The Harper government is after the public broadcaster. A Harper MP from Manitoba wants to know how much money is earned by Peter “Pastor” Mansbridge, Rick Mercer and George Stroumboulopoulos. Also such things as how much the CBC spends on liquor and hotels. The CBC is strenuously trying to block this kind of information. But [...]
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SHOULD THE CBC COME CLEAN?
December 5, 2011SHOULD THE CBC USE OUR MONEY TO GUARD ITS SECRETS?
September 7, 2011Canadians subsidize the CBC to the tune of a billion dollars a year. Now the Mother Corp is using some of that tax money to protect its secrets. Canadian taxpayers are rightly upset that the CBC is going to court to challenge a ruling that says the CBC must be more accountable with tapayer money. [...]
SHOULD THE CBC GET MORE TAXPAYER MONEY?
August 16, 2011Later in the fall the CBC will celebrate its 75th birthday. The Mother Corporation is in a bind. It has a mandate to provide Canadians with first-rate Canadian content. The problem is that producing Canadian content is a very expensive proposition. It is much easier and more economical to purchase cheap American shows. Which begs [...]
SHOULD HARPER CUT FUNDS TO THE CBC?
July 15, 2011Canadian taxpayers cough up a $billion in subsidies for the CBC. Heritage Minister James Moore now says the Corporation could now face a cut of five per cent across the board to help Ottawa slay the deficit. Five per cent across the board would be a huge cut. Moore added that “The idea that the [...]
