Quote:
Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
The Liberals are cutting almost $200M of funding from the CBC. I can't believe PP would do this to our national broadcaster especially during such a critical time where information is so critical and valuable.
|
This is actually a good example of why Poilievre is a failure.
The Liberals opted to not continue $190M in provisional top up funding for the CBC for 2026-27, bringing their operating budget back down to about where it was in 2024-25. That's a pretty reasonable move given overall government fiscal pressures and won't really impact the CBC's core operations.
Poilievre meanwhile is so ideologically focused that he thought talking about essentially abolishing the CBC was a good idea. If he was more pragmatic, he would have talked about cutting the budget a bit to provide better value, but he's not. But what can you expect from a guy who thought going on Jordan Peterson's show to do a pre-election victory lap was a good idea when he was trying to appeal to moderates.
And he's continuing to flail. Léger (basically the gold standard for Canadian polling) just released a poll today showing the Liberals opening up a 14 point lead over the Conservatives.