There have been attempts to preserve the Canadian culture in history by the government. Tariffs were imposed on foreign magazines back in the 1920’s then in 1965 split-run editions were banned from being imported. This method by the government was an effective one because it is said to have helped protect the magazines producers in Canada. Any magazines that are produced outside of Canada and imported are considered a foreign magazine. This would make it easy to apply tariffs and prohibition. Because of globalization however technology has made it difficult to determine what is domestic and what is foreign. The determining factor went from classifying a magazine domestic or foreign based on where the magazine was printed to being able to make a magazine in another country and making and twisting it to have Canadian content. Technology is changing the way people get their information. It is hard to avoid the impact of online
There have been attempts to preserve the Canadian culture in history by the government. Tariffs were imposed on foreign magazines back in the 1920’s then in 1965 split-run editions were banned from being imported. This method by the government was an effective one because it is said to have helped protect the magazines producers in Canada. Any magazines that are produced outside of Canada and imported are considered a foreign magazine. This would make it easy to apply tariffs and prohibition. Because of globalization however technology has made it difficult to determine what is domestic and what is foreign. The determining factor went from classifying a magazine domestic or foreign based on where the magazine was printed to being able to make a magazine in another country and making and twisting it to have Canadian content. Technology is changing the way people get their information. It is hard to avoid the impact of online