Time to restore Radio Canada International or Canada’s world service

Canada, Canadians, and our federal government have to step up and restore RCI because it comes down to whether we are enough of a nation to have a world service.

A CBC Radio Canada International poster from 1956. Restoring and reimagining RCI is not only possible, it’s necessary, and would have an incredible impact globally, with minimal cost. In the past, before the serious budget cuts of the 1990s, RCI with a budget only a fraction of that of the BBC World Service, writes Wojtek Gwiazda. Image courtesy of Gary Stevens/Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY WOJTEK GWIAZDA

March 31, 2025

If ever there was a time for Canada to restore Radio Canada International, it certainly is now. With Canada’s sovereignty under attack by American President Donald Trump and his administration, we need to get out the story of how Canadians are not caving in, but collective...

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