Canada's Cultural Policy Objectives

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Canada has cultural policy objectives that develop Canadian cultural content and ensures that the cultural content is available to all Canadians. Because of these objectives, many foreign cultural goods are accepted into Canada’s open markets. While having an open market is good for the economy, it also puts pressure on local cultural industries. Our market is also very small compared to some other countries. They can afford to produce less expensive products and have opportunities to recover their cost. Our relationship with the United States and the fact that we share a common language has caused an expansion of the American market and their cultural products to move in over the border. On the other hand, Canadian cultural products can’t

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