The Liberals promised to strengthen the CBC. Now They’re Cutting It.

Obviously a concern, but this substack leaves out details:

Bouchard’s memo said the savings will be separate from the federal government’s commitment during the spring election campaign to invest an additional $150 million in CBC/Radio-Canada.

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“However, it is important to remember that at this point we have been asked to develop proposals only. All of the proposals will be assessed by the government and final decisions reflected in the Main Estimates for 2026-2027

This proposal isn't to cut CBC's overall budget yet. On it's face, they are looking for individual initiatives to save money, while promising to increase overall spending. That would be a perfectly fine objective to improve effectiveness and efficiency. Just watch for those annual budgets.

The crux of this issue is there's more money available to push agendas and misinformation than there is market cap for authentic journalism. We need to free information and journalism from the clutches of capitalism -at least partially.

IMO a publicly funded entity like the CBC should provide infrastructure for independent journalism. They should be tasked with fostering a national association of qualified journalists, a logistical system to facilitate on-the-scene documentation, and platforming individually produced journalism. It would synergize with independent media that's largely relegated to youtube and social media.