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Protecting culture.
The aforementioned National Post article on cell phone costs contains this interesting quote about protecting Canadian culture:
In other words, Canadian content doesn't need to be protected, he says, because someone will create it if there is an appetite for it.
Canada is a highly protectionist country, often using the argument that restrictions on foreign ownership are necessary to protect Canadian culture. For example no foreign company can own a majority of a bookstore, lest culture be endangered.
There are subsidies in abundance for Canadian television, movies, books, and art, that tell uniquely Canadian stories (or give jobs in the television/film industry to Canadians).
Beyond successful shows like Corner Gas, perhaps there isn't actually an appetite for it.
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