Sharp contrast: Poilievre ‘can’t wait’ to defund CBC, but that’s ‘recklessly threatening’ Canadians’ access to reliable information, say Liberals
'Defunding media that rural, francophone, and Indigenous communities depend on is a non-starter, and anyone who wants to represent them should know this,' says NDP heritage critic Niki Ashton.
Defenders of public broadcasting are sketching out their response to ongoing calls by Pierre Poilievre to "recklessly" defund the CBC, after the Conservative leader has been doubling down on that position in a recent social media post and at campaign-style rallies.
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