If Pierre Poilievre wants to 'defund the CBC' while maintaining its French-language programming, he'll have to overhaul the country's broadcasting law in order to do it.
If Pierre Poilievre wants to "defund the CBC" while maintaining its French-language programming, he'll have to overhaul the country's broadcasting law in order to do it.
In another sit-down interview last July with right-wing outlet True North, Poilievre explained that the only justification for having a public broadcaster is to provide content the private market does not. He argued that is not the case for CBC's English services. A spokesman said doing so would require the Broadcasting Act, the law outlining its mandate, "to be rewritten."
It is the corporation's board of directors that determines how the funding it receives is spent. In 2021-22, the CBC received more than $1.2 billion in government funding, a decrease from about $1.4 billion in 2020-21. Menzies added that while he believes changes should be made to the CBC, "it's a lot more complicated than people think."
Speaking to a crowd gathered in Calgary last August, the then-leadership hopeful accused the corporation of putting "all the money into these big, gigantic temples they call headquarters in Toronto and Montreal." Montreal is the home of its Radio-Canada headquarters.
The corporation contends that the description is inaccurate, saying its editorial independence is enshrined in law. It also draws a distinction between "government" and "public" funding because of the fact that the money it receives is granted through a vote made in Parliament.
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