Newsgroups: can.general
Path: utzoo!telly!eci386!clewis
From: clewis@eci386.uucp (Chris Lewis)
Subject: Re: American magazines in Canada (was Re: Unix Review...)
Message-ID: <1989Jun19.162903.21776@eci386.uucp>
Keywords: Canadian periodicals law
Reply-To: clewis@eci386.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Organization: R. H. Lathwell Associates: Elegant Communications, Inc.
References: <89Jun19.002358edt.11715@neat.ai.toronto.edu>
Distribution: can
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 89 16:29:03 GMT
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In article <89Jun19.002358edt.11715@neat.ai.toronto.edu> tjhorton@ai.toronto.edu ("Timothy J. Horton") writes:

>I was under the impression that Canadian law favors Canadian magazines,
>and that one major side effect is the several thousands of home-grown
>publications that we have here in Canada.

My understanding is that Canadian magazines enjoy preferential postal
rates.   Eg: somewhere on the order of 18 cents/copy when I last read
about it.  I believe that they started phasing this out some years ago.

>At any rate, I believe that the historic policy of our great country is
>one of paternal protection for our own periodicals, and it may be that
>Unix Review is at the mercy of just this very law.  

If UNIX World can charge $24US for a one year, or $44US for a two year 
subscription to Canadian subscribers, I think not.  UNIX Review
is just being stupid - either ignorant of geography (Canada's probably
in Europe somewhere), ignorant of our market (Canada is the US's biggest
trading partner by a substantial margin) or just plain ignorant in the
stereotypical American-centred fashion.

Y'ever notice that ads in US magazines frequently only have 1-800 numbers?  
Fat lot of good they do us.  Same mentality.
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