tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post4414716459677090951..comments2024-03-05T06:32:42.206-05:00Comments on A Different Point of View....: Liberals take first small step toward rebuilding the CBC, but there are many miles to goNick Fillmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01164453733837765836noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-46425651743913399452017-08-27T07:52:07.733-04:002017-08-27T07:52:07.733-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-59797784185597966472017-07-21T15:03:59.314-04:002017-07-21T15:03:59.314-04:00Please read the last paragraph of this article by ...Please read the last paragraph of this article by former Wall St. Journal editor and Reagan economist.<br />http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2017/07/18/behold-pale-horse-rider-named-neocon-hell-follows/J.Duddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06662739639902170423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-78463178683276046002017-07-21T12:58:49.805-04:002017-07-21T12:58:49.805-04:00"Additional sources of revenue, such as grant..."Additional sources of revenue, such as grants from foundations, should be explored" Please no ... do not add donation funding into the mix by having CBC rely on grants from foundations. Media that rely on donation funding like American PBS are subject to being pressured by the donors to censor content. The simple fact that rich people have more money to donate than the rest of us, is the reason why donation funded media is predominantly partisan in favor of the politics of the rich. We want CBC to serve the interests of all Canadians. Give CBC the 900% increase in public funding that it requires so that it can be on par with the best funded public media in the world (Norway's)<br />Breezy Brian Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06363542498767795285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-68185573454081385912017-07-20T09:26:49.249-04:002017-07-20T09:26:49.249-04:00Just what I was about to comment. The east coast n...Just what I was about to comment. The east coast needs the rest of Canada to hear us more than ever. We are lost to Confederation, our economies sunk,our families continue to be stripped for cannon fodder to western ( Esp Alberta) interests, our industries were destroyed and we are advised to blow our small selves up with fracking to profit a bit for 5 minutes to ease the burden of our small selves on the national or western purse.<br /><br />Nick Fillmore, I cut my political conscience on the 4th Estate; are you convinced that this Board, with its never before recognized Acadien membership, will remember the east coast in any ventures?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-70020390138756890182017-06-26T16:44:21.020-04:002017-06-26T16:44:21.020-04:00Thanks Nick. We cross our fingers.Thanks Nick. We cross our fingers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-3421018104160719312017-06-26T15:56:30.143-04:002017-06-26T15:56:30.143-04:00Thank you Fiona. Sad but true. We must give the ne...Thank you Fiona. Sad but true. We must give the new Board and the CBC time to rebuild itself. It is possible.Nick Fillmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01164453733837765836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-3217904420145113122017-06-26T13:32:33.848-04:002017-06-26T13:32:33.848-04:0033 years ago, I moved from Toronto to a small city...33 years ago, I moved from Toronto to a small city where I knew no one. I had a new baby -- my first and only -- and a husband working three different jobs in three different places. CBC Radio saved my life. It connected me to other Canadians, to issues and ideas, in a way that stimulated me and enlivened my days and made me feel a part of an on-going dialogue about what it means to be an educated and informed and involved Canadian. <br />That CBC is no more. Regular radio news and political broadcasts are a sad joke -- the station might just as well read out the releases from the PMO. Discussion on important issues? There is only one point of view on anything under the purview of government. In the old days, I knew recognized a new acquaintance as a CBC listener from the breadth and depth of their understanding of issues. No longer. And yet we need a strong and principled national broadcaster now as never before. Please, bring it back, while we still have a country we can call our own. Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08233218541917910723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-39685909707816400672017-06-22T17:45:15.277-04:002017-06-22T17:45:15.277-04:00Here s a clue that depresses me, being from the ea...Here s a clue that depresses me, being from the east: small provinces not covered. Who else needs protection more than we do?<br /><br />Atlantic( yes nice they address Acadie but there are 4 provinces), the North and Saskatchewan.<br /><br />Yes it s just the selection committee but who will even notice when we are missing from the actuals?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-38910330398537039262017-06-22T16:37:45.174-04:002017-06-22T16:37:45.174-04:00Its all tied together the party in power ---their ...Its all tied together the party in power ---their now annual budget bank bailout/bail-in clause, quietly inserted and the CBC never openly revealing its presence or the misuse of taxpayer monies to bailout derivative gambling banks....(the big 6). Add the never-going to tell the public about the non-trade related ISDS (investor-state dispute) clauses in every trade deal, (including NAFTA) or the newly corporate takeover of all procurement contracts as of CETA and all subsequent trade agreements.....So much for public TV or our domestic economy ---see bilaterals.org .....As an aside the only person to even mention the 120 billion bank bailouts by Harper in 2009 on CBC was ....Unifor --Jim (and the panel sh sh him --but he stuck to his guns and spilled all the beans.....120 billion to our banks in 2009 (taxpayer monies with NO INTEREST charged---NAFTA lawsuits outstanding under ISDS clauses 2 billion and growing.....One wonders if there will even be taxpayers in time....Makes one wish we could determine how our tax dollars are allocated, yearly.....digitally of course....or maybe we should use our standing as taxpayers to finally protest.....?Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556920356554945561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-79825803927943042522017-06-22T15:29:37.224-04:002017-06-22T15:29:37.224-04:00Thanks. I just looked at it. I assume it is broadc...Thanks. I just looked at it. I assume it is broadcast only in BC? This is exactly the kind of thing that will draw people in.Nick Fillmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01164453733837765836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-91928678877034853492017-06-22T13:22:29.468-04:002017-06-22T13:22:29.468-04:00Lol! So you probably can guess my age.Lol! So you probably can guess my age.Nick Fillmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01164453733837765836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-103893784835428312017-06-22T13:09:05.085-04:002017-06-22T13:09:05.085-04:00CBC does have a show on climate change http://www....CBC does have a show on climate change http://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/2050-degrees-of-changeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-33930237540463422382017-06-22T09:05:49.069-04:002017-06-22T09:05:49.069-04:00I have always lived in remote places and CBC in th...I have always lived in remote places and CBC in the past had provided me with information and entertainment. Personal stories and all those light weight programs drive me crazy. As do the so called public affairs programs on TV. The Agenda on TVO is an example of that could be done. Journalists and party strategists taking part in gab fests is such a waste of time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-35050042587849421242017-06-21T22:51:02.701-04:002017-06-21T22:51:02.701-04:00I sometimes wonder where this country is headed. M...I sometimes wonder where this country is headed. Many people I know listen to golden oldie radio stations all day long and have as much interest in public affairs at any level as they have in a ball of dust. Out west, t's caterwaulin' country music. The CBC barely gets a look in. Quite what these people really think about Canada is moot. They just don't think or care, or actively pooh pooh the CBC with a smirk as if it were a bright thing to do.<br /><br />These folk are about as interesting as mud with generally conservative views on local social issues. The great unwashed therefore. They just sit there.<br /><br />So I do hope someone has some clue about the role of the CBC in bringing "Canadians" together. Because as it stands, all I see is a bunch of isolated villages spread out across this land of ours, whose only commonality is the paper money and coins we have. And that's going away.<br /><br />Unfocussed is what I'd call Canadians, with little interest in the country as a whole. Without the CBC for those who are actually awake, we might as well call the whole thing off. So I'm in favour of getting a revitalized CBC up and running to try and at least stir the sleepers from their general torpor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-65953605583343106782017-06-21T22:44:03.421-04:002017-06-21T22:44:03.421-04:00@Anonymous
Just like we still use 2X4s, we still ...@Anonymous<br /><br />Just like we still use 2X4s, we still do metaphors in the old system.rwwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512582677240907287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2732335530726828393.post-78298202965856728622017-06-21T19:02:12.292-04:002017-06-21T19:02:12.292-04:00"Liberals take first small step toward rebuil..."Liberals take first small step toward rebuilding the CBC, but there are many kilometres to go"<br /><br />Because it's 2017 in Canada.<br />42 years and counting since we converted. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com