John Stuart Mills and David Miller

The basic premise of Mills' position is that individuals should have the freedom to think and act as they wish, as long as they do not hurt others. Society has no other right to intervene with the activities of individuals: "His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrantà Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign" (9). In its effort to regulate television content, the Canadian government has infringed on the liberties of three groups of individuals: 1) Sellers of American programs, 2) Canadian broadcasters who purchase programs and 3) Canadian consumers of television programs.

First, Miller would argue that the principle of free trade between the sellers and the buyers is violated. In his opinion, the market is an ideal mechanism for r

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heir nation confronts an external aggressor that threatens the existence of their nationhood. Essentially, an individual's loyalty to their nation contributes to the nation's capacity to provide security for its people to pursue their life (Miller 165). The state's regulation of television contents in order to ensure the adequate inclusion of Canadian programs is extremely important in the contemporary society. With the decrease in the face-to-face contact between people from all walks of life and the increasingly pervasive presence of the electronic mass media, individuals of a nation are increasingly dependent on television as a means of transmitting information about their society and the world (Miller 87). The Canadian producers of shows with Canadian content are one of the key instruments for presenting the Canadian national culture. Canadian producers who are not able to compete successfully with American producers risk being shut out of the market without state regulation. Thus, their existence should be protected from the unfair encroachment of the American culture that has come to dominate the global market. Although liberalists believe that this archaic nationalist perspective should be replaced by cultural pluralism,
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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page)

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