Feds should use upcoming budget to defend, not defund, the CBC

Alongside sustainable funding, we need legislation to guard against a quiet, uncontested end to the CBC with the mere stroke of Prime Minister Poilievre’s pen or a reversal of budgetary priorities.
The CBC faces an institutional threat through both right-wing objection and the neglect displayed by the current Liberal government, writes Marla Boltman.

Pierre Poilievre says he wants to defund the CBC. We should believe him.

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