canadians prefer to read the American magazines.
4. And, if Canadians seem to prefer buying American magazines, shouldn't they be allowed to "vote" with their purchasing habits?
Yes, this is the good alternate. In fact, I fully agree with it, first of all, the government should try to find out why Canadians prefer to buy American magazines in place of domestic Canadian magazines. Additionally, it's a good idea to allow Canadians to vote with their purchasing habits. If still, they prefer American magazines then the government should be in favor of the Canadians.
5. Is it fair to levy extra taxes against foreign magazines—which have the effect of forcing Canadian purchasers of foreign magazines to subsidize local
Finally, if the comparison were ever made a survey, it would really show the full scale of Americanization in Canada. But until now we can only see from the daily life, how American culture is inviting Canada. Today more then ever, Canadians are in real danger of loosing their national identity. It is unfortunate that if the study of this cultural influence will be done few years later, it might be too late to save Canadian culture and identity.
On the other hand, about the split- run magazine, it should have “80 percent” of the Canadian content to be called as a Canadian magazine and to save itself form high taxes. This was the best way to protect Canadian culture which was left by a very less percentage. A split – run magazine should have all the Canadian content just “20 percent” of other contents can be added apart from Canadian. Because foreign magazines are already doing so well and have such a high number of percentage in its
However, Canadian may not have much interest to buy domestic magazines. Specially, this generation is more Americanized and are more anxious to know about Americans (i.e.: - famous singers, actors/ actresses, TV shows etc.). Also, there is no single sentence describing in the article that the Canadian government has interest of enforcing Canadian from buying foreign magazine, they will continue buying foreign magazines. If the government of Canada took foreign magazines off the market, Canadian will have limited choice and that could help them to adopt buying domestic magazines.
Canada as a nation has been striving to characterize itself as more ?Canadian? for decades. This has included numerous struggles and events such as protests, bans, and the creation of the Massey Commission, to encourage national development in the arts, and support major companies like the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and National Film Board (NFB). However, this has not been an easy task for the Canadian government, as major influences from below the border (the United States) have been captivating the Canadian audiences by large. American media has had a momentous revolutionizing effect on Canada, even through efforts made to define Canada with its own cultural identity.
Publication bans have been a part of the Criminal Code since 1988. A publication ban is a court law that prohibits trial information from leaving the case. Since these bans were first introduced in Canada, they have become a very useful tool in Common Law. These bans have been frequently used over the years for many purposes including avoiding the risk of adverse consequences to participants and for more accurate trial procedures. Having publication bans are beneficial, in every which-way, than not. These bans contribute positively to the environment of law and most importantly, the society within. This essay will outline why the court should have the right to impose a publication ban in Canada. It will support the debate that if Canada wishes to build towards a reputation of having trials handled efficiently, then it should not change the nature of these publication bans. It will portray the importance of these bans through a thorough explanation of how the bans work, and two solid arguments of the cause on the society and environment. First, this essay will discuss basics of publication bans and how they work. Then, this essay will point out how publication bans contribute to trial fairness in the court. Finally, this essay will touch upon how publication bans protect victims and those involved in the trials.
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