Canadian content
Canadian content (CanCon, cancon or can-con) refers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) requirements, derived from the Broadcasting Act of Canada, that radio and television broadcasters (including cable and satellite specialty channels) must air a certain percentage of content that was at least partly written, produced, presented, or otherwise contributed to by persons from Canada. It also refers to that content itself, and, more generally, to cultural and creative content that is Canadian in nature.
The loss of the protective Canadian content quota requirements is one of the concerns of those opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.(Tencer 2012) Canada entered into Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multilateral free trade agreement in October 2012. By August 2013 there were 12 countries participating in the TPP negotiating trade that "would involve more than 38% of the world’s economy".
Origins
The CRTC, originally established in 1968, is charged with enforcing the Broadcasting Act of Canada. The Broadcast Act declares: