Tag: Bureaucracy
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610 CKTB | Loaded Dice & Blood in the Water: Ottawa’s Streaming Tax Fold Hurts US Trade Talks
Jon Liedtke opines on Ottawa’s sudden reversal on the CRTC’s 15% tax on US streaming services like Netflix. Framed as a consumer win, Liedtke calls it political panic ahead of USMCA trade talks, criticizing bureaucratic overreach, legacy media special interests, and weak negotiating posture with Washington, & he draws parallels to 1970s CRTC rules that…
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Loaded Dice & Blood in the Water: Ottawa’s Streaming Tax Fold Hurts US Trade Talks
Jon Liedtke argues the Carney cabinet’s rapid CRTC streaming levy retreat mirrors the historic 1971 CKLW collapse, demonstrating Ottawa’s recurring failure to balance cultural romanticism with harsh continental trade realities. Instead of protecting consumers, the government used a $600 million taxpayer fund to buy peace, signaling weakness to Washington before CUSMA reviews.
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Backbones, Not Microphones: Ottawa Brags of Buying Smoke Detectors While Sanctuaries Burn
Jon Liedtke’s accuses Canada’s federal government of replacing robust law enforcement and logical resource planning with public relations. He argues that the administration handles rising domestic antisemitism with rhetorical evasion and mismanaged immigration data with defensive spin, ultimately choosing hollow bureaucratic communication over genuine rule-of-law and structural accountability.
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610 CKTB | The Eurovision Shakedown: Soviet Tactics and the Digital Pogrom
Jon Liedtke joins 610 CKTB’s Gene Valaitis to discuss his latest KVETCH AND RELEASE column, The Eurovision Shakedown: Soviet Tactics and the Digital Pogrom, which criticizes the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, labeling it a “Soviet-style culture eraser” for targeting Israel. Bureaucratic rule changes and broadcast blackouts attempt to marginalize the Jewish state but those actions…