Change in Parliamentary Appropriation to CBC (in 2011$)
Mar 4, 2011
Chart showing decline in total grant and operating grant from Parliament
to CBC from 1990/91 to 2011/12, indexed by Prime Minister and adjusted
to 2011 dollars.
Local organizers of a group called Reimagine CBC had planned to drop off a petition opposing any cuts to the CBC at the riding office of Heritage Minister James Moore.
A briefing note to FRIENDS supporters outlines the huge and troubling gap between Stephen Harper's words and deeds regarding the CBC and Canada's cultural sovereignty
Chart showing decline in total grant and operating grant from Parliament to CBC from 1990/91 to 2011/12, indexed by Prime Minister and adjusted to 2011 dollars.
FRIENDS briefs members of the House of Commons Heritage Committee on a new survey which finds strong support for the CBC and widespread belief that the Conservative government is hostile to the public broadcaster.
Data show that claims by the government that the CBC is receiving record levels of public financing and that the Harper government has increased CBC funding every year since coming into office are false.