They still have some modest measures in place, but yeah, they've given up on eradication.

Well, it technically was - they were just given enough runway to wrap it up.

But season 5 will just be six episodes.

To be clear, it's been in place for three years.

Correct!

YouTube is taxed under the act, and Google has vocally opposed it.

The Technical Manual explanation is that replicators save storage space by using statistical averaging techniques in the molecular patterns, resulting in single-bit "errors" that some people swear they can taste.

I don't really get his position on this issue.

"This notion that somehow we've got these large U.S. companies that don't contribute has just never been factual. The reality is these companies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on film and television production in Canada," Geist said.

Geist said he's comfortable with regulations around discoverability, ensuring platforms better promote Canadian content, but ultimately he'd like to see the free market operate like a free market.

I think that woefully underestimates the effects of American dominance in the entertainment landscape, and would only serve to ensure that Canada becomes even more of a place for Hollywood to outsource their own productions, while stifling home-grown content.

According to the Canada Media Fund's website, an applicant (generally the producer) must be Canadian "and have full creative and financial control over all aspects of the project, from development through production and exploitation."

I don't want to give false hope, because I really don't think it's going to happen, but "dismantled" doesn't necessarily have to mean "destroyed."

It'd be nice if they kept some of the larger pieces, if only to put on display or something.

There's certainly a lot of pressure to move productions back to California right now.

Then again, they do own (one of) the buildings in Toronto, and Canada isn't likely stop being an attractive place to make sci-fi any time soon.

The bigger question is likely the "if it happens" bit.

It sounds like they'll be continuing the Trek license with S&S for the time being, but for how long as anyone's guess...

Seven's bisexuality was definitely an invention of "Picard" (not that there's anything wrong with that).

In Mariner's case, I wouldn't be surprised if her bisexuality was intended from the beginning.

You know what they say - fake news is good news!