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> The government doesn't actively handle the hiring, CBC has journalistic independence from the government. They in fact handle all of their internal systems (e
by 908B64B197 5y ago
> The government doesn't actively handle the hiring, CBC has journalistic independence from the government. They in fact handle all of their internal systems (email, data, phone) independently from the government.
But, at the end of the year, who signs the check?
> it's also hard to compete with the torrents of culture they push on us
Not sure "pushing" is the correct term. I remember when Hulu and Netflix started to disrupt the market a lot of Canadians were trying to trick those companies into serving them, with fake addresses and VPNs.
Didn't radio stations used to play "Government mandated Canadian Content" at night because listeners were just tuning out if they did it during peak hours? [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content#Regulations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content#Regulations