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In direct contrast to PP:

Carney pledges $150M boost to 'underfunded' CBC

Liberal Leader Mark Carney said on Friday that his government would provide an initial $150-million annual funding increase to CBC and Radio-Canada as part of a new mandate for the public broadcaster.

"When we compare ourselves to the U.K., France or Germany, we see that our public broadcaster is underfunded," Carney said in French during a campaign stop in Montreal. "That has to change."

That initial funding top-up could rise, Carney said.

"We expect that in the coming years, we will continue to increase that funding until it can be compared to that provided by other public broadcasters."

Carney also said funding of the CBC and Radio-Canada would be made statutory, meaning any changes would have to be approved by Parliament, not just the government's cabinet.

"Canadians themselves and their entire Parliament must decide on the future of Radio-Canada/CBC — not ideologues," he said.