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This is an interesting perspective. It suggests that Canadian content requirements are not as necessary to create and sustain our national identity as is the idea that such a regulatory regime exists. In other words, the requirements need not have any particular effect on national identity so long as they exist as a sort of "security blanket" for those who are unsure of who they are. The regime itself is a building block in their concept of what it means to be a Canadian. I explore this notion in section 6 where I discuss "soft nationalists'" support for CanCon.

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