Waking Up The Neighbours - Canadian Content

Canadian Content

The album made much controversy in Canada concerning the system of Canadian Content, even if Adams was one of Canada's biggest recording stars at the time, his collaboration with non-Canadians meant that the album and all its songs were not of Canadian content.

In February 1992, Adams had issues with Canada’s CRTC regulations, which restricted airplay of his album because Adams co-wrote and co-produced the record with an Englishman, Mutt Lange. Adams briefly threatened to boycott the annual Juno Awards, where his album had been completely ignored by the Juno Awards (who are subsided by the CRTC). He ended up winning the Entertainer (voted by the public) and Producer of the Year Award. Adams publicly criticised the policy, calling it "a disgrace, a shame...stupidity". He continued his attack with;

"You'd never hear Elton John being declared un-British," Adams continues. It's time to abolish the CRTC. Not everyone agrees."

September that very same year, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced that Canadian content rules would be changed to allow collaborations with non-Canadians.