The State of Cancon: The sugar that might help the medicine go down

By Doris Montanera

CANCON’S RULES AND regulations are much like a series of bandages slapped onto the television industry - one here to cover a scrape, another there as salve on a slash. It’s almost impossible to rip any away from this complex patchwork without damaging a broadcast arm or independent production limb. The tales of woe - accompanied by an orchestra of tiny violins - come from both the broadcast and the creative side of the industry, and the TV doctors have differing opinions on which medicine is the cure for our ailing Cancon system. So what’s the spoonful of sugar that’ll...