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Old 08-07-2013, 08:59 PM   #172
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Originally Posted by MarchHare View Post
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.
Personally I could not possibly care less where our Canadian television talent goes. Many of our hockey players already leave to the states, why should I care where the actors, directors and producers go?
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