It's the "I'm cutting back so government programs--except the ones that benefit me--should be cut back" meme.
I would bet that CBC (like PBS in the United States) is a tiny portion of the national budget, and I mean really tiny. Our Corporation for Public Broadcasting costs as much as two days of the Iraq War.
I was very sad when Newsworld International, which used mostly CBC newscasts and features, went off the air here in the States. They were the only news source I could trust during the Iraq War because they didn't have a dog in the fight. I found them willing to give voice to people who are not often heard in their own words.
In other words, instead of worrying about a tiny part of the federal budget, you should be glad that you have a high-quality news source that isn't sponsored by agribusiness and the oil companies.
When the Republican Congress began simultaneously complaining about "liberal bias" (i.e. telling the truth about conservatives) and threatening to cut their budget, PBS took a much more cautious approach. Its news programs may be more in-depth than what we see on our commercial stations, but they repeat the same press release conventional wisdom that we see on the commercial stations.
So is Harper's government really worried about the budget, or is it trying to stifle an organization that has been critical of it?
And cutting the National Film Board of Canada, one of your cultural treasures?
That's conservatives for you: war, corporate welfare, and highways are just fine, but anything to do with the education and culture might make people too smart or empathetic to swallow conservative swill.
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