Heritage minister Bev Oda quietly held talks with academics in London England, seeking advice on how to handle the CBC, according to a report in yesterday’s Toronto Star:

In mid-September, Heritage Minister Bev Oda met informally in London, England, with a group of British academics to pick their brains about directions to take regarding the CBC. The industry minister, Maxime Bernier, is said to be well disposed toward considering a move to liberalize foreign ownership restrictions in broadcast media.

Could an annual tax on television sets be far behind?
Seriously, though, perhaps a shakeup is just what the media landscape needs. As the article notes, three years ago, a parliamentary committee concluded that CBC is “underfunded, unfocused, and lacking in accountability.” (The Committee made 97 recommendations. So far, Parliament has ignored the report and chosen to not implement a single recommendation.)
Maybe a kick in our collective ass isn’t such a bad idea.

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