Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is sticking to his promise to “defund” the CBC if his party forms the next government.
OTTAWA — In late 2023, Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said it was time for the federal government to redefine what the CBC does and how it does it.
That means the CBC's current role, its prospects for reform and its very existence are set to become election issues in the coming campaign. The Conservatives aren’t offering any details on how their plan would work. Damien Kurek, currently the party’s heritage critic, said in a media statement the Conservatives would"defund the CBC while preserving funding to ensure francophone Canadians continue to receive news services."
Menzies said that for the Conservatives, promising to defund the CBC"very much speaks to a significant portion of their base. It lights up a crowd. It has inspired fundraising like crazy." She said that while most Canadians don't want to see radical changes to the public broadcaster,"they want to see improvement."Critics of Poilievre’s plan have pointed out that cutting funding to English services alone would be difficult. The English-language CBC and French-language Radio-Canada share many resources, such as buildings.
"In those 30 years, the internet became a thing … The platforms on which the CBC operates have obviously changed," Andrews said, citing the addition of online news and the CBC Gem streaming service to the older TV and radio services.The Liberals haven’t offered many indications of how they plan to do that.
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