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COMMENTARY: The CanCon definition and a job spec for CAVCO certification [2/3]

This is part two of a three-part feature. Please read part one here. By Doug Barrett, adjunct professor in the Arts, Media & Entertainment MBA program at the Schulich School of Business In my last piece, I suggested that the critical definition of Canadian Content was that set out in the Income Tax Act and Regulations and administered by the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office (CAVCO) and asked why the ongoing debate focused instead on the definition used by the CRTC. In this piece, I’d like to look a little closer at the CAVCO role.  In my next piece, I will...