"You're not emotionally connected to your internet"
I'm sure that's true for the majority, but.. You are posting to dslreports here
One thing you mention about Netflix.. Irrespective of the CRTC's ability to regulate the internet, Netflix has chosen to regulate what Canadians get to see for their own business reasons. In addition, they are already commissioning original Canadian Content--Trailer Park Boys. The only thing missing is a regulatory framework that can codify that existing reality.
For example, you could create a new framework around distribution of intellectual property, rather than around broadcasting. Companies negotiating Canadian distribution rights for intellectual property from international sources (aka Netflix) might have to cough up the $$$ to Canadian productions in some ratio. A simple tax on the media distribution industry, like the blank CD levy
We shouldn't forget that these cultural questions are only really important to English Canada. I've no idea if French Canadian content is any good, but I do know it is popular. Presumably it doesn't need the same protections.
Meanwhile, I'm trying to absorb what you were saying about profits from internet service. 90% profit margin under current pricing models, sure, but.. Aren't we all fighting to fix the current pricing models? Equality of inputs, functional separation, a public utility model for data comms, or whatever...
What a mess! But it was a good talk