“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.
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.