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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
That is the key difference between the BBC and CBC.
BBC can keep talented British actors/writers/producers etc in Britian and have them work on projects for the BBC.
In Canada any of the talent is going to make the trip south of the border where they will get paid much more handsomely then any of CTV/CBC/Global etc are willing to pay.
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This is exactly my point. If the CBC received the same level of public funding that the BBC does, then -- just like the UK -- we could afford to keep more of Canada's best creative talent here instead of having them move to the US for a bigger pay day. It's hypocritical to complain that we're spending too much on public broadcasting while simultaneously complaining that the content sucks.
That said, saying that Canada shouldn't have a public broadcaster at all is a fair opinion, even if it's not one that I personally share. What really grinds my gears, though, is when people say the CBC should be more like the BBC but they don't want to fund it accordingly.