Comments on: Harper and the CBC http://jamieleigh.com/blog/2009/03/27/harper-and-the-cbc/ Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:21:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Clark http://jamieleigh.com/blog/2009/03/27/harper-and-the-cbc/comment-page-1/#comment-8721 David Clark Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:54:57 +0000 http://jamieleigh.com/blog/?p=345#comment-8721 I have watched the CBC for at least the last 40 years. They are very biased and continuously tell Canadians what being a Canadian is. The problem is that their view doesn't represent the country we live in at all. Nobody has a monopoly on what is Canadian including me or you. Canadians currently provide the CBC with just over $1 billion in annual subsidies. The government is asking all departments in government to provide them with a 5% reduction in expenses. That equates to $50 million from the amount sent to the CBC. The government provides no assistance to the CBC's competitors even though they all compete for the same advertising dollar. How fair is that? Mr Harper didn't hide the fact that some cuts to funding across the government were coming and a convincing majority of Canadians gave him the mandate to implement those policies. He didn't single out the CBC or threaten to get rid of their billion dollar subsidy. He actually has the power over the next 4 years to do exactly that so let's hope the artsy types don't get into a battle that they will surely lose. I have watched the CBC for at least the last 40 years. They are very biased and continuously tell Canadians what being a Canadian is. The problem is that their view doesn’t represent the country we live in at all. Nobody has a monopoly on what is Canadian including me or you.

Canadians currently provide the CBC with just over $1 billion in annual subsidies. The government is asking all departments in government to provide them with a 5% reduction in expenses. That equates to $50 million from the amount sent to the CBC. The government provides no assistance to the CBC’s competitors even though they all compete for the same advertising dollar. How fair is that?

Mr Harper didn’t hide the fact that some cuts to funding across the government were coming and a convincing majority of Canadians gave him the mandate to implement those policies. He didn’t single out the CBC or threaten to get rid of their billion dollar subsidy. He actually has the power over the next 4 years to do exactly that so let’s hope the artsy types don’t get into a battle that they will surely lose.

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