Ottawa will no longer be imposing Canadian content quotas on the pornography sector, according to new guidelines released by the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission.

Buried in a recent update to CRTC protocols is the agency’s announcement that it will no longer be requiring “certification” of adult programming.

In other words, any program “devoted to depicting explicit sexual activity” will no longer need to ensure a minimum quota of Canadians either in front of or behind the camera.

“Adult programming will not be certified as Canadian programs,” it reads.

This has long been one of the more onerous demands of the CRTC, given the relative dearth of erotic media that would meet their terms as “Canadian content.”

Under the CRTC’s definition of the term, it’s not enoug

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