This is simply not true. The CRTC threatened to add a tax on Netflix and similar services (to "compensate" for them not being subject to the content requirements imposed on traditional broadcasters). They backed off of that, and instead have relaxed the requirements on traditional broadcasters.
> Sorry, but you can't blame the shittiness of Canadian Netflix on the CRTC.
Correct, don't blame the CRTC, blame Bell/Corus/Shaw/Rogers for buying up popular content and then locking it up so it's only available through Crave and Shomi tied to a cable subscription, or not online at all.
I'm still mad at Bell for making no attempt at matching what HBO Now does in the States. People are clearly willing to pay for the service, but they are desperate to keep people locked into TV.
http://www.thestar.com/business/2015/03/12/crtc-lowering-can...
Sorry, but you can't blame the shittiness of Canadian Netflix on the CRTC.