February 14, 2007

Fragile Canadian Culture?

Mustafa Hirji (email) at 03:33 AM

On the recent Videotron-Shaw-Canadian Televison Fund debacle, one of CBC's Executive Vice-Presidents said the following:

Allowing them to [stop paying the Canadian Television Fund] would have a disastrous effect on Canadian culture and on our television production industry.

If Canadian culture is going to collapse because the CBC can't get subsidies for shows with poor ratings, perhaps there's a bigger problem with the underpinings of our culture . . .

BTW, what happens if there's a blackout?

Or terrorist take out the CBC building in Toronto, or a major CBC antenna?

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