TROY MEDIA: A former CBC host’s claims of bias point to deeper problems at Canada’s public broadcaster
By Doug Firby Canada’s national broadcaster is one of the few remaining news organizations with the reach and capacity to cover what truly matters. CBC/Radio-Canada is an essential institution—a counterweight to the U.S. media machine and a meaningful alternative to the mindless pap on commercial radio. It helps preserve our national identity. Funded by taxpayers, the CBC is mandated under the Broadcasting Act to serve all Canadians, regardless of region, background or political belief. That’s why it’s so important to hold the CBC to account, and to understand why some Canadians feel so mistreated by the broadcaster that they wish it would disappear. This issue was thrust into the spotlight last week with the dramatic resignation of Travis Dhanraj. Once a rising star and the national face of Marketplace and Canada Tonight , Dhanraj had become one of the relatively few visible minority journalists in a high-profile national on-air role at CBC—a fact that added weight to his allegati...