The National Post reports in its Friday, June 23, edition that the "modern approach" to broadcasting regulation, according to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, involves ordering broadcasters to budget and produce content with diversity quotas in mind, while mandating that various groups of people be consulted every two years. The Post's Jamie Sarkonak writes that the CRTC first looked to impose the mandated diversity model onto the CBC with an update to its broadcasting licence. Now, the Department of Canadian Heritage is laying the groundwork for similar requirements for services like Netflix and Apple TV+ in draft regulations on broadcasting policy under the Online Streaming Act. Consultations are open until July 25, and the finalized regulations will presumably be published some time after that. Under the mandated diversity model, the CRTC required the CBC to dedicate 30 per cent of its spending on independent English programming to go to producers who self-identify as indigenous, official language minorities, visible minorities, disabled or LGBT. This mandate is intended to take effect later this year and increase to 35 per cent in 2026.