I went to one of the Universities on your list, and the thought process of my fellow students was markedly different, depending on which faculty they attended.

I went to one of the Universities on your list, and the thought process of my fellow students was markedly different, depending on which faculty they attended. I don't think you know who the Canadian elites that you dislike so much are. That said, I agree with parts of what you said. CBC's opinions are not at all related to the normal experiences that Canadians have. The news podcast is fine, and is better than the quality of most Canadian news (a low bar). I appreciate that they will steadily question the government in interviews; however, but for topics around science and technology, they simply don't have the background to really ferret out BS in the same way. For instance, they will readily tell you "all of the vaccines are equally good at keeping you out of the hospital" - which is true - but they will not ask the more challenging follow-ups. For example, "if all vaccines prevent death, why is it so important for certain vaccines to be allocated exclusively to the elderly?". The answer to the later question is actually far more interesting, since it unveils bioethics questions that a listener may not agree with; but the CBC is invested in protecting the aura of the experts it agrees with. The Japanese NHK is, without a question, far better than the CBC, despite its politicization and its recent change to be seen as "agreeing with the government". Other than the Ideas podcast and the News show, there is very little value that the CBC provides me (despite being a linguistic, racial and religious minority in a mixed-race marriage with another linguistic, racial and religious minority.) I might vote for a political party that had a clearly defined plan to end CBC's divorce from the concerns of the average Canadian.