Canadian budget bill contains rude shock for the CBC

[Locutus]

Keep in mind our little column is written by two labor puppets:


Only an idiot bites the hand that feeds them. That’s just common sense unless you believe your job requires you to do it . . . if you’re, say, a parliamentary budget officer, an auditor general or a public broadcaster. Then it’s an occupational hazard and you do it even if it means smaller rations.

But what if you end up with a kick in the teeth?

That’s pretty much what’s happening to CBC with the few lines the government sneaked into its latest omnibudget bill, C-60. If this senseless provision passes, the government will sit at the management table of the largest news organization in the country.

“The CBC may think it is a special, independent, Crown agency. This is wrong.” Those are the words of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who is apparently pretending he’s never read the Broadcasting Act. That act defines the arm’s-length relationship between the government and CBC, which will be obliterated if the government can dictate the terms of negotiation with union and non-union employees.

The door will be wide open for narrow partisan interests to trump the mandate of the public broadcaster.


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[captain morgan]

Broadcasting Act. That act defines the arm’s-length relationship between the government and CBC, which will be obliterated if the government can dictate the terms of negotiation with union and non-union employees.

... But it is considered 'arms-length' to be 100% funded by the gvt?

What a laugh

 

[relic]

Can't have those nosy journalists holding back the curtain so people can see the real wizard.No you people like it in your bubble.
Fascist swine.

 

[Palindrome]

captain morgan: But it is considered 'arms-length' to be 100% funded by the gvt?

Yes, like the armed forces or national parks, it is funded by our taxes. It belongs to the whole country, all of the people - not to the party in office at any given moment. That way lies tyranny.

 

[Cliffy]

Yes, like the armed forces or national parks, it is funded by our taxes. It belongs to the whole country, all of the people - not to the party in office at any given moment. That way lies tyranny.

Uh! We already have that. Harpo and his goons have seen to that.

 

[Palindrome]

I know. They announced in 2010 at the G-20. We've seen public broadcasting gradually turned into the mouthpiece of... well... the usual.

 

[captain morgan]

Yes, like the armed forces or national parks, it is funded by our taxes. It belongs to the whole country, all of the people - not to the party in office at any given moment. That way lies tyranny.

Sure, but the Armed Forces and National Parks aren't screaming to have blank cheques written without any oversight or input... In fact, you might see that the gvt has a strong presence in both the aforementioned, so why is CBC magically excused from this?

I know. They announced in 2010 at the G-20. We've seen public broadcasting gradually turned into the mouthpiece of... well... the usual.

Who? The Liberal Party of Canada?

 

[taxslave]

Yes, like the armed forces or national parks, it is funded by our taxes. It belongs to the whole country, all of the people - not to the party in office at any given moment. That way lies tyranny.

The CBC is run by and for a bunch of pigs in Toronto and it's sole purpose is to present Toronto's views to the rest of Canada. Huge waste of tax dollars.
Everytime Flaherty stands up for taxpayers the lefards cry.

 

[Palindrome]

In fact, you might see that the gvt has a strong presence in both the aforementioned,

The army brass lets politicians interfere in personnel selection and promotion? I'm surprised. But i wouldn't be surprised if the Harpoons approved strip-mining in Banff. They can - my contention is that it would be wrong.
After him, the flood, right?

The CBC is run by and for a bunch of pigs in Toronto

Maybe so. As long as a public broadcasting network exists, it can be reformed. Once it ceases to exist, there will be no public voice at all. Just the wholly owned stations of the moguls who already tell most of the people what to think about everything.

 

[Nuggler]

8O The CBC is fastly becoming as relevant as Sun News.................even less so.

 

[taxslave]

8O The CBC is fastly becoming as relevant as Sun News.................even less so.

Been my opinion of CBC for about 30 years. The farther from Toronto you live the less relevant CBC is to your life. Satalite radio is one of the best things that ever happened to rural Canada.

 

[lone wolf]

Funny how CBC was born to entertain folk who could afford First Class....

 

[petros]

Cats that are on fire and rotting critters. What started this trend? Hiding the hamster?

I hear Pet Shop Boys playing in the back ground rather than the familiar Sweet Home Alabama.




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8O The CBC is fastly becoming as relevant as Sun News.................even less so.

CTV seems to have picked up the ball and ran with it. Which wing are they?

4 minutes of commercials on radiotwo are coming.

 

[captain morgan]

The army brass lets politicians interfere in personnel selection and promotion? I'm surprised. But i wouldn't be surprised if the Harpoons approved strip-mining in Banff. They can - my contention is that it would be wrong.
After him, the flood, right?

The senior guys at CBC are already appointed by gvt.... Kinda sinks yer ship, don't it?

By the way, I love the grand deflection on strip mining in Banff.... You must work for the IPCC

 

[L Gilbert]

Don't get tv except for the Knowledge Network and any ads on radio pretty much go in one ear and out the other anyway. Not a biggie. Radio 2 & 3 are handy but not necessary. Er, and I'll quit listening to Radio 1 if they dump The Debaters and Terry O'Reilly's The Age of Persuasion. Satellite and internet radio RAWCKS!

 

[Palindrome]

Don't get tv except for the Knowledge Network

That's next, along with TVO. I see no chance of them surviving on member subscriptions. Look at poor old PBS, limping along with antique concerts and documentaries.
Oh well, more's been lost, i suppose.

 

[tay]

Personally I'm calling for a ban on any CTV news people being allowed to join any Political Parties or be appointed to anything involving taxpayer money........