CBC/Radio-Canada’s new CEO, Marie-Philippe Bouchard, is warning that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s pledge to defund the state broadcaster is an “existential threat” to its survival that could “cripple” its programming in both official languages. Bouchard said that if Poilievre were to slash $1 billion of the organization’s $1.4 billion annual government subsidy, the French services of CBC might not survive even if the English service was eliminated. “The math just doesn’t work. There’s a serious risk that it would cripple not only the English service but also the French service. So I’m just having difficulty reconciling all of that" ... CLICK HERE for the full story
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