Ok, I claim stupidity now, but can't Canadians buy a dish and see all the shows we see?
Ok, I claim stupidity now, but can't Canadians buy a dish and see all the shows we see? Satellites capable of receiving FOX are illegal in Canada.
You can get a jail term for possessing one.
(I kid you not)
Yes, this is absolutely true. The Canadian government drives around in vehicles with satellite detection equipment looking for unbrainwashed citizens trying to watch information sources not sanctioned by their government. If detected, the offender is subject to criminal penalties.
When I heard this, I called my sister and said this is the official line that having been crossed, makes your country officially a socialist nation — not becoming socialist but they have arrived. Even in Saddam's Iraq, rich people could have satellites to various countries. Some houses would have three of them.