Radio-Canada should get back to core mandate, says Conservative Quebec senator | National Newswatch

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OTTAWA — The federal Conservatives' top Quebec Tory says the party's concerns about the CBC do not apply to the broadcaster's French-language wing, but one of its senators suggests there is a need to look at it mandate.

Boisvenu says the party's position has always been that if the public money the broadcaster receives is put into programming such as variety shows that compete with the private market, that's an unhealthy situation. Poilievre did not ask company to do the same for Radio-Canada, the broadcaster's French-language programming wing, and has said in past media interviews that he sees value in offering services to francophone communities.

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