There’s a need for new laws to ensure the future of CBC, said Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge on Thursday in an update on the new mandate for the public broadcaster.
She proposed removing the CBC’s budget out of the political realm, and instead through a per capita funding model based on the size of the population.
“CBC does not belong to the Liberals or the Conservatives. It does not belong to any political party. It belongs to Canadians,” said St-Onge.
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Heritage Minister holding a news conference on CBC now
So far, she wants to remove the money taxpayers pay for the CBC to be removed from the budget so we cannot see it as a line item anymore… and stick in "statutory appropriations" instead
Sounds like the Liberal… pic.twitter.com/ECpLmymYUH
— Kris Sims (@kris_sims) February 20, 2025
