CBC/Radio-Canada — which received around $1.3 billion in public funding in the 2022-2023 fiscal year
Well, that’s all I needed to hear. Shut the entire thing down and reduce our taxes, please. FFS.
How about we cut all federal funding for fossil fuel and mining companies instead?
Oil Change International finds Canadian governments provided $14 billion per year to oil, gas, coal. Source
The Canadian government announced that the 2022 budget would feature up to $3.8 billion in funding to support mining efforts in Canada over the next eight years. Source
I’m personally happy with my taxes funding public services like CBC.
While you could argue that we get taxed a lot, and that our taxes are not always well spent, the average person receives a ton of value for the amount of money they put in.
the average person receives a ton of value
I don’t doubt that they’re offering value to some people with the sheer number of TV and radio programming they offer, but the argument is whether taxpayers should be supporting them.
They generate over a half billion a year from ads and non-government funding, and they charge people (like Netflix does) for their “premium” content.
If they can’t sustain themselves through a normal business model, I don’t see why we have to keep their business going. $1.3 billion a year is not chump change.
Just to put that into perspective, we give the CBC more than we give Canada Post, VIA Rail, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Canadian Museum of Nature ,Canadian Transportation Agency, Department for Women and Gender Equality, Library and Archives of Canada, National Film Board, National Museum of Science and Technology, COMBINED.
Just to put that into perspective, we give the CBC more than we give Canada Post, VIA Rail, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Canadian Museum of Nature ,Canadian Transportation Agency, Department for Women and Gender Equality, Library and Archives of Canada, National Film Board, National Museum of Science and Technology, COMBINED.
What kind of Gish Gallop-ass argument is this? Random museums, a rail operator, various crown corps?
I’m sorry if that overwhelmed you.
The previous poster said that CBC offers “a ton of value” to the average Canadian.
I was pointing out that while true, we give them more money than other programs and services (combined) that offer all Canadians more value.
If you believe that an entertainment broadcaster deserves more money than our national postal and rail services (among a ton of other resources), then that’s your choice.
I don’t think they do, and I think Canadians would benefit more from having $1.3 billion allocated to other things.
Heck, the CBC gets more than Parks Canada, National Research Council of Canada, and almost as much as the Department of the Environment!
entertainment broadcaster
I think it’s a safe bet that most Canadians consider CBC primarily a news organization. Either way, comparing their budget to organizations that can bill customers directly, like Parks Canada or Canada Post, is incredibly dishonest.
I think it’s a safe bet that most Canadians consider CBC primarily a news organization.
Maybe. Maybe not. The fact is, the CBC doesn’t do only news, so we are funding their large entertainment wing, too.
Either way, comparing their budget to organizations that can bill customers directly is incredibly dishonest.
Well, CBC also has alternate revenue streams, including direct billing for their paid services (like Netflix or Disney).
What’s dishonest is the CBC claiming that their News Network is not publicly funded.
If you read the article you linked, you’ll see at the bottom that News Network is not allowed to receive public funds due to rules by the CRTC.
You’ll also see that even the CBC acknowledges that News Network benefits from the other CBC services that do receive funds, but that it doesn’t mean that News Network is publicly funded.
