CBC CEO Catherine Tait says CBC is a “beacon of truth in a sea of fake news”. But not everyone agrees with her. For example, a growing number of Conservative MPs are calling out CBC over what they see as biased coverage of the Israel/Gaza conflict. They complain, for...
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Jean Philippe Chabot Navigating Vaccine Status Disclosure: Insights from Former CBC Employee
National Citizens Inquiry
FORMER CBC Journalist Marianne Klowak Gives Testimony at the National Citizens Inquiry
Ottawa, veteran CBC reporter Marianne Klowak, with 34 years of experience, testified that when COVID hit the broadcaster “betrayed the public, broke their trust, pushed propaganda”.
Witness Testimony – Rodney Palmer – Award-Winning Journalist on CBC as Propagandist
Rodney Palmer is an award-winning journalist who has worked for 20 years as a foreign correspondent for CTV news and investigative reporter for CBC Radio & Television in Canada and abroad. He was the CTV News Foreign Correspondent and Bureau Chief in India, China,...
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
A Just Transition for the CBC
The influence of traditional print and broadcast news media has dropped dramatically. Even with handsome government handouts, many of them are barely alive today. In the market transition that is taking place, out of the slump of the old media a few new ones, such as...
Continually Bleeding Cash: A Valuation & Strategic Appraisal of CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
WINNIPEG, MB, December - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released Continually Bleeding Cash: A Valuation & Strategic Appraisal of the CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation by Ian Madsen, a senior policy analyst with the Frontier Centre. This...
CBC Indigenous Unit and Journalism
Years ago, I was given a great opportunity to be the lead reporter and do the editing work for a national Indigenous newspaper based in Winnipeg. It was called the Drum/First Perspective newspaper and it covered Indigenous news in Manitoba and around Canada. The paper...
CBC Subsidies Would have paid for Pandemic Supplies many Times Over
Two of the major issues surrounding the current medical emergency and lockdown are how much it would cost to prepare for a similar such emergency, and how would Canadians pay for it – as well as pay for the one we are enduring right now. Potential answers are already...
A Donor-Funded CBC?
CBC Radio was once a national treasure. From Peter Gzowski through Arthur Black, Shelagh Rogers and Danny Finkleman, a turn of the knob rewarded the listener with information, entertainment, and humour. Nowadays, a push of the button is more likely to bring on someone...
ICBC: Incredibly Cascading Burgeoning Catastrophe
WINNIPEG, MB, September 24, 2018 - The Frontier Centre for Public Policy has just released Public Choice Alternative: ICBC by Ian Madsen, a senior policy analyst with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. This paper conducts an in depth valuation of the alternative...
Michael Zwaagstra discusses back to school issues on CBC Blue Sky Radio.
CBC Doesn’t Reflect Everybody
Peter Holle January 30, 2017 In November, CBC proposed to withdraw from advertising in exchange for increased government funding. This is a significant move for the corporation because the broadcast-television advertising market, once lucrative, is fragmenting as...
B.C. Teachers Continue Strike (CBC)
Michael Zwaagstra discusses the B.C. teachers union strike on CBC's The Current. Should the make up of classes be part of teachers' contract talks?