What I wrote to my MP about the CBC

[dewline]

Leaving the name of the person out of it, myself. But this was what I wrote.

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I just saw the excerpted proposed resolutions re: CBC for the national Conservative convention. Including the one from your party's Ottawa-Orléans riding association.

I will repeat myself at the risk of being deemed surplus to requirements as a voting citizen: I reject the idea that it might be in any way desirable to do any of the following with the CBC...

1) Pravda-fication - the conversion of the public broadcaster into yet another propaganda device of the government of the day. Including this one.

2) Privatization - self-explanatory.

3) Pledge Drive-based business model - I know how vulnerable to editorial subversion by donors that renders organizations such as PBS in the States. No thank you.

4) Powering-down - shuttering the CBC for keeps in other words.

None of these four alternatives, however desirable to various members of the Conservative Party or to the current government as a whole, is acceptable to me as a Canadian citizen. All such resolutions proposed at your party's convention are therefore unwelcome.

My thanks for your time.

Dwight Williams
Canadian citizen
CBC supporter

Comments

[spross.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on points 1,3 & 4.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

On point 2, we already have Global, Bell/CTV, Quebecor/Sun. CBC being privatized would risk being reduced to a mere duplication of services already rendered elsewhere.

[spross.livejournal.com]

It already duplicates services already rendered. Just we're all forced to pay for it regardless of want to or not. What's the point of a tax payer funded media outlet that doesn't provide a service that you can't get anywhere else?

[dewline.livejournal.com]

But I am getting services from CBC that I wouldn't get elsewhere.

[spross.livejournal.com]

Radio, TV, Programming, don't see anything here that you can't get elsewhere. Certainly nothing that requires government funding. Personally, I'd rather see the money go to healthcare, education, something that provides service to Canadians. Hell, even defense (especially these days).

What service does the CBC provide that warrants the rest of Canada paying the privilege for you to receive it?