Is it time to kill CBC ?
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It is time to kill a company when it ceases to and has no further possibility of making a profit. Even breaking even a company will tread water till it finds a new revenue stream. It is time to kill this money sucking beast. Put the CBC on the internet with programming that people want to watch and is profitable. Four rooms and Dragons den is the only programs that can make money. the rest is just filling time slots for the sake of having something on air.
Just abolish canada as a seperate country. It is a mishmash of different peoples anyway. Might as well become a handful of states in the US. Then all the flag waving canadians can wave the stars and stripes instead. Harper is working inn that direction, and it is clear that a majority of terbites would love to see Canada become part of the US.
They don't extort from you as it's in your taxes you pay to a general fund and it is spent where they see fit. Why don't you write your parliamentary representative a letter saying you don't want your money spent of CBC. Tell them you want your tax money spent on the commissary, with your name engraved in a the coffee machine. See how long it takes them to stop laughing.
I wasn't aware that crown corporations and the like were supposed to make money. Do they offer shares in this corporation? sure would like to see in the CBC mandate where it says it is supposed to make a profit.
Some of the CBC both Radio and Television is great, other aspects particularly television are trash. I'm not sure that is reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Remember Toronto is a different place than Pennfield, New Brunswick or Vermilion, Alberta.
Remember Toronto is a different place than Pennfield, New Brunswick or Vermilion, Alberta.
Every dime that every level of government wastes, squanders or boondoggles away is extorted. The moronic, oh give away the country to the US, oh it's the only thing binds Canada rhetoric is pathetic. The country doesn't need a public funded broadcaster given the options and technology available today.
The day the CBC is axed is the day Canada dies.
CBC TV is very lame, it needs a lot of improvement, and maybe the spending should be looked at, but at the end of any day, it gives more value than Harper or any other politician for that matter will ever give.
CBC Radio is top notch. You cannot find a better array of programming in the world, save NPR, the BBC and a handful of others.
With some excellent programs, they cater to a much more educated and informed audience than almost any other news network around.
If you aren't familiar with CBC radio - give it a listen for a week, you'll be happy you did.
Its the type of Rant ideas that the CBC should be ousted, that contributes to Canada becoming a loser nation, down from playing second fiddle to the USA, and that is very sad.
We have zero number one things in the world, be it business, tech, even oil and gas. We are not the best at anything, and cutting the CBC would be one more spear into Canada.
CBC TV is very lame, it needs a lot of improvement, and maybe the spending should be looked at, but at the end of any day, it gives more value than Harper or any other politician for that matter will ever give.
CBC Radio is top notch. You cannot find a better array of programming in the world, save NPR, the BBC and a handful of others.
With some excellent programs, they cater to a much more educated and informed audience than almost any other news network around.
If you aren't familiar with CBC radio - give it a listen for a week, you'll be happy you did.
Its the type of Rant ideas that the CBC should be ousted, that contributes to Canada becoming a loser nation, down from playing second fiddle to the USA, and that is very sad.
We have zero number one things in the world, be it business, tech, even oil and gas. We are not the best at anything, and cutting the CBC would be one more spear into Canada.
My bad. i was going by the figure offered in another thread a long time ago, but even $30/$35 person is really really small. a case of beer or a 26'er of rum You'll get your moneys worth in Olympic coverage. As I sad, call you MP and tell him you want your money used elsewhere and see how long it takes him to stop laughing.
Where exactly did I say that? You didn't answer whether it was common for crown corporations were supposed to make a profit or where it says in the CBC mandate that a profit was expected.
I know there is one thing we do well in Canada, and that is hockey.
Anyone who grew up in Canada, knows we watch Hockey Night in Canada, on a Saturday night, on the CBC and no where else.
Hockey is important in Canada. It truly is a cultural institution. Just like how football and baseball are to the Americans, and how football (soccer) is to mostly everyone else in the world.
The Toronto Maple Leafs in the forum against the Montreal Canadians. Another proxy battle between English Canada and French Canada. The hockey game on channel 6, and the French channel, how much more Canadian and you get?
And guess what! There will be no more Hockey Night in Canada on the CBC.
To me, that is inconceivable. How could this be? No more Hockey Night in Canada on the CBC? What is Hockey Night in Canada? That is the CBC! What is Canada? That is a hockey game on a Saturday night!
Now it is gone from the CBC?
I don't get it. Gone just like that, along with Don Cherry apparently. Something I grew up with. Something I still watch. Something that people are still passionate about. Gone! Just like that!
The CBC is not a defender of Canadian culture, they did not want to bid to preserve the program Hockey Night in Canada. I dare to say, Hockey Night in Canada is the most Canadian program in all of TV in Canada. There is nothing else more Canadian on TV than Hockey Night in Canada.
And it is gone!
To suggest the CBC is upholding Canadian culture, that's BS. No more Hockey Night in Canada, can you believe it?
I still want to watch the game. I have no choice but to change the channel.
That is why this loss of hockey is a very serious matter to the CBC. Hockey Night in Canada was their only marketable asset. Which advertiser in their right mind is going to give the CBC any advertising dollars?
Do you think the government will be forced to double the CBC budget to maintain current broadcasting levels without the hockey? Pull the plug. Pre-empt this budgetary fight.
If you think hockey is more important then investigative journalism and unbiased reporting, then there are serious problems in the Canadian population. Look into the unethical activities and vote.I know there is one thing we do well in Canada, and that is hockey.
Anyone who grew up in Canada, knows we watch Hockey Night in Canada, on a Saturday night, on the CBC and no where else.
Hockey is important in Canada. It truly is a cultural institution. Just like how football and baseball are to the Americans, and how football (soccer) is to mostly everyone else in the world.
The Toronto Maple Leafs in the forum against the Montreal Canadians. Another proxy battle between English Canada and French Canada. The hockey game on channel 6, and the French channel, how much more Canadian and you get?
And guess what! There will be no more Hockey Night in Canada on the CBC.
To me, that is inconceivable. How could this be? No more Hockey Night in Canada on the CBC? What is Hockey Night in Canada? That is the CBC! What is Canada? That is a hockey game on a Saturday night!
Now it is gone from the CBC?
I don't get it. Gone just like that, along with Don Cherry apparently. Something I grew up with. Something I still watch. Something that people are still passionate about. Gone! Just like that!
The CBC is not a defender of Canadian culture, they did not want to bid to preserve the program Hockey Night in Canada. I dare to say, Hockey Night in Canada is the most Canadian program in all of TV in Canada. There is nothing else more Canadian on TV than Hockey Night in Canada.
And it is gone!
To suggest the CBC is upholding Canadian culture, that's BS. No more Hockey Night in Canada, can you believe it?
I still want to watch the game. I have no choice but to change the channel.
That is why this loss of hockey is a very serious matter to the CBC. Hockey Night in Canada was their only marketable asset. Which advertiser in their right mind is going to give the CBC any advertising dollars?
Do you think the government will be forced to double the CBC budget to maintain current broadcasting levels without the hockey? Pull the plug. Pre-empt this budgetary fight.
With regards to hockey, I suggest you look into the hockey contract with NHL. It is all about big money and it is a waste of taxpayer's money to obtain that contract for CBC.
Absolutely, there have been a number of stories that CBC covered that no other station would.
They cover all the parties relatively fairly, also very important.
No other news source is mandated to be non-partisan.
I do not think hockey is more important then investigative journalism and unbiased reporting ... I KNOW hockey is more important then investigative journalism and unbiased reporting, especially on the CBC.
https://www.bbm.ca/en/weekly-top-30-tv-programs
Those ratings are reality. That is what the people want. To say this is bad or good, is injecting one's personal bias into the discussion. I believe we should just stick with the current reality of the CBC.
The current reality with the CBC is the status quo is gone, or going to be gone without the hockey.
In your second paragraph, no solution was offered. I thought if the CBC bid and won that contract, they could have had a chance to make money, and finance the shows that some folks find invaluable as Canadians. The atlethics departments in major US universities, the football generate a lot of revenue, which ultimately benefits everyone in the university.
My solution is they the CBC should have made a serious bid for that NHL contract. Not being interested, which they were not, speaks volumes. Time to pull the plug, maybe cut the CBC in half, layoff half of the CBC. Without the hockey, they must increase the budget to maintain the current operation levels.
It is odd no one talks about this, especially at the CBC. Where is the investigative journalism and unbiased reporting when this question comes up. As it surely will.
We do not need the CBC to do that.
You can volunteer your time and do that.
Micheal Moore did that, and he produced some wonder films, and became rich and famous along the way.
You can do it!
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Ok, I'm in.
As long as you're there to bankroll my first few dozen films to get going.
