Accident of Geography

Ontario's Premier George Drew worried out loud about the impact of U.S. publications, films and radio upon Canadian life and opinion.

Said he to Canada's Periodical Press Association: ". . . Merely because of an accident of geography, population and language we are up against a problem shared by no other nation of comparable size and importance. ... I do not think we should seek to keep the ideas of any other country out of this country. But I do think at the same time that we have a right-to insist that our own ideas be placed before our own people. ... I think those of us who are interested in the assurance of adequate channels of domestic information have ... a right to object to the dumping of any outside publications in Canada on a basis which gives them any special advantages over our own publications. . . ."

Unlike most U.S. products, U.S. magazines and newspapers cross into Canada duty-free, circulate without restriction. U.S. films are subject to no duty. The real essence of Canada's cultural problem is that most Canadian publications do not match their U.S. counterparts in total circulation and resources. In general, U.S. publications, radio, movies in Canada have no "special advantage" except their appeal to Canadians.

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