Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s
Canadian government has proposed a new budget including $42 million in
additional funding for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
The increased
subsides are purportedly to ensure that “Canadians across the country,
including rural, remote, Indigenous, and minority language communities, have
access to high-quality, independent journalism and entertainment.” Because
nothing fosters “independent journalism” like having the government pay your
bills! Canadian taxpayers rejoice!
What’s more—a lot more, in fact— the proposed $42 million is in
addition to existing payouts that make up nearly 70 percent of the CBC’s
operating budget. (And total more than $1 billion annually.)
Now that’s “independence!” What
the hell?!
Of course, the CBC will take the money,
like it always has. Not to worry, though, this ever-growing government largess
won’t affect the way the CBC reports the news, no-siree!! It will be just as
hard on Trudeau and his government as it has always been! You betcha! So just
go and get another Molson out of the Coleman and relax!
Speaking of which, this is like a beer
judge taking big money from, say, Anheuser-Busch to promote “independent beer judging.”
Or like jury members taking mucho
moola from the prosecution to promote “independent adjudicating.”
Or as if a jury was composed not of
one’s peers, but of one’s enemies…and the judge was, say, a donor to the
prosecution’s political party. Unreal.
Well, I wish it was.
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