Breaking: the CBC and our link to public broadcasting?

If this is public broadcasting’s last chance to save itself, it needs to move fast—and the majority of Canadians who, polls say, still support the limping institution will need to make their voices heard.

More urgent than anything is the potential loss of CBC News. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is convinced—as have all Conservative leaders before him—that CBC reporters favour Liberals, and universally betray a socially liberal bias, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

November 25, 2024

CHELSEA, QUE.—It will take more than nostalgia and ideology to save the CBC, notwithstanding its rich archive and historic importance as a cultural lifeline for our large and scattered country.

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