Arts & Culture—Conservatives

Defund CBC English-language services

The Conservatives plan to defund the CBC's English-language services while maintaining funding for the French-language service, Radio-Canada, suggesting the private sector will fill any gaps in the market. The party would also pull subsidies for “legacy media”, and allow independent media to cover parliamentary events and press conferences.

“Canadians can get digital media, video, graphical media anywhere else, and yet they’re paying a billion plus dollars for CBC to do that.” - Pierre Poilievre

The current federal operating funding for CBC/Radio-Canada is approximately $1.34 billion/year with expenses around $1.8 billion/year.

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Education

Liberals

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