“END THE MADNESS. Recall the committee. Defund the CBC.” Credit where it’s due to Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives for writing for radio, as I was taught at a CBC skills course many years ago: short and sharp, three beats, implied subject-verb-object.
The Tories are mad for this gimmick: axe the tax, build the homes, bring it home, fix the budget, stop the crime. It’s addictive and direct and Trumpy, apt to “win the vote” for them, and thus presenting, among other things, a direct existential threat to the CBC. It’s a threat that, starting this month, Catherine Tait, the outgoing president, CEO, and poster-person for bloated bureaucracy, gets to pass on to her successor, Marie-Philippe Bouchard, who hasn’t ticked off anyone significant—yet.
Jesus christ, I wish Pollievre would put down the fucking fascist playbook. Canada and the CBC are highly rated and respected for journalistic integrity in across respectable sources. And that’s the problem: fair and factual reporting threatens the lies constantly put forth by the CPC. But don’t worry, once he defunds the CBC, you’ll have no choice but to tune in to privately funded news sources, where “truth” is dictated by wealth before facts!
The fact that he’s been permitted to get away with lying constantly about the role of the CBC is a perhaps the biggest fucking insult I’ve had the displeasure of watching Canadians suffer.
Conservatives have been trumping up defunding the CBC at least as far back as Harper. It’s not exceptional that PP is doing the same. We need to push back hard if he gets a majority government against them following through with it. It’s what we had to do when Harper got a majority.
It’s an old Reform Party plank. Probably predates them, too. But it goes back at least to ol’ Preston Manning.
Removing the independent watchers is half their playbook – in addition to reducing tax for the rich, it’s all about removing guardrails on food safety, work safety, and now the guardrails on politics.
‘I wish this fascist was less fascist’ is a bizarre perspective.
May not be a very useful one, but it hardly seems bizarre. Of course I wish that fascists were less fascist! Then there would be less fascism, and I don’t like fascism and want there to be less of it! Wishing doesn’t do anything on its own, but it’s not a strange wish to have.
Defund PP! We’re ready for it
I’m ready for life without PP’s WACKO ideas…
Of course, PP wants to defund any media his backers can’t control.
I’m very tired of right wingers being able to unilaterally enact radical change by destroying things.
I’m just fucking sick of right wingers in general, honestly.
SOMEONE has been paying to blast every CBC YouTube video with a million bots for the last decade. Whadayawanna bet PP collects from the same people.
Polviere sees trump and thinks “I could do that too”. Step one: get rid of independent journalism, can’t have facts leak out to the public, now can we?
I’m ready for life without Pierre Polierve.
The CBC has done very well for Canada but has been woefully mismanaged. It needs a thorough middle and senior level housecleaning but that’s it.
And some funding holy shit. Back when Harper was ruining it all I could think was “he’s starving her and then is gonna pull out the shot gun and frown… Poor old girl needs to be put down, she’s so sick.” I can’t believe it’s still doing as well as it is after all that…
Every penny we spend at the CBC creates jobs for both creatives and technicians, and creates Canadian content that we can all enjoy and show the world. Also news, actual, reasonably down the middle, factual news.
Every penny of my taxes that goes to the CBC is well spent.
It’s called “starve the beast” and that’s exactly their goal.
claiming that CBC executives and managers are paid about half what they would be for the same private sector positions.
If that’s true why don’t they take private sector jobs?
I don’t know for CBC, never watched it, but SRC in Québec is top notch, full of good series and documentaries. But yes editorial for news is woke, I don’t watch their news.
Check out CBC Gem for tons of great content. Gary and his Demons is wild if you like animated adult comedy.
The CBC is utter garbage these days. Hearing their “journalists” blather is like listening to people failed out of the CIA’s propaganda training, can’t even hide their bullshit. I especially love it when they’re interviewing intelligent, thoughtful people and the interviewer starts arguing with them like a butt hurt 9 year old.
Your comment applies to this shameful cbc clip:
Note: the linked video was from 9 years ago
Take that info with what you will
It still applies today, PR gets a lot of bad faith opponents.
This is a very good example of what I’m talking about. Why’d Hanomansing even have him on? Might as well have done the whole demonstration himself instead of talking over him. Every time they have a guest on wants to replace the RCMP in any province with a provincial force, the hosts nearly have a melt down similar.
