The CBC regularly faces a barrage of criticism from competitors who claim it unfairly competes for advertising dollars with private companies that don’t receive anywhere near the same government support
But Tait says the public broadcaster doesn’t really have a choice. It needs both public and private money to ensure some level of revenue stability.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, who has been consistently ahead in recent polls, reportedly suggested as a leadership candidate that he would gut funding to the CBC’s news division if he becomes prime minister. Following her speech to the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, Tait refused to say if the prospect of Scheer becoming prime minister in the fall worries her.
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