Over the past few days, the CRTC has been holding a hearing to determine whether the modern Canadian music landscape is still set up to ensure that Canadian artists receive a fair shake on home turf.

On its nose, the hearing is looking into whether or not CanCon rules are helping with music discovery on streaming services. However, it’s also diving deeper and exploring the idea of creating a Canadian music fund that all the prominent streamers will pay into to help support the Canadian arts. This is similar to newly set up funds to help fund the Canadian news and TV spaces.

The CRTC is biting off a lot with this hearing. It’s also taking presentations and asking questions about modern music data collection and how AI might impact the music industry, from distribution to creation.

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