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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
You work for "free" until June? So you get absolutely NO advantage from police protection, you went to private school and have never seen a doctor?
When I saw this article I was like, wow, this should show up on CP within seconds. Aside from the Oilers and Canucks, we have CP's two main hatreds tied up in one story: the CBC and Quebec.
Right now, from what I read, the new name is "Ici Radio Canada". The "Radio Canada" is still part of the name, but that wouldn't make the story so sensational and get the anti-Quebec people as riled up.
As for the CBC and tax money.... MOST developed countries have a national broadcaster that is at least partially paid for from tax money. The purpose of the national broadcaster isn't to make money, but rather to an end that could not be met by a for-profit broadcaster. When you limit the profit motive, you can get away with "Marketplace". When you limit the profit motive, you can afford to take risks such as with "Little Mosque on the Prairie". When you limit the profit motive you can afford to promote young Canadian talent the way CBC Radio does while commercial radio sticks with the tried and true. And its not just new musicians that CBC and CBC Radio promote - it's comedians, authors, artists of all forms... And I think that is worth the drop-in-a-bucket that we pay for them. Actually, as we slash and burn the CBC, the more American and British shows they are forced to air as they become more profit-driven, taking away from their mandate. Which then makes people question why we have them it at all.
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I agree with your post but Little Mosque on the Praire was a terrible show. It was one of the most prejudiced and insulting shows I have ever watched. Prejudiced and insulting to small town Saskatchewan. It also wasn't a risk, it was a cheap copy of corner gas which the CBC rejected when Brent Butt first pitched it.
Aside from that I fully agree with of what the mandate of the CBC should be but the CBC due to all of our cuts behaves the same as the for profit broadcaster looking for profit over the promotion of Canada.