I don't subscribe to any streaming service, but...
I certainly follow the logic of trying to make things "fair" by forcing Netflix to play by the same rules -- exclusive contracts are advantageous, but only if you charge a low enough price to entice Canadian subscribers to jump ship, otherwise, who cares what Netflix does? In Canada (and any country, really), "fair" is a four-letter word that doesn't mean much if you are talking about competition. Netflix (an American "invader") will NEVER be treated fairly, unless it starts to lose money and lose subscribers. It's an American company with deep pockets. Rogers will simply claim that Netflix is like a hooker with HIV and must be deported out of our great country to save Canadians from possible harm. Rogers can simply lower the caps even more and not include its streaming services as part of the cap. The CRTC will say that Rogers isn't allowed to do that and that Rogers must be financially punished if it continues to control bandwidth in a non-competitive manner. Rogers will say that the CRTC is misinformed and then take them to Disneyland for a free vacation to discuss the matter in private. Yes, the CRTC is always fair and balanced, isn't it? What a crock this entire issue of playing by the same rules is! Unless Netflix does what it's told and allows its Canadian competitors to dictate the rules that it must play by to stay in Canada, Netflix will be booted out of Canada. Make sure to visit a Canadian Tire store on your way out of Canada, Netflix! Thanks for stopping by and we hope you've learned your lesson! Canadian companies control the US programming here, not you!
For Canadian companies in the entertainment industry, it's best to stifle or interfere with any American company that might pose a financial threat to their bottom line. Is it fair that Canadian TV stations can buy the US broadcasting rights to all of the US programming they can afford, but whenever they don't have time to show it all, or decide to skip buying some of it, we can't legally watch it by trying to access the US versions of specific TV stations, like A&E, HDNET, etc.? We must wait like the loyal Canadians that we are for the chance to watch things that are NOT airing on a Canadian channel. Sure, some shows on the major US networks that are not simulcasted can be viewed by Canadians, but that's only because without at least some US channels being included in our cable or satellite packages, most Canadians wouldn't bother subscribing to Rogers, Bell, etc., to watch strictly Canadian content. CTV and other Canadian networks hijack (they call it simulcasting or sim-subbing) the major (and minor) US networks to show us Canadian commercials and advertising for the shows that they carry and make a nice profit doing this. Take simulcasting away from them and most Canadian channels would be forced to close up shop. Canadian companies have been leeching US programming since the dawn of time because Canadian content is generally seen as a negative by Canadian broadcasters and the Canadian public; if there were no Cancon rules, there would be even fewer Canadian shows on the air here. Canadian companies have to literally be forced into showing them and they want Netflix to be forced into their hellish world, so that Netflix can lose even more subscribers because of the extra Canadian content.
However, recently, Netflix picked up the rights for some CBC (the Canadian broadcaster that refuses to divulge what it does with our hard-earned cash --I think it's about $30 a year that we pay in taxes for the CBC) programming even though it wasn't forced to do so because of Cancon rules. Netflix must have decided that the price was right and it would be smart to add at least some Canadian programming to its small streaming library in hopes that more Canadians would feel satisfied that Netflix was trying to buy all the content that was available to them. But now that Netflix bought some coveted and exclusive US programming rights (Paramount), suddenly they are evil and must be forced to pay into some protection racket to fund often inferior Canadian programming that most Canadians don't care about. And you wonder why most US companies don't want to deal with Canada. Try getting something sent to you through the mail from the USA and see how hard that can often be. It's easier and cheaper to often get stuff shipped from the UK. America is a threat to Canada. We are at war with the Americans until they become as insignificant as we are. Until then, keep funding the Canadian entertainment army with your hard-earned dollars and watch the Americans get picked off one by one as they are ambushed by the CRTC and the other fake protectors of Canadian "culture." How would I survive without "Corner Gas" or "Being Erica?" I think I'd be alright living without them, just don't block me from watching the US programs (many of them filmed in Canada with Canadian partners that never air here or even appear on DVD, except in the good old USA) that I'm addicted to and need to watch (I've gotta watch something to unwind while I'm resting from my crusade to kill Canadian interest in the entertainment industry).
In Canada, you get what you pay for, even though you don't want to buy it, because apparently we don't have a choice in the matter. We buy what the government tells us to buy and then we thank them like the good and polite Canadians we are.
In the past, because the CRTC and the Canadian TV stations would try to make US broadcasters jump through hoops in order to come to Canada and offer us low-cost US programming, most of them would decide that it wasn't worth the trouble. Canada is a relatively small nation with a hunger for US programming. Suddenly, Netflix comes to Canada through the Internet and we don't have to jump through any geo-blocking hoops to subscribe to it. Wow, Canada is finally free from the tyranny of the CRTC ... not so fast! As long as Canadians continue to support Canadian-owned companies, the CRTC and its partners in anti-competition "crime" will make this a battle between Canadians and the evil foreigners, especially if they happen to have deep pockets and are willing to pay top dollar for the US programming that the Canadian companies want to buy at a low cost and then gouge Canadians for the right to watch it. This is about greed! Greed is good! Greed isn't strictly Canadian, but as long as the Canadian public keeps subscribing to Canadian-owned companies in the entertainment business, Canadians will continue to get what they pay for ... outdated US programming at a ridiculous price! Is that fair? Of course not! But nobody said that life has to be fair. Let your money do the talking and just walk away from the Canadian entertainment business model. Go on strike! Don't bother complaining, just stop subscribing!
I realize that even if every Canadian refused to pay for any Canadian services and strictly subscribed to US companies like Netflix for their entertainment, the Canadian Government would be forced to tax us to subsidize the Canadian companies and keep them afloat until all Canadians finally realized that there is no way to "legally" watch US programming in Canada, unless you allow the Canadian companies to get a big piece of the action. I imagine that if the Americans suddenly wanted to watch Canadian programming and cancelled their US entertainment packages to watch Canadian channels through various workarounds, the US Government would have to step in to make things more difficult for the American citizens to access Canadian television/movies that could not be accessed on US stations.
Such is the world we live in. Greed is good! Competition from foreign invaders, not so good. You don't need politicians to do your dirty work for you. Just step up to the plate, swing your bat and if you don't hit a home run, don't worry about it. Just wait for the right "pitch" and swing for the fences.
I don't like having to subscribe to 20 channels or more just to see what I want to watch on TV, so that's why watching TV on DVD is one way to go around the CRTC, while still paying Canadian companies for the right to watch those shows. I'm okay with that because even though Canadians often pay more than the Americans for the same product, at least the Canadian government hasn't stepped in to charge me an extra tax for the privilege to watch a "US Import" DVD from Amazon.ca. At least not yet.