Tell your MP their treatment of the CBC will affect your vote come election time
The cuts announced recently will leave our beleagured public broadcaster a shadow of its former self, especially in smaller communities where CBC is often the only option.
There is a simple and inexpensive solution to CBC’s funding shortfall.
Among
western industrialized nations, Canada in near the bottom when it comes
to investing in public broadcasting. The average is $80 per citizen and
countries like Great Britain, Germany and Norway invest even more. In
Canada, our government provides only $33 per citizen. That’s just not
enough for CBC to serve as the public broadcaster Canadians want and
need. The House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has
recognized this and called for an increase of $7 per person – to $40.
Please send a message to your MP
urging our government to bump up Canada’s investment in public
broadcasting. Seven dollars is a small price to pay to keep our CBC.
