CBC Taxpayer Abuse
The CBC is losing advertising revenue quickly and will be heading to the trough… story here.
Now is the time for the government to force the CBC into accountability – they could use a page from the Democrat’s bailout of the auto makers and banks.
1) No bonuses for executives – CBC execs are public servants. Kill the million dollar bonus.
2) Deal with the unions. CBC employs 10,200 people paying out $771,074,000 in salaries and benefits. This means that the average payout per employee at the CBC is $75,595. Cut the salaries by at least 10% and freeze hiring.
3) Show a plan of profitability (or a year-by-year reduction of government cash). If you’re selling ads against the other networks, you should at least level the playing field.
4) Provide programming that produces ratings in the top 30 Canadian shows – and the only show CBC has that anyone watches – HNC – doesn’t count. (Actually HNC could probably be sold for a small fortune)
Better yet, Harper should tell them to go to hell… wait until their party gets back in power.
Let’s have a referendum on the CBC – decide if they are even relevant anymore. CTV and Global seem to be getting all the viewers.
I say lets split the billion we give to the CBC and award it in proportion to the ratings of Canadian networks we watch.
Seem fair?
More on the CBC taxpayer abuse story here..
And the BCB is looking to playing games with the government.
Plus – an ad that needs to run:
photo credit: Graham Ballantyne
February 22nd, 2009 at 11:01 am
Sacred cow of the left, sadly the CBC is a world unto itself!
February 22nd, 2009 at 1:37 pm
The CBC never was very good at math.
Their senior political correspondent reported that Sarah Palin’s daughter was 5 months pregnant and the mother of a 4 1/2 month old baby.
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/09/03/jonathan-kay-the-cbc-s-appalling-smear-on-sarah-palin.aspx
February 22nd, 2009 at 5:30 pm
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February 23rd, 2009 at 12:21 am
Isn’t it amazing that CBC staffers are getting paid outrageous salaries (and undoubtedly perks up the ying yang) while the rest of the Canadian media is having to cut back and layoff lots of people.
Now the CBC wants EVEN MORE of our money!!!
I am truly incredulous!
February 28th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Dear taxpayers and media decision makers:
As a taxpayer I am willing to pay more to keep CBC RADIO that I am to fund anything else in our country. It has given me value and joy and knowledge while causing me less grief than any other institution in our great land. I have been a loyal CBC listener for over 35 years, and find their radio programming to have been wholesome, educational and insightful all this time. While I have watched CBC radio as well, I do not find nearly the same level of impact or quality there, since the programming is similar to other TV shows and also includes advertising.
The minor financial difficulties they face now pale in comparison to almost any boondoggle foisted on our nation by any of our left or right governments.
PLEASE DO NOT ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DESTROY THE ONLY INSTITUTION THAT BUILDS CANADIAN SPIRIT UNLESS YOU CAN GUARANTEE A BETTER REPLACEMENT!
Not being left or right, CBC RADIO has from the time I was six cheered and educated me with tales of the world, unbiased from the left and the right. From the CBC I understand the left is loony, I understand the right is tight. I actually only wish we could have proportional representation so we can ALL put our two cents in!
From the CBC I learned that Canadians think, try to see all sides, try to be tolerant, and have a sense of humour. I learned to be a Canadian from CBC, from amazing shows like ‘as it happens’ and ‘quirks and quarks’. I learned about the world and true democracy from an institution that was able to criticize the liberals or conservatives of the day without having to answer to masters above.
This is the only institution that truly is Canadian. I dare anyone to suggest some other.
Without the CBC our national identity (and our ability to influence the world) will fade, and our amazing Canadian positive attitude (and nonjudgemental and accepting ability that involves) will fade. What will it be replaced with? Advertising?
WHERE ELSE CAN YOU TUNE IN THE RADIO DIAL AND NOT BE BOMBARDED WITH ADS?
I LOVE the fact that CBC radio is advertising free. It is ONLY about the content, and from relevant (the latest scandal, environmental policy or market effects) to obscure (like Yukon ice worms, tapeworm DNA, or the latest cheese price fixing scandal in Belgium) it is intelligent and thoughtful at alevel for all. IT ENCOURAGES THOUGHT! WHERE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC MEDIA DO YOU GET THAT??
We need thoughtfulness and curiosity and Canadian values more than we need another commercial radio station. Most people do not realize that most FM radio stations now are part of one large corporate network, Clear Channel, which dominates with an uninspired homogeneous brand of pop, mixed with advertising. If that is what you want, continue to disband the CBC.
If you want to create future generations of thoughtful, polite, educated, generous, interested, fair, nice, and proud Canadians, please continue to support CBC radio.
Otherwise our good Canadian influence will be gone from the world.
Respectfully,
A very, very proud Canadian,
Phil Watney
May 21st, 2012 at 4:16 am
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