Saving one of Canada’s most controversial institutions won’t be easy
“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.
One way it could happen is the CPC limits CBC resources every year, forcing it to gradually degrade, & increasingly rely on advertisers. Then when the plug is finally pulled, it won’t seem so bad, because it’s so degraded anyway. A lot of damage could be done in the span of a few years.
I don’t want this to happen, but I think it’s what might happen.
Also, consider from the article:
The McGill study says only 40 percent of rural Canadians are satisfied with their local coverage
One way it could happen is the CPC limits CBC resources every year, forcing it to gradually degrade, & increasingly rely on advertisers. Then when the plug is finally pulled, it won’t seem so bad, because it’s so degraded anyway.
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One way it could happen is the CPC limits CBC resources every year, forcing it to gradually degrade, & increasingly rely on advertisers. Then when the plug is finally pulled, it won’t seem so bad, because it’s so degraded anyway. A lot of damage could be done in the span of a few years.
I don’t want this to happen, but I think it’s what might happen.
Also, consider from the article:
AKA starve the beast