Pierre Poilievre is walking a tightrope by decrying the CBC, but defending Radio-Canada
For any viewer of both the CBC’s English and French networks, there is an obvious reason why Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is sparing Radio-Canada in his attacks on the public broadcaster.
Ms. Tait has played into Mr. Poilievre’s hands by accusing him of stoking “a lot of CBC-bashing” and challenging his contention that a Conservative government would maintain funding for Radio-Canada while cutting off the CBC. Every time Ms. Tait opens her mouth to defend the CBC, more money pours into Tory coffers.
,” and has not been touched since. Jean Chrétien apparently never got wind of the change, though: After the razor-thin No victory in the 1995 Quebec referendum, he complained that “there is a mandate of the CBC to promote national unity,” and “that was not really the main preoccupation that they had in the many, many nights that I watched them.”
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