Again, it’s important for Canadians to understand that the Conservative base doesn’t speak for the majority of Canadians. (It can be easy to lose this fact in the way news is reported in Canada)
If only 11% of Canadians are in favour of dismantling the CBC, then the other 89% of Canada needs to step up to make sure it doesn’t happen!
#Vote #NeverPoilievre
“. . . for the Conservatives, promising to defund the CBC "very much speaks to a significant portion of their base. It lights up a crowd. It has inspired fundraising like crazy."
But that message may not resonate the same way with the electorate as a whole. Jessica Johnson is a senior fellow at McGill University’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, which conducted survey research that found most Canadians — even Conservative voters — want to keep the CBC around.
Overall, only 11 per cent of those who responded to the survey in late August and early September 2024 were in favour of defunding the public broadcaster.”
#CDNPoli #CBC
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/with-conservatives-promising-to-defund-could-the-next-election-kill-the-cbc-1.7172797