Case in point about the 'tastemakers' you never see.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBC_Radio_3CBC created an entity called CBC3. It was a single-threaded live radio stream with a DJ playing indie Canadian music across genres: country, rock, hard rock, punk, hippy hoppy, all of it. The interface was great and the kids they got to build it clearly had passion. A community built up around it, and the DJs and members got to know each other and would post about artists as the music played. Nerve.com called it the best music station on earth.
It was such a success that the main CBC took notice, created a bland streaming service called CBC music out of it and destroyed it.
These people are completely unable to detect quality and that is what prevents Canadian culture from growing, not money. Money fosters product, not art.
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I saw Jay Baruchel (The Trotsky, Goon) at the Bloor Cinema where he talked about these people and the film sphere. They are expert at soaking up government funds to produce unwatchable dreck in film and TV.
http://www.canadalandshow.com/podcast/jay-jesse-solve-canada/
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