Conservative senator calls for government to freeze CBC funding after the broadcaster’s CEO says the CBC is preparing to end traditional TV, radio broadcasts to go digital
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has accused CBC president Catherine Tait of launching a partisan attack on him, saying she is “not even pretending to be unbiased” based on her remarks in a Globe and Mail interview this week.
But MPs and CBC supporters expressed disquiet that the plans could cut off Canadians who rely on radio and TV for their news, including car radios. “That means meeting Canadians where they are now, instead of shifting resources and priorities to the future,” Ms. Boltman added. She said the CBC is “the only broadcaster in the system that has the obligation to serve all Canadians,” including rural audiences that may only have TV.In the Senate on Tuesday, Conservative Senator Leo Housakos called on the government to freeze the CBC’s funding, saying Ms. Tait’s goal “would be in violation of the CBC’s broadcasting licence that requires that they provide service to all Canadians and to all regions.
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