Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge is pitching a massive overhaul of CBC/Radio-Canada that would see the broadcaster's news programming be ad free, and its pe...

CBC’s funding increases

CBC/Radio-Canada’s funding by the federal government is well below the average funding of G7 countries, which is $62.20 per capita. Currently, the government grants approximately $1.38 billion to CBC/Radio-Canada, which represents approximately $33.66 per capita, thereby placing Canada in sixth place in the Group of Seven (G7) in terms of public funding per capita for its national public broadcaster. The per capita funding that CBC/Radio-Canada receives is therefore equal to approximately half of the G7 average. The Minister intends to bring Canada more into line with its G7 counterparts.

  • Cows Look Like MapsM
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    14 days ago

    And vote in the Ontario election today (February 27). The last election had the worst voter turnout since confederation.

    • TheGoddessAnoia@lemmy.caEnglish
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      13 days ago

      Cows, I have voted in every election at every level since I became eligible to vote over 50 years ago, yes, including today’s. If Doug Ford is still in office tomorrow, it won’t be because I didn’t turn out.