Culture is defined as that "complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of a society.
1.To what extent do you think the U.S.-Canadian magazine dispute was motivated by genuine desires to protect Canadian culture?
The Canadian government believe magazines as an important part of their culture which gives them a sense of identity. Their beliefs,norms and values is very important to them. The Canadian government just wanted to protect their culture but doing so they layed down cultural policies that didnt encorage foriegn magazines to be sold in the country. They put tax on them to control the import.government imposed protective tariffs on foreign
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The Canadian government believed that domestic production of magazines was linked to national identity and they have to protect it. Canadian publishers and the Canadian government feared many Canadian magazines would be forced out of business.The Canadian government placed restrictions on foreign magazines and in 1965 prohibited the importation of “split-run magazines. Due to the huge success of US books, magazines and film in Canada, the nation has begun to feel that its individual …show more content…
The US is the largest cultural exporter in the world with entertainment as the second-largest US export industry, after aerospace. Ironically, less than 2 percent of time on US television is given to foreign programming. Canadian magazines constitute only 11 percent magazine sales in Canada because of the importation of foreign magazine. These affects the culture of the country, It affects the knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other capabilities and habits of the Canadian citizens
4.And, if Canadians seem to prefer buying American magazines, shouldn't they be allowed to "vote" with their purchasing habits?
If the Canadian citizens prefer foreign magazines they should be allowed to buy them, the government should remove taxes put on the importation.The Canadian federal government tried to protect its domestic magazine producers in the name of culture,Foreign magazines producers are put at a significant disadvantage selling their magazines in Canada because of the tax.
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