The real problem is that any channel is allowed to get mandatory fees from cable subscribers. If the CRTC had canadian consumers best interests at hearth they would mandate ala-cart offerings and have to subscribers forced to buy anything.
So maybe the Sun can actively criticize the CRTC for giving them money while at the same time cashing the checks. It would be pretty funny. I am not sure it is hypocritical as long as they continue to advocate for change and disclose that they are a beneficiary of this toxic benefit. If they chose not to take the subsidy and go bankrupt then no stations would be rallying against the subsidy.
But their end goal is probably just to take taxpayers money because its okay to subsidize private corporations just not public ones or people. Thats the true spirit of capitalism.
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