‘Defund the CBC’ needs a salvo

Poilievre can bash Tait and gain support for his cause. But he would be hard-pressed to attack Rick Mercer or Catherine O’Hara. The other card the CBC has not played is what would Canada's bilingual landscape would look like without Radio-Canada.

CBC President Catherine Tait, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Tait has not expressed any regret for her comments, saying it's her job to communicate to Canadians –including politicians– the value of the public broadcaster, regardless of their politics.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

February 20, 2023

OTTAWA—"Defund the CBC" has been the Conservatives' clarion call for decades.

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