[gamegod]

That's how US media would like to portray Canada (socialism bad!), but we're doing just great over here and making pretty decent decisions for ourselves. We don't get everything right at first, and we're way behind on our green transition, but we'll get there in the end.

This new tax complements our CanCon rules [1] which help protect Canadian artists.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content

[0x5345414e]

Right. Aside from declining GDP per capita, way too much immigration, a housing crisis and wage stagnation things are going great!

[josv]

As a Canadian, I'm super curious about the recent frequent comments about Canadian policy on HN.

I'm as Trudeau-fatigued and concerned about productivity as the next person... but I think high immigration is something most folks in Canada see as good, and couldn't guess what the connection between housing and CanCon / streaming regulation is.

I'm really curious to understand if the folks commenting so stridently are Canadian and hold some passionate views, or are maybe getting a particular info stream about Canada.

[skeeter2020]

>> way too much immigration

maybe the wrong composition of immigration, but too much? Not if you want to retire some day and need some help from the next generations. Our natural birth rate is not going to do it...

[andrepd]

Is there even a country in the west who doesn't have wage stagnation and a housing crisis?

[Steven420]

We most definitely are not doing great

[manojlds]

> but we're doing just great over here

That's the best joke I have heard here on HN.

[incomingpain]

Canada isn't doing well. Homelessness is out of control. GDP declining badly. Extremely unpopular prime minister is all but kicked out of office.

Our green transition? What exactly do you think is going to happen here?