Comments on: CBC Facing a Strategic Review http://www.insidethecbc.com/cbc-facing-a-strategic-review/ The official blog of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Sat, 22 Jan 2011 17:31:08 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Federal budget "good news" for CBC | Newslab.ca http://www.insidethecbc.com/cbc-facing-a-strategic-review/comment-page-1/#comment-36992 Federal budget "good news" for CBC | Newslab.ca Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:32:53 +0000 http://www.insidethecbc.com/?p=3163#comment-36992 [...] lack of any “reallocations” was a relief to CBC as it feared its strategic review could have led to new [...] [...] lack of any “reallocations” was a relief to CBC as it feared its strategic review could have led to new [...]

]]> By: Madeline Bruce http://www.insidethecbc.com/cbc-facing-a-strategic-review/comment-page-1/#comment-25006 Madeline Bruce Sun, 24 May 2009 01:39:19 +0000 http://www.insidethecbc.com/?p=3163#comment-25006 This casual draining away of Canadian content on CBC television is more dangerous than you might think. Tune in to any episode of the CBC program The Hour and you will find it packed with American celebrities who plug their movies and books for free on our Canadian tax-payer funded airwaves. Meanwhile, Canadian talent goes unsung, and unrecognized. The prize-winning, internationally acclaimed Canadian TV series Intelligence never made it to a third season. The producer, director, and writer Chris Haddock, who also produced DaVinci's Inquest, has been cut off at the knees, at the height of his creative powers. This is a national disgrace. CBC staff have been coached to downplay "anti-american sentiment". The Stephen Harper Conservative government is more than happy to merge more and more with the U.S. What madness! They have plenty to learn from Canada, not the other way around! The planning meetings for the so-called Security and Prosperity partnership between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico are taking place behind closed doors. The wealthy international corporate elite get invited, and they, unelected, are calling the shots now. Wake up Canadians. Canada is too precious to lose. I don't want to be an American, with the American Military walking down my street. This casual draining away of Canadian content on CBC television is more dangerous than you might think. Tune in to any episode of the CBC program The Hour and you will find it packed with American celebrities who plug their movies and books for free on our Canadian tax-payer funded airwaves. Meanwhile, Canadian talent goes unsung, and unrecognized. The prize-winning, internationally acclaimed Canadian TV series Intelligence never made it to a third season. The producer, director, and writer Chris Haddock, who also produced DaVinci’s Inquest, has been cut off at the knees, at the height of his creative powers. This is a national disgrace. CBC staff have been coached to downplay “anti-american sentiment”. The Stephen Harper Conservative government is more than happy to merge more and more with the U.S. What madness! They have plenty to learn from Canada, not the other way around! The planning meetings for the so-called Security and Prosperity partnership between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico are taking place behind closed doors. The wealthy international corporate elite get invited, and they, unelected, are calling the shots now. Wake up Canadians. Canada is too precious to lose. I don’t want to be an American, with the American Military walking down my street.

]]> By: Madeline Bruce http://www.insidethecbc.com/cbc-facing-a-strategic-review/comment-page-1/#comment-23518 Madeline Bruce Sun, 17 May 2009 05:24:39 +0000 http://www.insidethecbc.com/?p=3163#comment-23518 The CBC is precious to Canadian citizens. It is a vital, irreplaceable part of our identity. I am against the increasing merger of Canada with the US. The so-called Security and Prosperity Partnership is being brokered behind closed doors, and away from parliamentary process, and from scrutiny by the press and from ordinary citizens. It bespeaks the end of democracy, the demise of protective regulations regarding pollution and decent wages that our forfathers fought and died for. Protestors are severely rejected from outside of these secret meetings of the faceless wealthy and powerful elite, by big battalions of armed riot police. Canadian citizens need fearless journalism more than ever. The CBC is precious to Canadian citizens. It is a vital, irreplaceable part of our identity. I am against the increasing merger of Canada with the US. The so-called Security and Prosperity Partnership is being brokered behind closed doors, and away from parliamentary process, and from scrutiny by the press and from ordinary citizens. It bespeaks the end of democracy, the demise of protective regulations regarding pollution and decent wages that our forfathers fought and died for. Protestors are severely rejected from outside of these secret meetings of the faceless wealthy and powerful elite, by big battalions of armed riot police. Canadian citizens need fearless journalism more than ever.

]]> By: Kev http://www.insidethecbc.com/cbc-facing-a-strategic-review/comment-page-1/#comment-23368 Kev Thu, 14 May 2009 21:12:24 +0000 http://www.insidethecbc.com/?p=3163#comment-23368 But are SMT still getting their bonuses? That's the crucial issue here. But are SMT still getting their bonuses? That’s the crucial issue here.

]]> By: Steve-O from Waterdown http://www.insidethecbc.com/cbc-facing-a-strategic-review/comment-page-1/#comment-23319 Steve-O from Waterdown Mon, 11 May 2009 19:03:12 +0000 http://www.insidethecbc.com/?p=3163#comment-23319 I understand that the CBC is government funded, and accountable to all tax payers. However, the CBC has done its due diligence and cut their budget substantially. How about the Federal government do a thorough self-audit and cut out some of their outlandish and ridiculous spending? I understand that the CBC is government funded, and accountable to all tax payers. However, the CBC has done its due diligence and cut their budget substantially.

How about the Federal government do a thorough self-audit and cut out some of their outlandish and ridiculous spending?

]]> By: Glad no lock out until 2014 http://www.insidethecbc.com/cbc-facing-a-strategic-review/comment-page-1/#comment-23318 Glad no lock out until 2014 Mon, 11 May 2009 17:33:46 +0000 http://www.insidethecbc.com/?p=3163#comment-23318 The good news keeps coming. The good news keeps coming.

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