The moment it was announced every single specialty channel filed to have their license changed to remove the content clauses and be defined as general entertainment channels. (Up there the CRTC licenses everything, not just broadcast channels, and those licenses include content and format clauses) Multiple channels like BPMTV, Argent, ichannel, Sun News and GolTV Canada flat out folded, others like M3, Musimax, Bite, TVTropolis, Twist, Bold and Teletoon Retro switched formats and rebranded, and multiple others like Much, Vrak, MusiquePlus, Comedy, Showcase, Space, E!, Family, Slice and W replaced much of their originals with reruns of US programs due to budget cuts as a result of it. One company Stornoway, ended up folding all 3 of their channels since they didn't have ties to any of the conglomerates and relied on the ad revenue they get from being carried as part of tiers with popular channels like YTV, Showcase, Much and TSN.
Those who went a-la-carte are now paying anywhere from $3-10 EACH for channels that previously cost providers less than 50 cents when bundled with their more popular sister stations, while those who stuck with the tiers lost many channels and program options since in addition to the channels that folded or switched formats, providers also started dropping many category B channels which don't have the same guaranteed carriage like Category A channels do.