Netflix became a big player in the movie and series industry. But at which price?

  1. Artists in Québec are still waiting for the promised investment
  2. The canadian government agreed to waved the canadian Goods and Services Tax for Netflix while Netflix promises to invest 500M$ in Canada (how much in the francophone industry?) This deal created an uproar against the government.
  3. Netflix productions made use of pictures of my home town burning after the infamous train derailment outside of its context. In the movie Bird Box, they use the pictures while saying that some nuclear accident happened in the London area. These pictures are real pictures of devastation and live people dying that is put in an entertainment context, completely out of context. This shows an outrageous lack of humanity and respect for the victims of the worst ecologic desaster in the History of Canada and the worst train derailment, while destroying completely the center of a town. Further, the series "Travelers" also made use of these pictures. The Quebec Minister of Culture wrote publicly to Netflix to denounce this disgracious act. While Netflix replied Sorry-not-sorry.
  4. Netflix revenues are not taxed in Canada while they are recorded elsewhere.

Meanwhile Netflix is mort de rire and refused to remove the pictures.

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