I for one do not believe in government subsidies...to anyone or anything (yes, including industry).  But let me for a minute play devil's advocate.  It is similar to the free speech argument.  Here goes:  if shows are popular they should not need a subsidy to be successful.  It is only those programs which are unpopular that require help to make them commercially viable.  So it goes than that Kink and other niche programs that will never have broad appeal are exactly the kinds of programming that can be justify government help.  That is it. 

I once had an economics prof at SFU who was a staunch advocate of free markets.  He, like me, didn't support government intervention into the lives of free people.  He, like me, wanted the government out of the entertainment business.  He recommended that governments subsidize only the most unpopular, offensive and objectionable programming and do so in an up-front and open way.  Only then would the taxpayers demand an end to tax dollars being funneled into the entertainment industry.  With that in mind maybe the Conservatives are way off base with this legislation.