Canada should join the race

Michael Geist's article ‹a href="http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2252/159/"›Canadian Broadcasting Policy For a World of Abundance‹/a› decidedly denounces the ridiculous Canadian attempt to continue acting on scarcity when the issue is now abundance. It sounds like denial, overall, especially since the idea of dealing with abundance is not particular to Canada. Canada hasn't been assuming the role of a leader in the fields of the environment, media or entertainment recently, but in Michael Geist's article, you really get a feeling Canada is a stubborn mule, digging its heels in rather than taking the lead. I suggest Canada be a racehorse; a leader, a record-breaker and a source of aspiration. Instead of desperately clinging to our neighbours to the South for economic comfort, let's take risks and detach from our pseudo-American tendencies. Geist's article deals with the attempt to restructure Canadian broadcasting policies. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission new chair hired two broadcasting lawyers to analyze the regulations and policies. They suggested, broadly, to start claiming internet space rather than tightening (already somewhat vice-like) regulations and restrictions. If Canada fails to follow this advice, it would be the equivalent of denying the current economic crisis. The economy of abundance is here, the population is mainly already aware, and not claiming internet space at this point is a tantrum-like refusal to keep up with modern times. Canada's entertainment industry is not comparable to our neighbours' and the development in availability of the long tail would serve the Canadian product well in this case. It would also help it survive. Canada may see the role of the metaphorical racehorse as risky (riskier than the mule), but that being said, Canada should not abstain from the races.