New CBC boss wants ’national conversation’ on Conservatives’ vow to defund the public broadcaster
OTTAWA — With U.S. President Donald Trump making “territorial claims,” the new head of CBC says defunding the public broadcaster could erode a pillar of Canada’s cultural identity.
Marie-Philippe Bouchard, CEO of CBC-Radio-Canada, is calling for a “national conversation” on the Conservative promise to defund, and is launching a tour to get it started.
CBC’s new chief executive officer has suggested that Pierre Poilievre poses an “existential threat” to the public broadcaster.
Marie-Philippe Bouchard, who took over for Catherine Tait in early January, also said that despite backlash over bonuses given to executives in the past, she was unsure whether she would receive one herself.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has come under fire for hiring George Achi in a senior position after he previously instructed journalists at Canada’s state broadcaster not to refer to members of the internationally designated terrorist organization Hamas as “terrorists.”
In late 2023, Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said it was time for the federal government to redefine what the CBC does and how it does it.
A year later – and with a federal election expected some time this spring – her office is promising the minister will unveil the planned changes to the public broadcaster’s mandate in “due course.” But with Parliamentary business on hold until late March due to prorogation, and opposition parties champing at the bit to trigger an election, getting any legislative changes to the CBC’s mandate passed may be a long shot.
An Ottawa police detective who investigated potential links between COVID-19 vaccines and infant deaths has launched an $875,000 lawsuit against CBC.
She alleged the broadcaster conducted a malicious campaign against her through false reporting.
Undocumented in Canada, she’s emerging from the shadows to fight for equal rights
Monieya Jess never imagined her life in Canada would turn out like this, living undocumented, in the shadows of society. But now she’s risking deportation by speaking out — part of an effort to expose an underground workforce that’s vulnerable to exploitation and likely to grow.
“It’s a nightmare,” she said. “I try to live day by day.”
The 36-year-old from Jamaica left two sons behind in 2021 to pick strawberries at a farm in Nova Scotia on a 90-day temporary work permit. Jess left the farm shortly after she arrived, because she says her employer refused to help her get medical treatment for pain related to her work.
She’s from Jamaica and she’s here illegally so send her back.
This is the sort of uber left slop served up daily by the CBC.
A “sob story” about illegal aliens written without regard for the costs Canadians have to pay for destructive elite virtue signaling.
While Monday was a day celebrated by many in Canada and around the world, there were others who were devastated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement that he will be stepping down as Liberal leader and PM.
h/t Mauser
CBC’s senior management expressed frustration with media coverage of its $14.9 million in executive bonuses, according to internal emails obtained through Access to Information requests by Blacklock’s Reporter.
CBC executives complained that other news media published details about the bonuses without giving the public broadcaster adequate time to respond, even as the corporation implemented widespread job cuts and claimed financial difficulties.
I have a Christmas confession: there’s something I love about the CBC.
To some National Post readers, this might seem like the equivalent of saying Al-Qaeda had a few good ideas. But hear me out. At this festive time of the year — in the spirit of peace and love — let me make the case for why one specific program that used to air on CBC Radio deserves our affection.
The CBC used to air The Simpsons after school.
One of the best episodes was the Cape Fear homage, in which an FBI agent tries to change Homer’s last name to Thompson.
Earlier this month, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation was summoned to testify to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, regarding its case to defund the CBC.
As CTF Alberta Director and former longtime member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, I showed up. And when I did, accompanied by investigative reporter Ryan Thorpe, I gave three reasons for defunding.
Pierre Poilievre says you can count on him to defund CBC if he is elected prime minister.
… That doesn’t mean shutting down or selling off CBC, it means telling them they will get $1 billion per year less and they can stand on their own two feet. This promise, though, is just for CBC’s English services, it doesn’t apply to CBC’s French service, Radio Canada. Poilievre said there is a common sense reason for that.
h/t Mauser
The CBC, financed to the tune of around $1.4 billion by taxpayers, has imposed potentially “bogus” copyright claims on political content creators.
The Pleb Report, Northern Perspective, This Guys Garage, PortuguesePai, Made Great Canadian Media, and Unacceptable Fringe have been challenged by the national broadcaster, it is said.
A Commons heritage committee report has urged Parliament to increase funding for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), which currently receives $1.4 billion annually.
Blacklock’s Reporter says the CBC is requesting an additional $400 to $500 million per year, according to CEO Catherine Tait’s testimony at a November 25 hearing.
Does Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre have a secret team of intrepid researchers digging away in the backrooms of Parliament Hill?
After all, just look at how relentlessly the Tories have been going after the foibles and follies of Justin Trudeau’s government.
Most recently it was the controversies over Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault’s conflicting claims about his family’s Indigenous background that eventually forced his resignation.
Ex-CBC staffer defends CBC, colour me shocked.
