Opinion: Culture strategy steers Canada into digital age

When Minister of Heritage Mélanie Joly recently launched “Creative Canada,” it was a crucial re-orientation towards the digital realm. While it has been denounced for lack of support for the news industry, satellite, and cable, and for traditional Canadian media, the critics are missing the point.
The purpose of culture funding is to enable Canadians to tell their stories, and for Canadians to see themselves in music, film, TV and written products however they are distributed.