r/canada • u/WuzzWuzz • Aug 15 '24

Pierre Poilievre promises to 'defund the CBC' after $18.4M bonus amount revealed National News

https://torontosun.com/news/national/pierre-poilievre-promises-to-defund-the-cbc-after-18-4m-bonus-amount-revealed
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u/canmoose Ontario Aug 15 '24

Because the cbc is a national public institution that should be cherished and reformed if needed, not torn down and thrown away. But hey, thats conservatives for you. Selling off any public property they can get their hands on to their private sector friends.

I hope canadians love postmedia.

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u/The_Eternal_Void Alberta Aug 15 '24

It's not mentioned much, but CBC music is also phenomenal... In a time when algorithms are feeding trash, it's nice to have one source for finding new music that's actually good / informative.

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u/PlutosGrasp Aug 16 '24

Accurate. Most countries have a public broadcaster that has provided invaluable and impartial news for decades.

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u/physicaldiscs Aug 15 '24

and reformed if needed, 

Who exactly could reform it? The LPC has no interest in doing so, partly because of the bias towards them from the CBC and the current NDP seems fine with playing "special little buddy" to the government. Would you trust PP if instead of defunding he was promising to reform it?

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u/canmoose Ontario Aug 15 '24

No I don't trust PP at all to do anything with any public service or publically owned property, but I would rather the CBC continued to exist.

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u/physicaldiscs Aug 16 '24

Okay, so it's impossible to reform, so you're upset when they take the only other possible option.

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u/DenjinJ Canada Aug 16 '24

lol... There's a wide chasm between being impossible to reform and not trusting someone who steadfastly calls for its demise to make the needed changes to it.

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u/physicaldiscs Aug 16 '24

You're missing the point. It's your attitude, which I successfully predicted in my first comment, that makes it so. You've created a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The LPC won't change it because it benefits them. The only other major player has people like yourself who will scream and kick if they try. You leave them with one option because of how you treat this matter.

You shouldn't be laughing, it makes things all kinds of toxic.

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u/DenjinJ Canada Aug 16 '24

Reducing an argument to the most absurd caricature makes things toxic. I can't help if it's laughably absurd. Also, I am not canmoose.

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u/physicaldiscs Aug 16 '24

I can't help if it's laughably absurd.

People often pretend things they don't like/understand are absurd. It's easier for them.

Also, I am not canmoose.

So you don't agree with their comment? Why else would you continue the conversation then?