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4 unusual facts about Canadian cultural protectionism


Canadian cultural protectionism

The report also looked at Canadian children's general knowledge of their government and most could not identify the Canadian head of state (Queen Elizabeth II) and the basis for Canada's law and founding (the British North America Act 1867).

The report looked at Canadian high-school history books and found that while the Winnipeg General Strike went without mention, the books contained two chapters on Abraham Lincoln.

One of the first such responses to perceived American cultural invasion in the later half of the 20th century was through the National Film Act of 1950, authorized by Queen Elizabeth II it increased the authority of the government's National Film Board to finance and promote Canadian culture.

Cocacolonization

Canada also resorts to cultural protectionism, requiring a minimum share of Canadian content in domestic media.



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